Moment a tarantula releases an oozing egg sac is captured in rare video

The moment a female tarantula releases a dripping egg sac containing more than 1,700 Araneae offspring has been captured in rare footage.

A new video shows the incredible process that begins when the mother excretes the eggs into a silk pouch where the spiderlings hatch.

The female then goes to work, covering the eggs with layers of tissue until she forms a ball of netting, which she will guard fiercely for the next two months.

The tiny newly hatched spiders then emerge from the egg sac, producing silken threads that are picked up by the wind and carried away to colonize habitats far from their native places.

The video shows that the adult tarantula had lined the area with silk, preparing to release her egg sac.

Once the sac is laid, the female rolls it up in tissue to protect it from predators – as these eggs are a tasty meal for millipedes, scorpions and other insects.

Some flies and wasps also lay their eggs in spider egg sacs so their larvae can feast on the eggs as soon as they hatch.

Tarantulas are hairy and generally large spiders most commonly found in the US, Mexico and tropical America.

The largest tarantula species in South America belong to the genus Theraphosa.

These creatures are nearly four inches long and have been known to catch even small avian prey.

Some, like the Goliath bird-eating tarantula, inflict deadly bites with venomous fangs.

Female tarantulas have a stockier body than a male and are covered in light brown or light brown hair

The male is thinner and more slender, with black hair covering most of the body and reddish hairs on its abdomen.

In 2018, another video appeared in which a woman pulled the egg sac away from its mother, cut the surface with scissors and released the spiderlings from the inside.

The spider goes to work, covering the egg sac with layers of tissue it previously placed in the area

Once the sac is laid, the female rolls it up in tissue to protect it from predators – as these eggs are a tasty meal for millipedes, scorpions and other insects

Marita Lorbiecke hosts the “Deadly Tarantula Girl” YouTube channel and shared when she released the chicks from the web-covered bag.

This Nhandu chromatus Brazilian red and white tarantula came out in 2013 – her name is Misty and she is five years old.

‘I have been breeding tarantulas since the 1990s and have seen many successful egg sacs hatch, but none with these numbers.

“This opening of the egg sac was absolutely incredible – I was amazed and overjoyed with the results.”

The female then goes to work, covering the eggs with layers of tissue until she forms a ball of netting, which she will guard fiercely for the next two months.

Tarantulas are quiet pets that don’t take up much space. However, they do not like to be held which means they are not ideal pets for children.

Tarantulas can live for eight to ten years and often shrink as they approach the end of their lives.