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Ornithoctonus mating...
Male and female sold to me as Ornithoctonus sp. Vietnam bird eater. Likely are Haplopelma. I got them from the recent show in Hillsboro. The female had dropped a sac for the people selling her. I don't know if it was viable or eaten. Just the other day the male was in the death curl, a short stay in higher humidity in the ICU revived him quickly. I took note and raised the humidity in both enclosures. They are both quite flighty and very quick to throw threat displays. I waited a few weeks since the show to hopefully reduce their stress from all the activity.
The male went right in with the female, and automatically started drumming. He tapped the female's legs and she was responsive. He climbed on top of her all the while tapping, then up the side of the tank. He was trying to get in front of her, but her face was in the corner. He fell from the top of the tank on to the top of the female and she did not react. She backed away from the wall and with his continued tapping she turned to face him. The initial meetup happened very quickly. They were mating for about two minutes or so. The male pushed her back rather violently. I was too busy taking pictures to see if he got good inserts. When they wrapped it up, he gently set her down much faster than most species I have seen. He made a clean break and calmly sauntered away.
I will post a breeding report when I know the results.
Male and female sold to me as Ornithoctonus sp. Vietnam bird eater. Likely are Haplopelma. I got them from the recent show in Hillsboro. The female had dropped a sac for the people selling her. I don't know if it was viable or eaten. Just the other day the male was in the death curl, a short stay in higher humidity in the ICU revived him quickly. I took note and raised the humidity in both enclosures. They are both quite flighty and very quick to throw threat displays. I waited a few weeks since the show to hopefully reduce their stress from all the activity.
The male went right in with the female, and automatically started drumming. He tapped the female's legs and she was responsive. He climbed on top of her all the while tapping, then up the side of the tank. He was trying to get in front of her, but her face was in the corner. He fell from the top of the tank on to the top of the female and she did not react. She backed away from the wall and with his continued tapping she turned to face him. The initial meetup happened very quickly. They were mating for about two minutes or so. The male pushed her back rather violently. I was too busy taking pictures to see if he got good inserts. When they wrapped it up, he gently set her down much faster than most species I have seen. He made a clean break and calmly sauntered away.
I will post a breeding report when I know the results.
