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My male B. emilia (finally) has been laying down whispy webbing for a couple days now. Question is... how long would one assume it should take for him to finish the job of making his web and actually charge up with sperm?
I can't decide if he is either not sure of what he's doing or he's just being overly ambitious with his first web since there are 4 ladies waiting to meet him. At first it started out looking like a molt mat in the front corner of his cage. Then he started working up the sides. Then he seemed to decide to extended it. Not sure how to explain. But the main part of the webbing is about 3 inches wide and then it extends evenly towards the back of the cage about 7-8 inches and up the sides. Overall the current webbing takes up about 1/3 of the cage space. I came home today from work to see that back at the front he decided to add a nice rounded corner webbing stretching going from the middle of the front of the cage across to the side of the cage but the webbing does not actually molded into the corner of the cage itself... kinda like a thin hanging screen. ..but not really a hammock looking feature.
I have noticed that for the past week, 3 of the 4 girls have been hanging out at the fronts of their cages.. one in fact is hanging on the side of her cage the side closest to where the male is. I think that's a good sign that they are eager to meet their boyfriend? Until now all they ever did really was hide in the back unless they came to the front to get a drink from the water dishes.
I can't decide if he is either not sure of what he's doing or he's just being overly ambitious with his first web since there are 4 ladies waiting to meet him. At first it started out looking like a molt mat in the front corner of his cage. Then he started working up the sides. Then he seemed to decide to extended it. Not sure how to explain. But the main part of the webbing is about 3 inches wide and then it extends evenly towards the back of the cage about 7-8 inches and up the sides. Overall the current webbing takes up about 1/3 of the cage space. I came home today from work to see that back at the front he decided to add a nice rounded corner webbing stretching going from the middle of the front of the cage across to the side of the cage but the webbing does not actually molded into the corner of the cage itself... kinda like a thin hanging screen. ..but not really a hammock looking feature.
I have noticed that for the past week, 3 of the 4 girls have been hanging out at the fronts of their cages.. one in fact is hanging on the side of her cage the side closest to where the male is. I think that's a good sign that they are eager to meet their boyfriend? Until now all they ever did really was hide in the back unless they came to the front to get a drink from the water dishes.