Latrodectus (Theridiidae) Picture Thread

[Splintercell]

Latrodectus menavodi

Hi@all,

Here are some pic's of my L. menavodi.

Greetz, Tom.

 

[KUJordan]

Tom- those menavodi are great looking!!!

 

[Splintercell]

latro pic's

Tom- those menavodi are great looking!!!

Hi,

Thanks!
Also love your variolus pic's.

Greetz@all.

 

[KUJordan]

Here's one of my L. geometricus, who just recently made that big sac:

Here's a lat/vent pic of one of my L. variolus females- they are so striking!

 

[buthus]

Went through four males to get to this point ...3 died from shiping, but the fourth died happy!

Forgive the pic quality ...thank god for photoshop! These were dark and orange as all hell...plus was forced to shoot too hot of an ISO. I was in a rush to get the boy into the encloser before he died too. Metered badly, didnt correct K for house bulbs, used a mix of bulb brands and wasnt prepared to have to turn the enclosure around to get a shot of the act. Oh hum. Macro lens I ordered is probably being delivered as I type this ...but f' it ...I got some pics.

Made the decision to mate the female that constructed a web den. The other has not and this has me thinking that she is either a weirdo, hasn't molted her final molt, or just isn't ready. Power fed the females since I received them. Got the temp in the enclosure to around 78 deg F. No science there...just choose a temp ...a guess ...a nice early summer evening in Israel ..maybe.

Tred male dealt with things a bit differently then hesperus males do while prepairing the approach. Hesps tend to knock down some of the females webbing while adding their own. The tred male just ran around the entire enclosure webbing up the place ...he was totally happy frantic.
He approahed the female with one sudden move. Usually hesps will move in and out several or more times whether chased away or not. Surprised most by the fact that he displayed no "dance" nor could I observe any abdomen vibration. I also did not see as much leg caress foreplay I have with hesps. He did wrap her in a "bridal veil" but not overboard. There was very little reaction from the female ...little movement and no sign of if/when she went into her mating trance.
Of course non of this means jack squat. One mating in an enclosure, fully lit with a dork with a camera 10 inches away can hardly be considered proof of specie behavior. Nevertheless ...if she produces sacs, something must have been right.

Realized I would not get anything from the front. Had to turn the enclosure around and prop it up higher...in a hurry. Couldn't really adjust the lighting much in the time I had ...the pics from the rear turned out even worse. Also, shooting through her structure ...couldn't capture any of the kinky details. This is like that blury, softcore stuff that never seems to get you there.

This is the moment right before she pulled him out of her den. She moved so fast I missed the shot.

For about 10 minutes she wrapped him up while his embolus was still inserted. Talk about whips n' chains. :}

Dragged his corps back to her den ...he has been reduced to building materials. Never observed feeding, but I had to crash this morning for a few hours, so I could have missed it.

It was satisfying ...had a smoke and crossed my fingers hoping for sacs.

 

[Splintercell]

13guttatus pic's

Hi,

here are some pic's of my 13guttatus female.

Greetz, Tom.

 

[buthus]

You got any adult males??

 

[Splintercell]

males

You got any adult males??

Hi Buthus,

At the moment not, sorry!

But I will have some in a couple of weeks ;-)
I will keep you posted if you like.
If you like to check yourself, ask me:

tom.simons79@telenet.be

Greetz, Tom.

 

[buthus]

Hi Buthus,

At the moment not, sorry!

But I will have some in a couple of weeks ;-)
I will keep you posted if you like.
If you like to check yourself, ask me:

tom.simons79@telenet.be

Greetz, Tom.

lol ...sorry Tom, late night/early morn ...I was thinking out loud.

 

[CaptainChaos]

Damn those are nice, i need to get myself some Latrodectus

 

[Splintercell]

lol

lol ...sorry Tom, late night/early morn ...I was thinking out loud.

If the females contractions start, I'll give you a call on your cellphone
so you can come to the hospital and pick some slings out ;-)

Otherwise, early morning will do ;-)

Greetz, Tom.

 

[buthus]

Out of the widows I've kept, browns are the most amazing hunters ...their speed and methods are absolutely athletic. Working on better lighting for video.
Heres some final kill shots from a 2 cricket snatch...

The old lady...

tredecimguttatus

 

[Glen Southern]

Thought I might add to the Latro thread a little. A few shots of a Latrodectus menavodi sling and an adult female.

 

[Splintercell]

menavodi pics

Wauw,

Very beautiful spiders Glen.
Awsome pictures, again :clap:

Keep those beautifull pics comming Glen ;-)
Nice work.

Greetz, Tom.

 

[Kriegan]

:drool: Ahh delicious eye candy for me!!

 

[KUJordan]

dang those are awesome!! my favorite part of the menavodi is the one spot on the abdomen where there is a red AND white dot in the same place. That's so cool. Glen, those are some incredible pictures- like Tom said, keep them coming!!!

 

[Gigas]

Woah the back of the abdomen looks like an image of a falling blood droplet! Planning on breeding these too Glen?

 

[KUJordan]

just a few pics...

L. variolus adult female (wildcaught):

L. variolus mating pair:

L. hesperus, another pretty light colored one (sibling to my crazy creme colored one) from Greg:

 

[Splintercell]

L. bishopi pic's

Hi@all,

Finally I was able to get some L. bishopi slings.

I picked out the 5 "best"(???) pic's of a series of more that 200 shots.

I cant do better with my lil webam, sorry! :8o
(I use a small webcam from the brand TRUST,
called: "Familyc@m 300 didital movie")
If you look it up at trust.com, you'll see what a <edit> thing that is
to work with.

Well, here they are, enjoy

Greetz@all

 

[Splintercell]

variolus pic's

Hi@all,

Here are some pictures of my variolus spec.

Again a collection of the 5 best(?) pictures out of 200 shots.

PS: The first 3 pic's are females, the last 2 pic's are males.

Greetz@all, Tom.