how to breed Heteropoda
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Sounds like you already know how 
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could have been a gravid WC female
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most spiders are cannibalistic.. but on the first week, with my dolomedes, i know its diffrent bettween species, but they dident start eating eachother till after aweek, but i'd suggest you let them eat eachother off, so you will be left with the strong ones..
Do as you wish, are they Wild, if so, just keep a few, and let the rest go..
BUT if the spiders not native there..dont let it go..
Crys...
Do as you wish, are they Wild, if so, just keep a few, and let the rest go..
BUT if the spiders not native there..dont let it go..
Crys...
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even it's native there, it'll cause ecological imbalance, too
think of hundreds of spiders just boost whera they might be impossible to hatch in the wild if the condition wasn't good
think of hundreds of spiders just boost whera they might be impossible to hatch in the wild if the condition wasn't good
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Let them cannibalize to a reasonable number to care for, then separate them out and start them on pinheads. I doubt you'll have trouble finding people who want them once they've molted a few times.
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You can keep them together a week or so before cannibalism starts, but once it does the numbers will drop quickly and you could end up with much fewer than you wanted if you don't keep an eye on them.
Splitting them into individual containers is best done with the all containers inside a larger container like a big plastic storage tub or aquarium. They are FAST, FAST, FAST! Like, telaportation fast. Have a small cup ready to trap runners. When you take the lid off the container they're in now, be ready for them to start repelling out and dashing off in all directions.
Like most spiderlings, the babies are sensitive to desiccation if kept to dry, but they also do poorly if kept too damp with too little ventilation. I usually set them up as I would an aboreal tarantula spiderling. 40-dram vials work pretty well. Just enough substrate to hold some mositure in the bottom, a decent amount of holes in the lid, and a stick or piece of plastic plant for them to cling to.
They grow fast if fed often, so they will need to be moved to something bigger in a matter of weeks or months, depending on how often fed. Adulthood may be achieved in as few as four or five months or it may take a year or more, depending on wartmth and food intake.
Wade
Splitting them into individual containers is best done with the all containers inside a larger container like a big plastic storage tub or aquarium. They are FAST, FAST, FAST! Like, telaportation fast. Have a small cup ready to trap runners. When you take the lid off the container they're in now, be ready for them to start repelling out and dashing off in all directions.
Like most spiderlings, the babies are sensitive to desiccation if kept to dry, but they also do poorly if kept too damp with too little ventilation. I usually set them up as I would an aboreal tarantula spiderling. 40-dram vials work pretty well. Just enough substrate to hold some mositure in the bottom, a decent amount of holes in the lid, and a stick or piece of plastic plant for them to cling to.
They grow fast if fed often, so they will need to be moved to something bigger in a matter of weeks or months, depending on how often fed. Adulthood may be achieved in as few as four or five months or it may take a year or more, depending on wartmth and food intake.
Wade