how long should I wait

[CedrikG]

Heya all, as some of you already know I captured an orb weaver spider, ( black N yellow ) and I decided I would care of her . she atched an egg sac , its bee n2 week now and im curious, how long should I wait beforetaking the egg sac out

 

[cacoseraph]

Heya all, as some of you already know I captured an orb weaver spider, ( black N yellow ) and I decided I would care of her . she atched an egg sac , its bee n2 week now and im
what are you taking the egg sac out for?

to keep and rear some babies?

i'd do it sooner, rather than later. being in a nice warm house might let those eggs hatch in a very short amount of time... and those babies will disperse out of the smallest air holes =P

 

[CedrikG]

thats why I was curious theres some hole more then enough big to let the babyz just escape

yes I Want to keep them, even if I wanted to free them I could'nt, the winter is coming

thx in about 1 week i'll probably build a nice hammack for them, thx

 

[cacoseraph]

thats why I was curious theres some hole more then enough big to let the babyz just escape

yes I Want to keep them, even if I wanted to free them I could'nt, the winter is coming

thx in about 1 week i'll probably build a nice hammack for them, thx

some spiders overwinter as eggs, then hatch in the spring

odds are if it is a local spider it would be ok outside

you probably won't have to go to that exotic of measures to hatch them. most local true spider egg sacs i have had hatched on their own with little intervention from me.

the only concern i would have is if you live in the frozen north and use central heating it might make the humidity much too low for them. never really sure about that, though

 

[Wade]

A. aurantia "hatch" in the eggsac in the fall, but the first instars overwinter inside the sac until spring. Not sure if they'll emerge earlier without the cooling period, but they might.

There will be hundreds of them!

Wade

 

[CedrikG]

yeah im ready I did put the egg sac in a hammock' I Can see that they're a lot but its gona take some more time before they hatch, thx for the info guys

 

[Vicious]

yeah im ready I did put the egg sac in a hammock' I Can see that they're a lot but its gona take some more time before they hatch, thx for the info guys

I would love to see some photos of them when they hatch.... would you be able to post any?

 

[CedrikG]

sure i'll do it