Well the title describes the situation. I found a black widow spider today. It is a particularly beautiful individual with the red hour glass but also 4 red dots that run along the dorsal region of it's abdomen, I've never seen an specimen with that color pattern before, so I don't know if its a subspecies or individual trait. Regardless I found this individual outside the dorm of the college I go to, and knowing the fate of black widows in a highly populated area I captured it. I don't really believe in keeping wild caught animals, but this spider is too beautiful and misunderstood for me to release it back on campus. So now comes the questions:
1. What do I keep it in? (currently it is in a very large kritter keeper (for its size) with cocofiber bedding and naturally found sticks for web formation.)
2. How do I sex it? its not a very large individual roughly the size of a penny with its legs sprawled, but its coloration (other than the deep red hour glass and 4 dots) is solid black.
3. How long do they generally live? (male and female life span)
4. What do I feed it?
5. How do I water it?
6. Anything else I should provide for its enclosure?
Thank you for your responses in advance, I am most excited about this beautiful spider
1. What do I keep it in? (currently it is in a very large kritter keeper (for its size) with cocofiber bedding and naturally found sticks for web formation.)
2. How do I sex it? its not a very large individual roughly the size of a penny with its legs sprawled, but its coloration (other than the deep red hour glass and 4 dots) is solid black.
3. How long do they generally live? (male and female life span)
4. What do I feed it?
5. How do I water it?
6. Anything else I should provide for its enclosure?
Thank you for your responses in advance, I am most excited about this beautiful spider