had a surprise this morning

[arachnomania]

Dave, I've had my share, maybe 4-5 that just went bad on me while incubation hammock style (A seemanni, T blondi and E uatuman) from what I remember and I also had G rosea eat her sac after like 2 weeks or so, maybe a bit less. I've had success with 2 G rosea, 1 A avicularia, 1 A insubtilis, 1 P murinus (usumbara) and 1C marshalli by leaving with the mother. these are the ones I remember but I'm pretty sure that's it.

[Yve]

nice pics....good luck with the young

[Dragoon]

First, congratulations Rob!

I have a dumb? question..
When making that bowl thing, does she just spin around and around? And wouldn't it make the most hilarious compressed video if she did?
I am amazed they can make the sac without getting substrate mixed into their ball.

And I will be horribly sad whenever I recall you saying the mother wanders around looking for her eggsac after trying to keep it. I feel so mean to be a human being sometimes.
D.

[TheRedDragon]

Congratulations Rob! Be sure to post pics of the little ones as soon as they hatch.

[Cruciform]

Oh man, it would have been sweet to catch her building on a webcam.
Just set it for time lapse and check it in the morning

[arachnomania]

Dragoon,
She kind of spins in circles but not concistently so it might actually look weird on a compressed video. As for not mixing substrate in with the webbing, she makes it pretty thick and takes her time rolling it up. She also puts more webbing over the eggs prior to rolling them up. Keep in mind that their web isn't sticky. Yeah it is kind of sad to see the mother wander around searching for her sac but it's the best thing to do in order to seperate the slings. Beleive me, I had bred my Ceratogyrus marshalli, she killed the male overnight so i kind of forgot about that breeding, a couple months went by and I had 192 slings crawling everywhere! It was a terrible pain to seperate them as they dispersed as soon as they felt disturbed. I had apx 4" of vermiculite and had to sift through every peice one by one. Needless to say it took HOURS!

Don't worry Red Dragon, I'll keep you guys posted! I have more eggsacs on the way but don't want to jinx myself so i'll update you guys on them too as soon as I get to that point.

Thanks for all your comments guys!

[Andrew vV]

Originally posted by arachnomania
Dave, I think so, that rings a bell. I know he bought a book to learn to make it. The whole book (pamphlet) were instructions.

Yup. Thats the Schultz one......I built one as well. They seem so simple to make, but do end up costing quite a bit. $200 doesnt surprise me.