You thought carrying your children was hard work? Creepy pictures show female amblypygi spider balancing 48 offspring on her back
Pictures from Jordan Cadiot, 20, a student from Heric, France, show the female amblypygi spider hard at work
The gruesome snaps reveal how the baby spiders break through their mother's sac and then cling to her back
The spiders, also known as tailless whip scorpions, are generally found in tropical regions around the world
Pictures from French student Jordan Cadiot, 20, show a mother amblypygi spider carrying up to 48 of her young on her back
The spiders have the appearance of a crab but are in fact arachnids. They are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions
In the creepy photos the young pale spiders with a tinged green abdomen cling to their mother's back
The carnivorous spider, seen here devouring a cockroach, are entirely harmless to humans despite their unsightly appearance
The detailed shots show the eggs packed inside the see-through egg sac, which later hatch and take up position on their mother's back until they are ready to move out and live on their own
The baby spiders eventually make their way out of their mother's sac but remain with her by clinging to her back
A juvenile spider, seen above, does not grow too large and reaches the average size of a human finger
They are found in tropical and subtropical regions across the world. Some species are subterranean and all are nocturnal
Amblypygids have eight legs but use only six for walking and often moved like a crab in a sideways position
Like any other spider, an amblypygid variety will molt several times during its life but before, during and after molting they generally do not feed
Amblypygids do not have the silk-spinning function or poison glands of other spiders, but they do have modified spider-like fangs
The gruesome pictures again show the group of baby spiders huddled onto the back of their mother
