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I was reading some field observations about Australian Tarantulas a while back and it was reported that the slings would stay together in the females burrow and that the female would bring prey back to the burrow for the young to eat. Unfortunately this wasn't backed up by further study, purely because there were no follow up studies.

It would indicate that it's possible that in some species slings would be communal up to a certain point, and that bunching together would give them a better chance of being where the food is deposited.

Only musing of course, but it's possible that bunching together is instinctive in some species up to a certain instar/age.