Clotho Spider

  The Clotho spider lives under rocks in a little dome it makes for itself.  This nest is made of silk which the spider forms into a dome to which it adds more and more layers over time.  It also covers its nest in empty shells of bugs that it head devoured as you can see in the picture.                                                                                               This spider is of the kind that stays alive after the birth of its brood.  Before the eggs are hatched she sits on them like a mother hen and keeps them warm.  When they are hatched she helps them leave the nest and when they are gone she makes another nest in which to live.  This nest she will use for her next brood because her last nest was taken up by the egg cases so there wouldn't be enough room for her and more eggs.