Cyriocosmus elegans breeding tips?

[HeavyMetalTarantula]

So my Suspect male is definitely confirmed himself as a male, big ole hooks, and cute lil nads lol. Going to wait for the female to molt one more time then I'm going to give it a go! This will be my 1st breeding attempt in general. I figured this would be a good, and easy species to start with being the little sweethearts that they are, my question is to anyone who has had success breeding this species or breeding in general what tips do you have for a successful pairing? Besides the common sense stuff like being there to supervise if she starts to fold on him or anything like that haha or if anyone has any good videos on breeding just link me up! Lol Thank you guys!

 

[Sambro]

Hey @HeavyMetalTarantula!

Nice! That's awesome, love me some dwarf T's!

If you have some smaller tongs, as the male begins to pair, you can put tongs just in front of the female to stop her from striking down once he's finished his insemination. Females usually change tone as soon as he's finished and will try to grab him at that point. Tongs will give your male a chance to getaway. You can always place a cup on the female while you coast him away as she may also dash him.

Best of luck dude!

 

[Reezelbeezelbug]

I haven't bred C elegans, but I have bred C leetzi and C ritae. Both leetzi and ritae went fairly easily. My ritae females were drumming like crazy for a week, so once I introduced the male, they got to it really quick. They were hooked up for nearly 2 hours. When it was done, they amicably parted ways, I didn't notice any aggression from the female at all. My leetzi's were slightly different. The female wasn't drumming and wasn't interested a couple times. She slapped to tell him to get lost, but never tried to eat him. Eventually she accepted his company and they too were locked up for around 2 hours. When they decided they were done, he shot out of her burrow to safety. Elegans could be a whole different beast, but from reading breeding reports on here and other sites, it sounds very similar to what I experienced with leetzi and ritae as far as aggression and length of breeding. I did most of my pairings in the afternoons because for some reason pretty much all my leetzis and ritaes go out wandering around from about 2pm to 5 or 6pm. Really interesting to me, but I haven't heard anyone else echo that, so maybe it was isolated to something in my room that caused them to wander in the afternoons.

One other thing of note, the males didn't last long. Like 6 months tops. I've had an N incei male for about a year and a half now, still going strong and wandering, but after a couple months the Cyriocosmus males really start slowing down. I did have one leetzi female molt out after pairing and I tried to pair her again to an old, slow male. She grabbed him and chomped him so fast the second he walked over her web, but I'm sure it was a combo of her not being fed up enough after a molt and him not doing any drumming when he touched her web. Once the lively males touch the web, they get revved up and start drumming like crazy. Be careful if they don't drum.

Good luck, great little spiders!

 

[viper69]

Use a piece of cardboard to separate vs tongs.

 

[CEC]

Use a piece of cardboard to separate vs tongs.

Who is going to hover over a Cyriocomus mating with piece of cardboard waiting for it to be over? Lol Have fun with that lol I hope you can statue with the best of 'em cuz you'll be in that position for multiple hours more than likely... Also all for the the unlikelyhood of the male getting eaten, which to me is especially not worth the exhaustion since in my experience, most males that were munched were eaten for a reason after a good pairing. Juz my 2 cents.

 

[viper69]

Who is going to hover over a Cyriocomus mating with piece of cardboard waiting for it to be over? Lol Have fun with that lol I hope you can statue with the best of 'em cuz you'll be in that position for multiple hours more than likely... Also all for the the unlikelyhood of the male getting eaten, which to me is especially not worth the exhaustion since in my experience, most males that were munched were eaten for a reason after a good pairing. Juz my 2 cents.

People do it. I can't help the fact that your breeding room door reads "Death to All Who Enter!"

 

[HeavyMetalTarantula]

I haven't bred C elegans, but I have bred C leetzi and C ritae. Both leetzi and ritae went fairly easily. My ritae females were drumming like crazy for a week, so once I introduced the male, they got to it really quick. They were hooked up for nearly 2 hours. When it was done, they amicably parted ways, I didn't notice any aggression from the female at all. My leetzi's were slightly different. The female wasn't drumming and wasn't interested a couple times. She slapped to tell him to get lost, but never tried to eat him. Eventually she accepted his company and they too were locked up for around 2 hours. When they decided they were done, he shot out of her burrow to safety. Elegans could be a whole different beast, but from reading breeding reports on here and other sites, it sounds very similar to what I experienced with leetzi and ritae as far as aggression and length of breeding. I did most of my pairings in the afternoons because for some reason pretty much all my leetzis and ritaes go out wandering around from about 2pm to 5 or 6pm. Really interesting to me, but I haven't heard anyone else echo that, so maybe it was isolated to something in my room that caused them to wander in the afternoons.

One other thing of note, the males didn't last long. Like 6 months tops. I've had an N incei male for about a year and a half now, still going strong and wandering, but after a couple months the Cyriocosmus males really start slowing down. I did have one leetzi female molt out after pairing and I tried to pair her again to an old, slow male. She grabbed him and chomped him so fast the second he walked over her web, but I'm sure it was a combo of her not being fed up enough after a molt and him not doing any drumming when he touched her web. Once the lively males touch the web, they get revved up and start drumming like crazy. Be careful if they don't drum.

Good luck, great little spiders!

Thank you! This helps a bunch!

 

[HeavyMetalTarantula]

Use a piece of cardboard to separate vs tongs.

Good idea, or maybe a straw? That minimizes potential injury

 

[CommanderBacon]

One other thing of note, the males didn't last long. Like 6 months tops. I've had an N incei male for about a year and a half now, still going strong and wandering, but after a couple months the Cyriocosmus males really start slowing down.

I found this thread while looking for other information, but I need to note that my C elegans male lived for 13 months post-maturity and was making sperm webs and was extremely active for at least the first six months.

 

[8 legged]

In breeding C. elegans there are no real mistakes to be made. Mating and it is good. The females also build the egg sack in a simple plastic cup...
Just let the spiders do their business

 

[USNGunner]

I did most of my pairings in the afternoons because for some reason pretty much all my leetzis and ritaes go out wandering around from about 2pm to 5 or 6pm. Really interesting to me, but I haven't heard anyone else echo that, so maybe it was isolated to something in my room that caused them to wander in the afternoons.

Mine have been coming out every afternoon and ditty bopping around as well. Totally surprised me but very cool to watch. I have a cyriocosmus perezmilesi and cyriocosmus leetzi and they both do the same.