Dean Rider
Arachnopeon
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I have been collecting eggs of Asbolus verrucosus to prevent cannibalism. Some of my females bury their eggs, and others do not. At least one eats her own eggs. I kept the harvested eggs on the surface of a sand / coir mix at about 70 degrees F and 50% RH. This is my first larva during hatching. Being the first, it gets special treatment, and is now named Casper. Casper was an egg at 8:09 am and his head was out about 11:22 am. This photo was taken about 1:00 pm and Casper finally started digging into the substrate about 2:10 pm. Casper was pretty slow and took an additional few hours to bury itself almost all the way, where it seemed to stop for the night. Casper is about 5 mm long. Anyway, I thought this was a pretty rare event to have photographed, so decided to share: