Grammostola Pulchra breeding?

[chloe]

I hear that Brazilian Blacks are better to breed than the other tarantulas of the Grammostola genus. Does anyone have any info on these? Like how long it takes them to drop an egg sac? Does mating usually go pretty smoothly?

-Chloe

 

[poisoned]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?59449-Grammostola-pulchra&highlight=pulchra

 

[Osmo]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?59449-Grammostola-pulchra&highlight=pulchra

Linking to old threads is great and all, but not when they dont really have much insight. I mean there is only 6 posts and none of them are about successful sacs and the last post was in 2008, 5 years ago.

The hate for people asking questions that were asked before is getting petty now, dont you think? New people have questions and searching for half a decade old threads isnt really very productive.

 

[poisoned]

Linking to old threads is great and all, but not when they dont really have much insight. I mean there is only 6 posts and none of them are about successful sacs and the last post was in 2008, 5 years ago.

I don't have any experience with them, but wanted to help you. No sacs are described in this topic, but there are insights on mating, which is the 1st step to produce slings. Tarantulas still mate and breed the same way they did 5 years ago. We're not talking about smart phones here.

The hate for people asking questions that were asked before is getting petty now, dont you think? New people have questions and searching for half a decade old threads isnt really very productive.

Who expressed any hate? I posted a link that you might find useful. I might be silent as well, since I don't have any experience with those.

 

[Meezerkoko]

I agree, I just wish that I could offer some insight. However you may want to peruse the breeding reports section. If that doesn't yield any results then I would check out this link: http://gpulchra.blogspot.com/?m=1. And then hopefully someone will come enlighten you on the ins and outs, no pun intended, of breeding these big beauties. As far as "better to breed" I think they may just be preffered to breed because they are a beautiful and popular species and that its good to try because they are hard to breed (it doesn't always take) and they can take forever to drop a sac too. It takes so long that it's a good possibility that the female will molt first. That's part of the reason they're so expensive and hard to get.

Okay I think that's the extent of my limited pulchra breeding knowledge.

 

[Scoolman]

G pulchra mating is more comlicated then that.
Pairing takes place late summer early fall. The female must brumate which requires low temps through winter then gradualy warmng for spring. If all conditions are just right, and she does not molt out you get a sac. The whole process is about 9 months. Sr. Chencho has a good thread on his recent success. I am now in my third attempt. The last two years the females molted out on me.
Usualy the females are very amicable and don't chase the male. But they can be evil. The last pairing I tried ended with my largest female eating the male. She may already be gravid, as she has become quite defensive lately.

 

[Meezerkoko]

I bought a couple of slings from Sr. Chencho. It just sucks having to wait for the nicer weather for them to ship. Anyways good luck Schoolman. If you get a sack I may want another sling

In regards to you saying its not that simple: I'm quite aware. That's why I said my knowledge was very limited. I was hoping that by commenting someone with more experience with breeding them would comment and I got the desired result. Thanks for imputing your knowledge.

 

[Scoolman]

Thank you Meezerkoko. I did not mean my comment toward you. It was more of a general statement to the OPs post about them being an easy species to breed.
Easy to pair, yeah; breed, no.

 

[chloe]

Thank you for the insight, Scoolman. Everyone else is just arguing over links haha. That sounds like a difficult species to breed then. I'm thinking that I should try the Lasiodora Parahybana for my first project? I just love the Brazilian Blacks because they are so pretty and nice but I think that one of the easier ones to breed are the Salmon Pink Birdeaters. What do you think?

 

[poisoned]

Thank you for the insight, Scoolman. Everyone else is just arguing over links haha. That sounds like a difficult species to breed then. I'm thinking that I should try the Lasiodora Parahybana for my first project? I just love the Brazilian Blacks because they are so pretty and nice but I think that one of the easier ones to breed are the Salmon Pink Birdeaters. What do you think?

Yes, they are supposed to be easy, but are you ready to care for 2000 slings?

I am currently having my first project running with P. irminia. AFAIK most NW arboreals are quite easy to breed and don't produce extreme quantities.

 

[LadySharon]

G pulchra mating is more comlicated then that.
Pairing takes place late summer early fall. The female must brumate which requires low temps through winter then gradualy warmng for spring. If all conditions are just right, and she does not molt out you get a sac. The whole process is about 9 months. Sr. Chencho has a good thread on his recent success. I am now in my third attempt. The last two years the females molted out on me.
Usualy the females are very amicable and don't chase the male. But they can be evil. The last pairing I tried ended with my largest female eating the male. She may already be gravid, as she has become quite defensive lately.

Now THIS is the kind of info I like to see when someone asks about breeding. I admit I sit here and watch while people post a breeding thread ... and what happens is people point them to the breeding report section - most of which is " I tried, and the female molted" or "I tried and success" Some have temp and humidaty info but that's it. No real... HOWs no real - for this species you must do this and for that speices you must do that.
I'd love for someone to post a "for this genus you do this" or for this type of spider you do that. DETAILS. And then sticky it. (if there is something already I don't see it.)

Also on another note... does this advise apply to ALL grammies? I have rose hairs - should I have done the same thing? --- And is that "brumate" BEFORE mating... or AFTER mating but before sack laying? See that's the stuff we newbie breeders want to know.

 

[Marijan2]

Now THIS is the kind of info I like to see when someone asks about breeding. I admit I sit here and watch while people post a breeding thread ... and what happens is people point them to the breeding report section - most of which is " I tried, and the female molted" or "I tried and success" Some have temp and humidaty info but that's it. No real... HOWs no real - for this species you must do this and for that speices you must do that.
I'd love for someone to post a "for this genus you do this" or for this type of spider you do that. DETAILS. And then sticky it. (if there is something already I don't see it.)

Also on another note... does this advise apply to ALL grammies? I have rose hairs - should I have done the same thing? --- And is that "brumate" BEFORE mating... or AFTER mating but before sack laying? See that's the stuff we newbie breeders want to know.

brumation do not have inpact in fertility afaik, some peope prefer to do it, some do not. there are reported succesfull breeds in both cases. universal breeding advice is: female must be shed recently, female must be well fed before introducting male, and male should have fresh sperm on his palps. also, you must introduce male to female, never the opposite. pairing on neutral ground also works

 

[TarantulaSouthBrothers]

I know that lot of people try to breed this TS and none of them succeeded i had college who was working on that breeding project a lot and didn't succeed with all terms mentioned above its really hard to make adjustments and simulate natural environment its just my opinion about that most of G.pulchras are WC already went trough that natural process and imported gravid also my opinion.Thanks