Hogna carolinesis slings

[critterz]

Evidently the egg sac my captive Carolina wolf spider layed was fertile. i saw the female "sunning" the sac just yesterday, so I decided to place a few drops of water at her burrow exit in case she was thirsty. Apparently I disturbed her, because after a few seconds I noticed several spiderlings emerge from the burrow. A couple seemed to drink from the drop of water on their doorstep, while a few others wandered a bit. After 30 minutes there were none to be seen, so I think they headed back to the security of their mother's back. I'm excited, as this is the first time I have had a spider hatch a sac. It's amazing to watch all the little guys move around.

 

[cacoseraph]

nice
i had some kind of wolf spider lay and hatch and egg sac. the babies were sort of hard to keep alive, and i ended up letting them go. they didn't seem to like drosophila.
my wolf spider was pretty tiny, and the slings were VERY small... maybe Carolina Wolf spider is bigger

 

[critterz]

The slings are very small at this point, but they stay with the mother for quite some time, so I imagine they will probably double in size before they actually disperse.

 

[dtknow]

Any updates on this one? I had what was probably a carolinensis or similar(in CA) but I failed with the eggsack. Probably kept the humidity too low for it.

 

[Arachnoporium]

drosophila cannot be "gut loaded" as pinhead crickets can. you can get thousands of pinhead crickets delivered lightening fast @ nyworms.com. Rita @ nyworms rocks and has always provided me with excellent feeders at great prices.

i have had many types of hatch ling or baby arthropods die when feeding drosophila; although i have had amazing results after switching to pinhead crickets until they are able to take roaches.

also, Lycosidae are terrestrial and used to hunting ground dwelling insects. although these are wingless fruit flies, i feel they do no give off the vibrations that terrestrial feeders do.

nice
i had some kind of wolf spider lay and hatch and egg sac. the babies were sort of hard to keep alive, and i ended up letting them go. they didn't seem to like drosophila.
my wolf spider was pretty tiny, and the slings were VERY small... maybe Carolina Wolf spider is bigger

 

[Scolopendra55]

Awesome! Are you going to sell some?