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Okay. So it's wednesday and I can't get into chat. What do I do? Breed Ts, of course!
I introduce Peter, my male G.rosea, to C1, a female G.rosea, for the second time. He walks up, taps her abdoment, she turns, he bends her over backwards and goes to work. I couldn't get a really good look due to the angles on things, but his palps were doing various things under her. Then he backs off, but leaves one leg between her fangs. She stays in a sort of a threat posture -- reared up. He then re-approaches (despite my telling him that he was pushing his luck ) and bends her over again. His palps go wild. He then calmly meanders away, leaving her in a classic threat display. I slowly put the lid on her and she walks towards her hide. I coax him onto his piece of wood and replace it, and him, in his enclosure.
Is this normal? Do you think there's a chance he actualy inseminated her? Is it possible that he's using his relatively large size (much less sexual dimorphism than some other species) to actualy force a mating?
And lastly, a bit of speculation for the more academic members of the board. Is it possible that the T mating system arose as a result of the T threat display? If she's going to rear up anyways, you may as well hook her fangs and bend her backwards.
Cheers,
Dave
I introduce Peter, my male G.rosea, to C1, a female G.rosea, for the second time. He walks up, taps her abdoment, she turns, he bends her over backwards and goes to work. I couldn't get a really good look due to the angles on things, but his palps were doing various things under her. Then he backs off, but leaves one leg between her fangs. She stays in a sort of a threat posture -- reared up. He then re-approaches (despite my telling him that he was pushing his luck ) and bends her over again. His palps go wild. He then calmly meanders away, leaving her in a classic threat display. I slowly put the lid on her and she walks towards her hide. I coax him onto his piece of wood and replace it, and him, in his enclosure.
Is this normal? Do you think there's a chance he actualy inseminated her? Is it possible that he's using his relatively large size (much less sexual dimorphism than some other species) to actualy force a mating?
And lastly, a bit of speculation for the more academic members of the board. Is it possible that the T mating system arose as a result of the T threat display? If she's going to rear up anyways, you may as well hook her fangs and bend her backwards.
Cheers,
Dave