Figure 2. Brooding female Brettus cingulatus. 1-3 in Conversion of the egg nest to a brood nest by the female Brettus cingulatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini)

Figure 2. Brooding female Brettus cingulatus. 1-3, Three females guarding their egg sacs, covered with a silk fabric containing numerous white flecks. 4-6, Three females guarding their brooding hatchlings (instar I) under a loose layer of silk after the flecked silk cover and eggshell fragments have been removed. 6, This female, with a relatively large brood, is highly iridescent. Attribution and ©: 1-2, 5, harshithjv; 3-4, Naveen Iyer; 6, ashokdm.