Latrodectus geometricus

[buthus]

Trying to decide if I should start the process of sling seperation and "hand" feeding all the geo slings I have. It takes time ...and geos are tougher to deal with because they are half the size as other latro slings. (harder to feed when freshly hatched)
I have a lot ...last time I checked, I have seven or 8 sacs recently hatched and a BUNCH of others that will hatch throughout the coming weeks. ...and they keep pumping out more ...take away the sacs, they make more sacs, turn on the heat, they make sacs, give them a full day of darkness, ..sac, transfer a female to a new container ...instant frckn sac, scream out..."hey, make me some sacs!" and they proceed to make me sacs.

This is just a little interest research post. This may cross the line (forum rules) regarding sales posts ...but I am being honest here with its intent.
Is there interest in these beautiful darlings? Let me know what you think and if you are in the market. My time is limited ...its a push and pull life I have been livin' I got to know where to spend that time.

Steven

 

[KUJordan]

I know what you mean about these geos. The one that you sent me has been poppin' out sacs non stop since I got her. I have had 4 open and the rest are on their way. I have so many that I have just separated mine out into about 5 slings per delicup so they will eat each other down to one more managable spider per cup. I haven't done this with the nice dark form geometricus- I am individually separating these as I only have one sac and the adults are awesome (DavidF's pic). It's no wonder these guys are spreading like wildfire. Matt (mechanical-mind) proposed the idea that the reason they are so abundant is that when one sac opens and the spiders are old enough to feed, the next sac opens and serves as food for the first slings, and so on. It seems reasonable...

 

[buthus]

I know what you mean about these geos. The one that you sent me has been poppin' out sacs non stop since I got her. I have had 4 open and the rest are on their way. I have so many that I have just separated mine out into about 5 slings per delicup so they will eat each other down to one more managable spider per cup. I haven't done this with the nice dark form geometricus- I am individually separating these as I only have one sac and the adults are awesome (DavidF's pic). It's no wonder these guys are spreading like wildfire. Matt (mechanical-mind) proposed the idea that the reason they are so abundant is that when one sac opens and the spiders are old enough to feed, the next sac opens and serves as food for the first slings, and so on. It seems reasonable...

Was the dark morph geo CB or is the male unknown? I wonder how much infuence the male has over the offspring's color form ...probably as much as anything else I guess.
Jeeese...I hate to do this to myself ...but when those dark form slings start to mature to point where they are showing their true colors, if you're up for trade or sale, and if they are looking like mommy, I'd be interested in one or 2. Esp.. ( :wall: ) a matable pair.

Theory may hold water, but then again, I have observered hesperus slings hatching in the wild and they started to scramble away from homebase as fast as they could ...though I would say a good third stayed a night or two and a few were hanging close months later, maturing on the peripherals.