Breeding solfugid(Rhagodes sp.)

[attenboroughii]

Galeodes sp. were imported from Egypt this spring.
I have mated several pair.
Scaffolds are needed for this solifugae copulation.
Because they need to put the spermatophore on the scaffold in order to pinch it with the chelicerae.

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Spermatophore can be placed in the genital opening in about 10 seconds using the chelicerae.


the spermatophore


Spermatophore can be seen through the side of the abdomen of the female after she has finished copulation.

 

[paumotu]

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Galeodes sp. were imported from Egypt this spring.
I have mated several pair.
Scaffolds are needed for this solifugae copulation.
Because they need to put the spermatophore on the scaffold in order to pinch it with the chelicerae.

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Spermatophore can be placed in the genital opening in about 10 seconds using the chelicerae.

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the spermatophore

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Spermatophore can be seen through the side of the abdomen of the female after she has finished copulation.

How do you sex the galeodes sp?

 

[Jonathan6303]

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Galeodes sp. were imported from Egypt this spring.
I have mated several pair.
Scaffolds are needed for this solifugae copulation.
Because they need to put the spermatophore on the scaffold in order to pinch it with the chelicerae.

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Spermatophore can be placed in the genital opening in about 10 seconds using the chelicerae.

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the spermatophore

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Spermatophore can be seen through the side of the abdomen of the female after she has finished copulation.

Very informative. Thank you for sharing

 

[attenboroughii]

How do you sex the galeodes sp?

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It is not particularly difficult. As soon as adult pairs are put together, copulation begins.

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The male holds female and moves to a scaffold, where he taps the female with his pedipalp or hits her body on the ground.
This is to keep the female quiet.

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Once the male hands over spermatophore, he taps female's body again and quickly escapes while timing his movements.


Adult male has flagellum on chelicerae.


Adult female has a crack-like on the side of the abdomen.
Eventually, eggs can be seen in this crack.


This is an example of a Galeodes sp. I got last year.
She has not mated.


If they don't copulate, before long they will have what looks like white oil droplets floating in their eggs.


The eggs are not laid and are absorbed.
Females that fail to lay eggs die during the year.

In the case of this solifugae, an unfertilized egg is not usually laid, but a weakened female may lay eggs at the point of death.
If a female lays whitish salmon roe, the eggs are definitely unfertilized.

 

[attenboroughii]

Well, the galeodes were mated at the beginning of this month and the eggs are growing.
I kept them at 82℉(28°C) for 2-3 weeks after mating, but since it seemed a little low, I have been keeping them at 86℉(30°C) or higher since last week.


When the eggs have reached a certain size, suddenly, they become cloudy around the eggs.
Perhaps fertilization is taking place at this time. This is because the stored sperm also disappears at this time.
The turbidity clears up in 3-4 days.


Yesterday, a week after the turbidity occurred, a drop of oil appeared in the egg.


I thought this was a breeding failure, but today I noticed that the oil droplet had split into two or three pieces.

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On closer inspection, I found that these former oil droplets were moving in waves within the egg.
It seems that what appeared to be an oil droplet was an embryo.
The embryo is growing very fast.

 

[wizentrop]

This is such a fantastic thread. Keep up the good work!

 

[Jonathan6303]

Legendary

 

[fatich]

This thread must be sticky.
Such an informative thread.

 

[attenboroughii]

Large eggs, about 4 mm( 5/32 in) in diameter, are laid.


They are like pearls!


The eggs are growing inside the mother's belly, and some even hatch within hours of being laid.
They seem to be able to hatch with the slightest amount of humidity, and hatching occurs with just a breath of air.


Almost all the eggs hatched within a day, but for some reason they stopped moving in the middle of hatching.
I considered this to be hatching failure, but after a full day in this state, hatching resumed.


As a result, the hatching took place in good condition.
Incidentally, that smells like a pupa of a ground beetle(Genus Damaster).

 

[Jonathan6303]

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Large eggs, about 4 mm( 5/32 in) in diameter, are laid.

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They are like pearls!

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The eggs are growing inside the mother's belly, and some even hatch within hours of being laid.
They seem to be able to hatch with the slightest amount of humidity, and hatching occurs with just a breath of air.

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Almost all the eggs hatched within a day, but for some reason they stopped moving in the middle of hatching.
I considered this to be hatching failure, but after a full day in this state, hatching resumed.

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As a result, the hatching took place in good condition.
Incidentally, that smells like a pupa of a ground beetle(Genus Damaster).

The smell of success

 

[Jonathan6303]

@attenboroughii have you ever worked with dinorhax rostrumpsittaci

 

[attenboroughii]

@attenboroughii have you ever worked with dinorhax rostrumpsittaci

I once got that Vietnamese solifugae, but unfortunately I could not get a female and was unable to breed.
Most of the ones that are captured are males.

 

[Jonathan6303]

I once got that Vietnamese solifugae, but unfortunately I could not get a female and was unable to breed.
Most of the ones that are captured are males.

That’s a shame. They are a beautiful species. I hope your able to find a female one day.

 

[Jonathan6303]

What would you consider to be the most colorful solifugae out of what you kept.
After seeing the dinorhax rostrumpsittaci I’ve been wondering about other brightly colored solifugae. Of course all solifugae are amazing(I do like the look of rhagodes particularly) I want to broaden my understanding of different species.

 

[Arthroverts]

I remember seeing a picture of a bright orange specimen from Somalia. It was incredible to see such coloration on a solifuge.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[attenboroughii]

The body turns pink and molting occurs in a little over two weeks.
Hatching occurs quickly, so survival is high.

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It may be 10 days before the molted juvenile becomes active.
Juveniles move very quickly.
I would like to start feeding them soon.


I didn't know this, but it seems that this yellow solifgae is able to lay eggs more than once.
The female that finished laying eggs started to hold them again.

 

[schmiggle]

Almost all the eggs hatched within a day, but for some reason they stopped moving in the middle of hatching.
I considered this to be hatching failure, but after a full day in this state, hatching resumed.

I would have had a heart attack twice

 

[Liquifin]

Hello @attenboroughii

I want to ask you a question. Have you ever owned or mated Galeodes arabs? If you have, I would be curious as to how you would care for them and breed for them if you do have them.

 

[attenboroughii]

Hello @attenboroughii

I want to ask you a question. Have you ever owned or mated Galeodes arabs? If you have, I would be curious as to how you would care for them and breed for them if you do have them.

Sorry.
I have never kept G.arabs.

 

[Liquifin]

Sorry.
I have never kept G.arabs.

It's okay if you have never kept G. arabs. Your contributions have already been more than plenty with your information.