Black widow slings

[annlpz]

I have a black widow who made an eggsac
I took it away from her and kept the eggsac just to know if it was infertile or if it would hatch
And it's hatched!

Now I have around 30 baby latrodectus Hesperus
I would like to see them grow but I don't know how to take care of them, they are so small!

How much should I wait for them to grow and separate every spider? Should I give them flies already or should I wait?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I have a black widow who made an eggsac
I took it away from her and kept the eggsac just to know if it was infertile or if it would hatch
And it's hatched!

Now I have around 30 baby latrodectus Hesperus
I would like to see them grow but I don't know how to take care of them, they are so small!

How much should I wait for them to grow and separate every spider? Should I give them flies already or should I wait?

What instar are they tarantulas you separate at 2i , go ahead and feed them see if they eat . Widows are so cool I’ve never had one.

 

[programmatic]

People seem to think they wont eat immediately, but I've tested communal feeds within the same day of hatching- against various species -and they all ate right away. Just feed them as a group until they get around 5th instar (from here you can identify males from females and pull/separate what you want). Between your meal offerings, some will also eat each other and naturally die off. If you prefer not to have them cannibalize, then you need to separate them earlier, but you'll still see a lot of natural losses + create more work as you need to feed them individually. For rare species, this is worth it, but for L. hesperus you're better off just letting the alpha female emerge naturally.

Growth is a function of food intake, temperature, and time. In that order. Keep them hot and well-fed with adequate humidity for faster growth/molting. Fruit flies are ok, but to ensure everyone's really eating well, you'll find various beetle larvae to be perfect. The smaller beetle larvae are ideal. Those first couple of meals will require that you slightly disable the worms so that they don't fight too much. Drop it in the web and their remainder vitality should signal to the slings that there is food to be had. I've seen even the smallest slings try to wrap very lively prey and repeatedly bite them. Eventually, everyone joins in and the worm becomes overwhelmed.

Be sure to give them a very light misting of water once a week. They'll drink off the webs and walls of the enclosure.

Attached: freshly hatched L. menavodi feeding on buffalo beetle larvae.