Dissecting a Western Black Widow Egg Sac Under a Microscope

[Reluctant Widow Mother]

Because I don't need hundreds of black widows, I have to put most of my ladies' egg sacs in the freezer. I was curious about the contents and opened one up under a microscope. The eggs are each only about the size of a grain of sand! Teensy.

Click on this link to see: Black Widow Egg Sac Under Microscope - YouTube

 

[darkness975]

Because I don't need hundreds of black widows, I have to put most of my ladies' egg sacs in the freezer. I was curious about the contents and opened one up under a microscope. The eggs are each only about the size of a grain of sand! Teensy.

Click on this link to see: Black Widow Egg Sac Under Microscope - YouTube

They're native where you are so you should just place them outside somewhere in a bush.

 

[Reluctant Widow Mother]

They're native where you are so you should just place them outside somewhere in a bush.

I did that with the last batch I hatched. One of my ladies just laid an egg sac, but conditions during the winter aren't exactly optimal. Regardless, I'll look into finding a place for it.

 

[darkness975]

I did that with the last batch I hatched. One of my ladies just laid an egg sac, but conditions during the winter aren't exactly optimal. Regardless, I'll look into finding a place for it.

It may survive over the winter, or it may not. If you tuck it into a secluded place it just might make it.
We need all the native widows we can get thanks to the invasive L. geometricus taking over and displacing them.