G. rosea Sperm Web

[Arachne]

Last week sometime, I wrote to try and find out what was wrong with my mature male G. rosea ("Stressed out Rosie"). He was tearing up his enclosure and seemed quite agitated. Well, most of you said he was either looking to build a sperm web, or looking for a female. I raised the substrate (so he didn't kill himself slipping all over the walls) and changed his flower pot hide to one that was about 1/2 the size. He calmed down right away, and about 3 days later, he did this:

I knew what he was doing right away, I'm just lucky that I was home to witness it all!

Ara

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

Awesome! He's ready for a girlie

I recently took pics of this male Avic avic I have making a sperm web and loading up. Its really neat to witness!

 

[Godzirrrra]

Thats Funny mine did the same thing last week, and the same this week with a new web.

 

[Grimlock]

Interesting. I had no idea that male T's did this. After reading your post I googled "Sperm Web" to learn more about this activity as I found this to be rather bizarre. Well, after sifting through tons of "inapropriate" sites, and researching several decent ones ... I have come to the conclusion that this is not rather bizarre, but really bizarre. Thanks for the leason. :shifty eyes:

Welp, at least I will know if my T starts doing this. I won't freak out.

 

[Arachne]

Interesting. I had no idea that male T's did this. After reading your post I googled "Sperm Web" to learn more about this activity as I found this to be rather bizarre. Well, after sifting through tons of "inapropriate" sites, and researching several decent ones ... I have come to the conclusion that this is not rather bizarre, but really bizarre. Thanks for the leason. :shifty eyes:

Welp, at least I will know if my T starts doing this. I won't freak out.

Yeah, when I told my sister (who gave him to me) and my mom (who loves my T's) about it, they were totally confused and kept saying "he did WHAT?!?!" I had to explain it to my sister about 4 times... I even had to kind of act it out for her because she just could NOT get it. That was funny.

Ara

 

[Arachne]

I recently took pics of this male Avic avic I have making a sperm web and loading up. Its really neat to witness!

Very cool pics!! You've got some great shots of him loading his palps.

Awesome! He's ready for a girlie

I got my boy a girl over the weekend. Here is the lucky lady:

And the lovely soon-to-be couple:

Ara

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

they are a beautiful couple! I hope they make you proud

I just recieved a mature male also, and I already had 2 mature females. Just waiting for him to make a sperm web

Oh, and thanks for the compliment

Edit: are you as nervous as I am to introduce them? LOL

 

[Arachne]

Edit: are you as nervous as I am to introduce them? LOL

YES! Totally! I don't want my baby to get crunched and I want everything to go smoothly. I've had the female for a few days now and she seems pretty calm. Hopefully all will go well - I'm planning the "affair" for this weekend, when I have the time to devote to monitoring them.

Ara