L. hasselti mating

[Widowman10]

was a first for me, and i was highly interested and excited to see the male do his constriction and flip.

from my picture thread:

was hoping to document constriction and the male sacrifice.
http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/1/3/276.full.pdf

male wandering on the female's web, cutting it, making modifications, etc:

mating!

and he did the flip, she is now eating him:

:razz: allright!! :razz:

hope you enjoyed. the article is a really good read by the way. pretty sweet stuff.

 

[bluefrogtat2]

congrats...
andy

 

[Widowman10]

thanks andy! was the most interesting mating i've seen yet. very cool process.

 

[Spider-Spazz]

LOL this takes me back to my first time seeing my widow mate. I stuck a male in my females cage thinking, what the heck, why not mate them!
I came back from buying some crickets to seeing them mate, it was an awesome process if you don't think I'm weird saying that
After that I got two egg sacs. I ended up letting her and the egg sacs go underneath a large piece of bark in the nature reserve trail.
Wicked pictures!

 

[spinningspider]

NICE PICS!!!! i want slings when they are ready.... btw tred slings
are molting away!... my pallidus is still looking for a boy if you have one yet!!!

 

[LeilaNami]

wow she looks like velvet

 

[Widowman10]

update: she is getting much fatter! eating like crazy, so i guess it's a good sign.