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I haven't even seen mine since September when she sealed up her burrow for winter after a large meal... Such amazing spiders, no?

A picture would help

Insightful as usual, thanks NMT's!

I order mine from ebay/amazon

I'm going to 'guess' female, I see what looks like spermatheca but they could be male accessory organs.

That looks quite female to me

The bundled packages of 6 to 10 are usually quite small, not good for adult spiders. The container store is were I like to buy shoeboxes because you can get them clear with vent holes already. 'The Container Store Tall Shoe Box Clear' and the 'Men's Shoe Box' are my favorites for medium sized...

I lost my last Widow after an accidentally large misting, her enclosure did not have adequate ventilation and she succumbed to some sort of infection.

I don't know the species because I don't even know where they came from - but I didn't say they help with mites, I said they help eat leftover food. I'm sorry to hear about your current mite problem, it is no fun - I have lost many projects myself to mites. I hope you are successful in your...

I keep darkling beetles in my roach containers to help cleanup uneaten food, and I would have dermestid beetles in there but I haven't found any to add yet. But, if you really want to combat flies and mites you just have to keep things clean, and be mindful of what you use a food. By using a dry...

In My Opinion - IMO

I have developed a tolerance for urticating hairs over the years, but I don't keep really bad haired species atm - I have also developed a tolerance to glochids after growing cacti for a few years too - But It may just boil down to me having really callused hands?

My go to is the container store, then Amazon. AMAC boxes from the CS the amazon has almost anything you can imagine.

Mine always seem to want to be under some cover, but always choose a high point. I do know there are terrestrial jumping spoods, maybe yours was misidentified?

Dave also lives in a much more humid part of the world then I, %65 average ambient humidity vs. my ~%30. Bone dry to Dave is WAY different then bone dry to me. I bet his humidity loving spiders only need water once a month or so, but mine need water once a week or more. I am very sorry for your...

I think it would be fine, here is a link to a similar thread I found: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/keeping-african-giant-millipedes-and-pure-common-hissing-roaches-together.303503/

I don't see anything that looks like bleeding, what exactly is making you worried?

Probably a dermestid beetle larvae.

I believe we understood exactly what you were saying. Those sound like phorid flies to me. Do they have red eyes? Flies with red eyes and fat bodies like fruit ( Drosophila ), and skinny, fast running flies (phorid) like mold and decay. I agree, there is not much you can do if the spider has...

I agree with Stylo, phorid flies are a bad sign but do not definitely mean a dead spider. Patience is hard in moments like these and although I too think the right choice is to wait, boy would I have a hard time waiting. :rofl: I just dug up two 1/8" c. elegans because I have no patience...At...