Black Widow sac

[reverendsterlin]

The first sac this season was back in late May. Things went well and I even kept a single specimen. I was only a little surprised a couple of weeks ago when she made a second sac

but then a couple of days ago she decided that 2 wasn't enough and...

she didn't look to hot after finishing the second one, but a nice fat cricket got her back to speed. I'll soon have more baby blackwidows than I could shake a stick at lol.
Rev

 

[Stormcrow]

That's sweet! My first love of invertebrates and yes, you are going to have two litters as numerous as sand near the sea. You would be surprised how many Widowlings come out of a single small eggsac but two?! Congratulations once again, you are becoming a regular arachnomaternity ward. Hehe. Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[Stormcrow]

Oh yeah, are you planning on moving the eggsacs to a more airtight container? I can easily imagine the Widowlings spilling out of the ventilation holes.

 

[Bothrops]

Excellent pics, and congratulations.

BTW... what species is that? Latrodectus variolus maybe?

 

[phoenixxavierre]

Nice going, Rev! Post some pics of the babies if you can when they hatch!

Paul