Do T's usually wrap their food in webbing?

[Sparkn]

I just feed my G. rosea a cricket and after it caught the cricket I left the room. When I came back my T was putting down webbing on the ground (the spot already had web present) and I think she dropped the cricket onto the blanket of web and webbed over the dead cricket. Now there's a dead cricket carcass half eaten and covered in webbing... is this just normal weird rosea behavior? I'm fairly new to the hobby so.... ya

 

[the nature boy]

I just feed my G. rosea a cricket and after it caught the cricket I left the room. When I came back my T was putting down webbing on the ground (the spot already had web present) and I think she dropped the cricket onto the blanket of web and webbed over the dead cricket. Now there's a dead cricket carcass half eaten and covered in webbing... is this just normal weird rosea behavior? I'm fairly new to the hobby so.... ya

Completely normal. Do remove the bolus (that's what it's called) the day after feeding as mites can eat it and flourish.

 

[rekabwerb]

im new to, so don't take this to be your answer, but I've never seen any of mine wrap one of their crickets

sounds cool though 8) rosie tupperware

 

[Dyon]

I never could find the leftovers but yesterday i found some with mites in it.
Should i clean the cage immediatly?

 

[the nature boy]

I never could find the leftovers but yesterday i found some with mites in it.
Should i clean the cage immediatly?

Unless you have a serious infestation removing the boluses the next day and keeping the enclosure relatively dry (unless it's a species, say T. blondi, that needs some moisture) should be enough. You can always take some pics and post them here if you want further advice.

 

[the nature boy]

im new to, so don't take this to be your answer, but I've never seen any of mine wrap one of their crickets

sounds cool though 8) rosie tupperware

Usually not as completely as true spiders do but you'll certainly see them put webbing over/around the prey a bit.

 

[Roland Slinger]

Mine does. It's called Waltz according to the authors of Tarantula Keeper's Guide.

They said it's because T webs are mostly protein, so they wrap their food in it and then eat it with a bit of web for extra protein

 

[Roski]

i enjoy watching my T's do this it's completely normal, and very entertaining- though i didn't know that it was for extra protein- so they eat their own silk so that they can produce... more silk? or is it for building other organs, once ingested and broken down? and if that were the case, is it an inefficient digestive system that diverts more amino acids to silk production than other parts of its body?