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Winner, behaviour: invertebrates. Spinning the cradle, by Gil Wizen, Israel/Canada. A fishing spider stretches out silk from its spinnerets to weave into its egg sac. Wizen discovered this spider under loose bark. “The action of the spinnerets reminded me of the movement of human fingers when weaving”, Wizen says. These spiders are common in wetlands and temperate forests of eastern North America. More than 750 eggs have been recorded in a single sac. Fishing spiders carry their egg sacs with them until the eggs hatch and the spiderlings disperse. (Photo by Gil Wizen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021)
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