Thank you for all the much needed advice! I don't plan on doing anything over the top obviously as I don't want to overcomplicate things, I just thought the flowers looked nice on the bark and I thought it would be nice to put one or two on it. As for an acrylic cover, could something like cardboard or a wooden sheet work as well to cover some of the mesh?
I used hot glue to put them on there. I do that with almost all my enclosures! I use decorative moss to cover up the glue itself most of the time. Hornworms or crickets are fine, so are Roaches. You can try any or all of them you’d like, and see which one they like more or jump on faster. Mine likes crickets and really likes hornworms. Yours may have a different preference, but mine is scared of the discoids I’ve attempted to feed her so far, and she’s a decent size. If I haven’t seen mine drink the water off the side in a bit, I give her a hornworm for some extra water.
yeah, wood or cardboard should help cut down on evaporation.
Yeah, the most obvious difference is that leg striping. Damon diadema will have three white bands, while Damon medius have two white bands and a fainter red or yellowish band.
I’m gonna need to remember your username from now on. Thanks for helping out!
A week is nothing, they can go months. Can we get a picture from the size so we can see how full her abdomen is? She may be premolt.
Not the greatest pic, but here she is right now
Side, like from the side where you can see how flat she is. From that pic she does look chunky though since her abdomen doesn’t look shrunken.
Trying my best to do this without stressing her too much lol, if you need me to I will try to get a better pic, but here you can see the width of it alright I think
Probably premolt, she’s really fat.
I think that’s a true diadema, if it is, then good find.
Looks fine to me, don’t worry about it eating. Interesting looking damon, I want to say medius but there’s a good chance it’s something else. @Banshee05 thoughts?
I thought from the first photo it was diadema but the newer photos look more similar to medius to me. If we can get a decent shot of the trochanter spines we can at least confirm or deny diadema.
Where is that located? I can try to get some pics once I get home from work!
pedipalp spines at the first joint closest to the chelicerae.
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It's the part labelled "Tr" near the face - the segment that the pedipalp femur attaches to. It will be easiest to get a photo of this section if the animal is extremely relaxed and doing that pedipalps-out thing they do.
Here's two photos of her in that position, I don't know if these are clear enough for you to deduce anything which I apologise for haha, I have to be quick with taking pics of her because whenever a light is on she immediately goes and hides from it
