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Got a winner. My communal used to consist of the original progenitor female and 5 offspring, well the 5 are adult or subadult at this stage, so they were in desperate need of some more space and more hides. The large hunk of wood is actually almost entirely hollow, with several entrances cut in.

The greenery is simply a byproduct of the fixtures I used, since they already had the miss and greens on them. I wouldn't discount a webbing or burrowing species. 🤔

New very large enclosure. Can you guess what species it's for?

New very large enclosure. Can you guess what species it's for?

New very large enclosure. Can you guess what species it's for?

@Ilich not near me, I've got enough

@Phases a handful will be kept, most will be sold, keep an eye out

@Phases second sac this year

First 1i Metallica from the brood. Not long now

I have quite a number of this species both in individual setups and communal enclosures. 2 communals of 0.1.8 (female and her "slings" although they are roughly 2" now) and a 1.1.6 (also female and her offspring, but these are juveniles around the 3" range) as well as 2 mature males isolated and...

@Little Grey Spider it is, and she has chewwed away the bottom little by little as shes grown, as you can see in the photo, and she literally just contorts her way in there. its actually quite impressive

This hanumaviasamica has his behind the backdrop since she was a tiny sling. I think it's time to grow up, you're getting to old for these shenanigans

well its not exactly 50/50 odds. it seems that for some species, one gender is prevalent over another. C sp. "electric blues" for example supposedly have a high rate of males to females

while true, very very few people have observed this species in nature AT ALL due to the nature of their locality. honestly not much is known at all about how they habitate in the wild. From witnessing the "Motherly" nature of adult females with their fresh slings and how long the slings will...

i currently have 2 balfouri communals going strong. one is an adult female and 5 offspring around 2-2.5" ea in a 14x6x8 enclosure (due for an upgrade). and the second is an adult female and 12 offspring around 1-1.5" in a 24X12X14 enclosure (borderline too much room). They dont seem to need...

@Jamie M in my experience H incei do not show these behavioral tendencies. I have two incei communals that have had a 50% fatality/canabolism rate even while grotesquely over fed.

@efmp1987 they do in fact do this. They are very aware and caring for their young, often killing and then dropping prey for them. Way easier than messing with pin heads and fruit flys

M balfouri truly are the anomalies to tarantulas

Interesting observation. Fed Mom 2 super worms since none of the slings were out, they were all down the burrow.. but as soon as the mom made the kill they all came out, crawling all over her and literally eating out of her own mouth. the mother did not apear to be eating but simply holding it.