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1) So my female unknown mygalomorph that laid the eggsac mysteriously died after the eggs hatched and I separated them. It seemed like it was thin, weak, and having trouble spinning a tube. I fed it a large-esque pre-killed fly the day before and it was eating it. The enclosure was kept slightly moist, so no dessication.
Why did it die? Possibly olde age?
One of its legs had a strange white marking and it didn't seem to use it. Can those regenerate with the next moult?
2) There are about 30 spiderlings living in a communal web. I have fed them a pre-killed baby cockroach and their dead mother D), but I feel like they aren't eating. They are growing bigger, though..
Are they eating their own moults and, if not, what can I feed them?
3) My other one has just moulted again and it has grown a lot. It is now well over 1.5cm, robust, aggressive, and an all-around killing machine. The dead mother was around 1.2cm and thin before it died.
Can they still moult and grow after they reach sexual maturity? I thought that they didn't, but I'd like to be proven wrong. Why did the two differ so much in size?
I'm still uncertain if they are Diplurid or Macrothele or something else, but I'll keep everyone updated. I also found a bird shoppe that sells both small and king mealworms, so that takes care of my feeding problem. We are going on a big hunt tomorrow and I hope to bring back something new this time.
Why did it die? Possibly olde age?
One of its legs had a strange white marking and it didn't seem to use it. Can those regenerate with the next moult?
2) There are about 30 spiderlings living in a communal web. I have fed them a pre-killed baby cockroach and their dead mother D), but I feel like they aren't eating. They are growing bigger, though..
Are they eating their own moults and, if not, what can I feed them?
3) My other one has just moulted again and it has grown a lot. It is now well over 1.5cm, robust, aggressive, and an all-around killing machine. The dead mother was around 1.2cm and thin before it died.
Can they still moult and grow after they reach sexual maturity? I thought that they didn't, but I'd like to be proven wrong. Why did the two differ so much in size?
I'm still uncertain if they are Diplurid or Macrothele or something else, but I'll keep everyone updated. I also found a bird shoppe that sells both small and king mealworms, so that takes care of my feeding problem. We are going on a big hunt tomorrow and I hope to bring back something new this time.