Comments on: OMGOMG Baby spidersss http://phoneutria.us/2010/05/14/omgomg-baby-spidersss/ For lovers of crawly things. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:21:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pirrakas http://phoneutria.us/2010/05/14/omgomg-baby-spidersss/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Pirrakas Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:17:32 +0000 http://phoneutria.us/?p=381#comment-111 AWWWWWW...!! So pretty pretty tiny things...!! :3 Recently (yes, wonderful springtime) I have had my own spiderlings in a jar! I found one fat "steatoda grossa" (AKA false black widow) months ago in my kitchen, so I took "her" (yes, it's female) and put her all comfy in a tupper-ware, where I feed her regularly. Time after that I found a male of the same species, so I put him into the tupper with my female... only to find him eaten by the next day. Poor boy! But his sacrifice wasn't in vane, no... The female got pregnant!! ^___^ I didn't realize by then, of course... but just about one month later, she made a beautiful little sack with dozens of white eggs into it. She was all day near the sack, keeping an eye on it, like a good mother hen, he he. It took one months plus, but finally the eggs broke, though the little spiderlings didn't go out. They did stay completely still into the sack, and I had to wait for nearly another month to see them go out and run all over the tupperware. Awwwww... There were fourty of them!! I have release them by now, but some of them I have keep in another tupperware, just to see them grow up. By the way, I took pictures of all the fellows taking part in this story... The mommy: my female spider pet (I have named her "Tecla"); the poor deceased father, (named "Ken", RIP); and the forty tiny sons and daughters... Some day I will post the pictures! AWWWWWW…!! So pretty pretty tiny things…!! :3

Recently (yes, wonderful springtime) I have had my own spiderlings in a jar!

I found one fat “steatoda grossa” (AKA false black widow) months ago in my kitchen, so I took “her” (yes, it’s female) and put her all comfy in a tupper-ware, where I feed her regularly.

Time after that I found a male of the same species, so I put him into the tupper with my female… only to find him eaten by the next day. Poor boy!
But his sacrifice wasn’t in vane, no… The female got pregnant!! ^___^ I didn’t realize by then, of course… but just about one month later, she made a beautiful little sack with dozens of white eggs into it. She was all day near the sack, keeping an eye on it, like a good mother hen, he he. It took one months plus, but finally the eggs broke, though the little spiderlings didn’t go out. They did stay completely still into the sack, and I had to wait for nearly another month to see them go out and run all over the tupperware. Awwwww… There were fourty of them!!

I have release them by now, but some of them I have keep in another tupperware, just to see them grow up. By the way, I took pictures of all the fellows taking part in this story… The mommy: my female spider pet (I have named her “Tecla”); the poor deceased father, (named “Ken”, RIP); and the forty tiny sons and daughters… Some day I will post the pictures!

]]> By: BugLady http://phoneutria.us/2010/05/14/omgomg-baby-spidersss/comment-page-1/#comment-110 BugLady Tue, 25 May 2010 20:48:34 +0000 http://phoneutria.us/?p=381#comment-110 When I kept some babies in a jar a while ago, it was only during the time when they were really tiny and frail. when they were the size of my pinky nail, I let them loose on my palm tree. It was a big jar too, and I put some sticks in that they used to make webs. The mother wasn't around. The pics above show exactly what I saw before I touched them. They are already all gone from the porch. I carried some to my garden, to some shrubs I have. I saw some making their cute little webs over there, but it's very difficult for them to remain, with all the dangers out there, and with the crazy spring storms we've been having. Oh well, I hope to find some adults by the trees later on. When I kept some babies in a jar a while ago, it was only during the time when they were really tiny and frail. when they were the size of my pinky nail, I let them loose on my palm tree. It was a big jar too, and I put some sticks in that they used to make webs.
The mother wasn’t around. The pics above show exactly what I saw before I touched them. They are already all gone from the porch. I carried some to my garden, to some shrubs I have. I saw some making their cute little webs over there, but it’s very difficult for them to remain, with all the dangers out there, and with the crazy spring storms we’ve been having. Oh well, I hope to find some adults by the trees later on.

]]> By: Techuser http://phoneutria.us/2010/05/14/omgomg-baby-spidersss/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Techuser Tue, 25 May 2010 02:19:09 +0000 http://phoneutria.us/?p=381#comment-109 The patterns are most likely to change, but keeping orb weaves in jars is quite hard, they need space for web... since they're at your porch you can always see them growing :) Didnt you see their mother? The patterns are most likely to change, but keeping orb weaves in jars is quite hard, they need space for web… since they’re at your porch you can always see them growing :)
Didnt you see their mother?

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