Caption

Young oak leaf wheel spider (Aculepeira ceropegia) begins to leave its cocoon after hatching on self-spun silk threads, Valais, Switzerland

Date

Aug 08, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Guenter Fischer

Reference

BRK26A74_197

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

46,2Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,4in x 10,9in / 4928 x 3280 (300dpi)

Keywords

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