Cyriocosmus elegans breeding attempt
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LOL! That is about the cutest thing I've ever seen! Especially the third pic. Looks like the female's casually putting an arm around the male. 
It must be fun trying to sex those tiny spiders.
Best of luck on the breeding.
Take care.
Atrax
It must be fun trying to sex those tiny spiders.
Best of luck on the breeding.
Take care.
Atrax
I never knew it was even male until it molted mature...forget trying to examine the shed...lol..unless you've got a microscope and some steady hands.Males are quite easily distinguishable from females when matured though,even from a distance.Atrax said:LOL! That is about the cutest thing I've ever seen! Especially the third pic. Looks like the female's casually putting an arm around the male.
It must be fun trying to sex those tiny spiders.
Best of luck on the breeding.
Take care.
Atrax
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Yep, I can tell that from the pics. I had a couple more Q's come to mind after my first post though. What size do the slings disperse at? What the heck do you feed the slings (assuming they're mad tiny)? Last one, how many slings does this species average?pelo said:
Take care.
Atrax
>>don't knowAtrax said:Yep, I can tell that from the pics. I had a couple more Q's come to mind after my first post though. What size do the slings disperse at? What the heck do you feed the slings (assuming they're mad tiny)? Last one, how many slings does this species average?
Take care.
Atrax
>>newly hatched pinheads(1-2 day old)
>>don't know..lol..
>>sorry about the don't know answers but I've never bred them before and there's little to no info on elegans out there,let alone on breeding,eggsacks,slings and such.The slings must be extremely tiny when emeging from the sack.I got mine when they were barely visible to the naked eye..< 1/16" big and they were already first/second instar.I may be able to answer your questions somewhere down the road though....or maybe someone else can chime in with some answers...
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I cant even imagine how tiny the spiderlings will be.
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pelo said:
No worries Pelo. Hopefully you'll come out if this with a lot more experience and knowledge.
If it's successfull, that's going to be a very, very interesting breeding report.
See ya.
Atrax
And yes folks....see the soil.....it's that dreaded mix of black earth cut with appr. 30% well composted "CEDAR MULCH!!". They've been raised on it from first instar along with all my other spiders(M.robustum..M.peterklaasi..P.ultramarinus..E.cyanognathus..P.metallica...over 80 spiders and 30 different species and most are longterm).Pretty nasty stuff that "cedar mulch".
It really makes for a great soil/substrate...very rich..loamy..organic earthy soil with a great texture...moist or dry...
They've been raised on it from first instar along with all my other spiders(M.robustum..M.peterklaasi..P.ultramarinus..E.cyanognathus..P.metallica...over 80 spiders and 30 different species and most are longterm).Pretty nasty stuff that "cedar mulch". It really makes for a great soil/substrate...very rich..loamy..organic earthy soil with a great texture...moist or dry...
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i can't believe those are mature sized tarantulas hahaha
>>and very easy to house.I keep them in clear round plastic cosmetic type containers...3.5" (9cms) diameter and 3.5" (9cms) tall with about 2.5" (6cms) of substrate in which they build some elaborate tunnels/burrows.Very hardy and easy to keep species.xBurntBytheSunx said:
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very nice, were they expensive?
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Best of luck with them Pete the more the merry with these chaps @ xBurntBytheSunx there not cheap even over here a friend paid £20 for a tiny juv and he also told me 1st instar slings are like £12 too
@ xBurntBytheSunx there not cheap even over here a friend paid £20 for a tiny juv and he also told me 1st instar slings are like £12 too 
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20? whyat would that be in $$? those guys are so small...wow cool spiders though
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aww, how cute -- it looks like they've got little pink hearts painted on their butts, lol
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Cuties...
Those are the tiniest, cutest T's I have ever seen! Good luck with the mating!
Those are the tiniest, cutest T's I have ever seen! Good luck with the mating!
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Good luck on the mating, Pelo!
If you get spiderlings, please post on here. I'd be interested in paying just about anything to get 10-20 of them (I have a few connections to import them to the US).
-Bryan
If you get spiderlings, please post on here. I'd be interested in paying just about anything to get 10-20 of them (I have a few connections to import them to the US).
-Bryan
Update
Just had a very successful mating.The female and male were together for 15 mins in which time I seen insertion after insertion.I had to actually seperate them after 15 mins with a pencil.All during the time they were actually very gentle with each other but I sat watching with my trusty pencil,ready to intervene at any signs of aggression.I'll try one more attempt after the male makes another sperm web.I'll be keeping my fingers crossed from here on in!Hopefully my next update will be a picture of an eggsack!
Just had a very successful mating.The female and male were together for 15 mins in which time I seen insertion after insertion.I had to actually seperate them after 15 mins with a pencil.All during the time they were actually very gentle with each other but I sat watching with my trusty pencil,ready to intervene at any signs of aggression.I'll try one more attempt after the male makes another sperm web.I'll be keeping my fingers crossed from here on in!Hopefully my next update will be a picture of an eggsack!
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