If you end up looking for some in the wild, if they're in the area, they're usually pretty easy to spot because of their webs. Agelenopsis spp. usually seem to make pretty big sheet webs that have a funnel built into them. The spider will usually be located in or at the entrance of this funnel...
@RezonantVoid I wonder if this could also help the MM's lifespan since he can't wander as much. I read part of the pinned thread about solifugids (in the "True Spiders & Other Arachnids" forum) before and this post is what made me wonder...
At this point I've caught a few gravid females. Ones I can think of have been Scotophaeus blackwalli, Eratigena atrica, Agelenopsis sp., and Steatoda triangulosa. I've had a few more species lay sacs that never hatched and thought perhaps they have been false sacs. When I read that misting might...
Hi NYAN, if you have time, I have a question about keeping egg sacs. From you experience, is it better to keep everything bone dry or is it better to mist the sac every once in a while to prevent it from drying out. I heard someone mention that they mist near the egg sacs recently so it made me...
Lol, yeah. I had some and was just curious if she would try do drink some of the water from it but it appeared she was actually eating it. When I found her tossed carrot later, she'd eaten quite a bit of the thinner part :hilarious:.
I have only raised Pardosa sp. but usually water helps the death curl when I've had that problem in mine. You could try to get it to drink some water out of a water dish (bottle cap) and see if that helps. For wolf spiders, I've found providing a water dish to be very helpful in keeping them...
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