Hello again,
Well these widows are growing wicked fast! They hatched out on March 5, 2004 and looked like this:
Four days later they looked like this:
21 days later they looked like this:
22 days later they looked like this:
And today, 34 days after emerging, they look like this:
These guys blow my mind! They are such tiny and efficient predators. No wonder they are virtually cosmopolitan, such high fecundity and the instinctual desire to eat and grow fast. I love 'em....
Cheers,
Ryan
P.S. I put the Egg Construction video back up on my webspace and I compressed it down to 3.2mb. For those who have not seen it, feel free to right-click the link and save it to your hard-drive.
Widow Egg Construction
Threaded Mode