Beschreibung:
Haubennetzspinne. Ernährung der Jungspinnen durch ihre Mutter (Mund-zu-Mund-Fütterungen), Beutefang für die Jungen. Zuletzt dient die tote Mutter den Nachkommen als Nahrungsreserve
This film deals with food care concerning Theridion impressum (family Theridiidae). Most interest is given to the different ways of food supply: The females feed their spiderlings by reguration; the young ones approach to the mouth of their mother and suck a juice produced in the intestine. Later the female catches an insect and delivers her prey to the brood. At the end she dies and serves herself as food reservoir