How to care for Steatoda eggsack ?

KristianDobias

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I let them cannibalize until their number gets down to what I want it to be. It depends on how many slings you want to care for.

I don't care for them at all during that time. I don't open the container until I am ready to separate them.
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Oh Okay Thank You Very Much ^ ^

So you don't even dew them during that time (I heard dehydratation is commom cause of death for spiderlings) ?
 

darkness975

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Oh Okay Thank You Very Much ^ ^

So you don't even dew them during that time (I heard dehydratation is commom cause of death for spiderlings) ?
If you can manage to open the container and spritz some water that's fine. But those first few days I don't and it's fine. They get moisture from their siblings as they consume them.
 

KristianDobias

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If you can manage to open the container and spritz some water that's fine. But those first few days I don't and it's fine. They get moisture from their siblings as they consume them.
Oh Okay Thank Youuuu Very Much again ^ ^

So you just keep them in the enclousure in which you kept the eggsack until you have the ammount of them as you want if I get it right ?

Can I ask how long do you ussualy keep them like that ?

(I would want to keep 13 Steatoda bipunctata spiderlings and 7 Steatoda triangulosa spiderlings as I don't really have place for more)

Also can I ask is it really good idea to spritz water on the spiderlings every day, sorry that Iam asking again but from what I read both Steatoda triangulosa and Steatoda bipunctata prefer dry habitats so Iam a bit afraid that it could be exesive and that it could hurt them in some way (Adults of Steatoda bipunctata can survive months without water or food thanks to their unique adaptations) ?
 
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