Hopefully another sac on the way!

[Austin S.]

Well... hopefully. She was mated back in September. She is a WC from this past ATS Conference and has yet to molt for me. She has done an unbelieveable amount of digging inside her coconut hide and has made it into a "bowl" shape. You can't really see it in the pictures, but there is a lot of silk down there, but it is not just a silk bed. She has webbed up the sides making a wall and is currently sitting in the middle. Good news is, is that she ate last week before doing all of this. Keep those fingers crossed!

 

[kitty_b]

what is she? :?

 

[Austin S.]

That may help! Aphonopelma chalcodes

 

[kitty_b]

awesome.

my babies are growing like glaciers. i got them at 1/2" and they can't have grown more than 1/4-1/2" in a year. :wall:

 

[Austin S.]

Yeah, Aphonos are very slow growers, but in the long run, I think its worth the wait!

 

[Austin S.]

Here she is wrapping it all up

My pull date will be 3/22/08, or thats what I'm aiming for. Sound about right?
On another note, I found her this morning digging making a bowl, and silking like mad:

 

[IdahoBiteyThing]

cool

I think chalcodes is my favorite Aphonopelma, and yours is beautiful. I'm wayyy jealous! How many eggs/sac do you generally see? I first saw one at the Victoria, B.C. bug zoo (which is pretty cool in itself!) and I of course immediately had to have one. It grew a millimeter this year and I'm so proud! Good luck on the sac!