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Arachnopeon
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- Dec 8, 2017
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This little one wandered into my house the other day. I have asked around for an ID, and it seems to be a little Kukulcania.
Does anyone have experience sexing these at such a small size? I know when mature they are quite dimorphic. I've looked at spiderling pictures and it seems most start out with the tan color, though the adult females are dark and the adult males keep the tan. I'm hoping that maybe this is a little girl who is just starting to darken up? She's about .75" leg span.
I'd love to keep her because I love spiders and I've never kept a true spider before. I figure if she doesn't eat in my care I will release her. I want the best for her. So I have a few questions...
1. Is it possible to tell the gender and species this young?
2. What is the best enclosure 'furniture' for her? I have a chunk of local cholla wood in there. I thought she might like all the little crevices and the hollow center, but I can definitely switch it to something else she'd like more.
3. What would the best food be? I breed dubia, lesser mealworms, and mealworms. I've been thinking about getting a red runner colony so I might have those available as well. What would be best? I left a prekilled mealworm for her yesterday, but she didn't touch it. I only squished the head though, so maybe she'd like live or chopped pieces? I've never fed a spider this small.
4. Any other advice would be wonderful. I've read a lot of the threads on here and there's a lot of different information out there. But I'd love as much as I can get!
Does anyone have experience sexing these at such a small size? I know when mature they are quite dimorphic. I've looked at spiderling pictures and it seems most start out with the tan color, though the adult females are dark and the adult males keep the tan. I'm hoping that maybe this is a little girl who is just starting to darken up? She's about .75" leg span.
I'd love to keep her because I love spiders and I've never kept a true spider before. I figure if she doesn't eat in my care I will release her. I want the best for her. So I have a few questions...
1. Is it possible to tell the gender and species this young?
2. What is the best enclosure 'furniture' for her? I have a chunk of local cholla wood in there. I thought she might like all the little crevices and the hollow center, but I can definitely switch it to something else she'd like more.
3. What would the best food be? I breed dubia, lesser mealworms, and mealworms. I've been thinking about getting a red runner colony so I might have those available as well. What would be best? I left a prekilled mealworm for her yesterday, but she didn't touch it. I only squished the head though, so maybe she'd like live or chopped pieces? I've never fed a spider this small.
4. Any other advice would be wonderful. I've read a lot of the threads on here and there's a lot of different information out there. But I'd love as much as I can get!