P. metallica mating attempt.

Talkenlate04

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Looks like my male has cold feet tonight. The female was in a do me now forget the drinks mood, and he was in a daze trying to figure out how he got such a hot lady.{D Looks like Ill be trying again another night.
All the movement is being done by the female.

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seanbond

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man she was pulling out all the stops!
iv had my selenocosmia ardnsti do the same thing on one of my attemps and the male being shy for whatever reason. so i guess, just not in the mood?
nice looking couple!
 

Roski

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The stud's a dud... Come on little man, we need an insertion before we can speculate for months on whether or not the female will drop a sac. Then we get to chew our nails over whether or not it's viable. May I ask when was the last time he made a sperm web?
 

KJE

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That's pokies for you.:wall: Crossing my fingers that he steps up to the plate on the next pairing.
 

CodeWilster

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Gah! I put mine together last night and had the EXACT same reaction only vice versa. The female was not receptive at all but the male would not stop drumming and pushing her around (she would either just sit there or rear up and run away). Maybe we should do a swap (...I get your female). :D
 

SeanJo

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Gah! I put mine together last night and had the EXACT same reaction only vice versa. The female was not receptive at all but the male would not stop drumming and pushing her around (she would either just sit there or rear up and run away). Maybe we should do a swap (...I get your female). :D
Better yet, it sounds to me the mating should be done in a neutral environment. I propose you both send me all 4 T's and I'll take care of everything
 

Fluke

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nice video! Can you post pictures of your mating apparatus that you use?
 

Spyder 1.0

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man up and pinch grab the female. let the male have his way like you did back in the day. What species was that.. fasciata? come-on... you wont!, you wont!


bahaha, im kidding.




But seriously.
 

Talkenlate04

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man up and pinch grab the female. let the male have his way like you did back in the day. What species was that.. fasciata? come-on... you wont!, you wont!


bahaha, im kidding.




But seriously.
Yes its a blue fasciata. lol.
The female is not the problem here so the pinch method won't work.
I would not do it anyway, the timing is perfect with this pair the will do just fine on their own.
 

robertcarst

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man up and pinch grab the female. let the male have his way like you did back in the day. wont!, you wont!
Do you, by chance, still have a video of this? I would love to watch it, must be very interesting.
:)

Thanks a lot in advance
 

Talkenlate04

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I did this once with a formosa pair. The female was having nothing to do with the male for some reason despite being a month past her last molt. The male was more then willing. So I decided to hold her hand. 3 months later ish I got a fertile egg sac from her.
And at the end of the video you can see the male is having a hard time getting his palp out of the female so he jumps on my hand. I thought I was getting bit for sure but I did not. I won't be doing it again. I more did it to see if it could be done.


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robertcarst

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Thank you very much, and congrats on the solution you found for your problem.:clap:
 

Tunedbeat

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Looks like my male has cold feet tonight. The female was in a do me now forget the drinks mood, and he was in a daze trying to figure out how he got such a hot lady.{D Looks like Ill be trying again another night.
All the movement is being done by the female.

Give him a break, he just hit puberty! :D Just because he's made a sperm web doesn't mean he's ready for the real thing.

As always, I wish you the best of luck! ..With your past experience, I highly doubt you'll need..
 

Talkenlate04

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Give him a break, he just hit puberty! :D Just because he's made a sperm web doesn't mean he's ready for the real thing.

As always, I wish you the best of luck! ..With your past experience, I highly doubt you'll need..
Hes made 4-5 sperm webs. His on high gear making one almost every night for the past few days. {D

Oh I need luck. We all can use a little luck here and there.
 

moose35

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let that male watch some of your you-tube spider porn.
he'll get the idea.


but good luck

moose
 

Talkenlate04

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Tonight started with much of the same. Had to hold my breath there for a few seconds. :) Eventually he started tapping. Ill post that one soon too.

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