Eggsacs!

[Arachno_Shack]

Hey guys!


I got home from the airport late Sunday night, and just could not wait to see what my little creepy crawlies have been up too!

I knew I had an eggsac from my HUGE N. chromatus to pull, but I had no idea that my communal Black and Yellow Argiope tank was doing sooo well...two eggsacs!

So, I now have 3 eggsacs to watch!..BTW, the N. chromatus sac is HUGE, so expect to see those little ones for sale soon...lol

Here are a few pics to enjoy......

N. chromatus sac

Black and Yellow Argiope

Black and Yellow Argiope sac #1

Black and Yellow Argiope Sac #2

AWESOME!!!!!

 

[lucanidae]

Congrats! Nice to see a big N. chromatus sac, I'd be interested in a bunch of those!

Watch out for those Argiope, the slings are TINY but really numerous (that's a huge sac!) and it looks like they could get out of that screen top....

 

[Arachno_Shack]

Congrats! Nice to see a big N. chromatus sac, I'd be interested in a bunch of those!

Watch out for those Argiope, the slings are TINY but really numerous (that's a huge sac!) and it looks like they could get out of that screen top....

LOL....Thanks Eric! Already all over that!!! I changed the lid to plexi, to eliminate the possibility of escape. Any idea the length of time before hatching on the Argiope???

 

[WyvernsLair]

don't argiope sacs overwinter and hatch in the spring?

 

[Arachno_Shack]

don't argiope sacs overwinter and hatch in the spring?

This is true, however they "normally" lay a sac in the early fall(I think)....Just wondering what would happen if I kept my temps up....

 

[aluras]

Congrats! Nice to see a big N. chromatus sac, I'd be interested in a bunch of those!

Watch out for those Argiope, the slings are TINY but really numerous (that's a huge sac!) and it looks like they could get out of that screen top....

I want A new chromatus!! or 5

 

[lucanidae]

At constant room temps I'd bet you are looking at hatching in 3-4 weeks...ish. Hard to say exactly though 21-28 days after laying is usually a good guess. The slings will stay together in this totally cool looking communal web for an instar or two, I bet you could just leave them in there together and end up with a decent number of adults if they are well fed; since they won't wander too much after making their own orbs. That would be a pretty cool looking tank! Make sure to PM when the chromatus are ready!, I only have one now and that is just not enough.

Cheers,
Eric

 

[xhexdx]

We have those argiopes all over the place here. One outside my workplace just dropped a sac and I'm probably going to pull it from her in a couple weeks because everyone at work can't stand the thought of 'millions of tiny spiders' running around everywhere.

We have a lot of N. clavipes as well.

Oh, and widows galore. Mainly brown widows, but there are a few blacks around too.

 

[miarachnids]

Gongrats on the sacks. :clap: :clap:

 

[Arachno_Shack]

HAHA!!! It keeps getting better!

One more argiope sac was just dropped, bringing the total to 3...lol

I'm going to pull them shortly. I gave it some thought, and figured I'd gently refridgerate them "overwinter". Then in the spring, I can release them, once they've grown up a bit.....Better chance of survial???...Maybe.

 

[WyvernsLair]

HAHA!!! It keeps getting better!

One more argiope sac was just dropped, bringing the total to 3...lol

I'm going to pull them shortly. I gave it some thought, and figured I'd gently refridgerate them "overwinter". Then in the spring, I can release them, once they've grown up a bit.....Better chance of survial???...Maybe.

That sounds like a good plan. I had a trio of black and yellow argiopes living in my yard one year (female, two males). Had fun throwing crickets into the webs every few days. Female laid a LARGE sac on the deck in a protected spot that fall and I got really lucky the following spring to watch it hatch and the babies ballooon off on their little webbies.