Figure 1. Brooding female Brettus cingulatus Thorell 1895. 1 in Conversion of the egg nest to a brood nest by the female Brettus cingulatus (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini)

Figure 1. Brooding female Brettus cingulatus Thorell 1895. 1, Guarding recently deposited cluster of eggs covered with silk fibers and white flecks. 2, Ten days later, guarding hatchlings (first instar). Larger white flecks represent eggshell fragments. 3, Three days later. All silk, white flecks, and eggshell fragments are gone, and except for their legs, the first instar young are now pigmented. Photographs by Abhijith A. P. C. at his Indraprastha Organic Farm, Kalalwadi Village, Karnataka, India.