Figure 12 in Conversion of the egg nest to a brood nest by the female Brettus cingulatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini)

Figure 12. Immature Brettus cingulatus feeding on late instar I (fully pigmented) B. cingulatus spiderlings in an untended nest. It appears that the female left this brood without converting the egg nest to a brood nest, and the instar I spiderlings, now exposed and vulnerable outside of that nest, had no guardian. At this stage (instar I) it is likely that the spiderlings were still completely blind. Photographs by Hemanth Kumar H M.