Max number of spiderlings ?

[Leon945]

Hi people,
I'm just being curious..

what is the craziest amount of slings you've heard a T can have??

 

[Exo]

Hi people,
I'm just being curious..

what is the craziest amount of children you've heard a T can have??

You mean slings?

L.parahybana can have up to 2000 eggs per sac.

 

[Ariel]

^^^

and then some.

didn't RobC have one that was like 2400+?

 

[Roski]

^^^

and then some.

didn't RobC have one that was like 2400+?

Something like that.

At the OP, it was good of you to change your post from "children" to "slings." Otherwise my answer would have been ONE!

 

[Satellite Rob]

I would say any Lasstodora to.I've seen them have 2000 plus of the tinyest
spiderling you ever did see.Thay are so tiny that I don't know any of them
survive in the wild.

 

[Fran]

Roskiiiii!!!!


I had over 2000 Lasiodora Parahybana last year, over 2000 by a lot, I stop counting at 2000 and sent hundreds
of freebies


Go ahead, count (1 of the 2 7" cups )

 

[Leon945]

woow
that is extreme!

 

[Exo]

Roskiiiii!!!!


I had over 2000 Lasiodora Parahybana last year, over 2000 by a lot, I stop counting at 2000 and sent hundreds
of freebies


Go ahead, count (1 of the 2 7" cups )

Hey, is that one you sent me one of that batch?

 

[the nature boy]

Surprises me that they're that small when another "giant" species, T. blondi, has significantly larger slings... :?

 

[Fran]

Hm! True!
I believe so (Exo) What is she? Around 4.5-5 diagonal LS!?

 

[Exo]

Hm! True!
I believe so (Exo) What is she? Around 4.5-5 diagonal LS!?

Probably about 4.5in.

 

[Fran]

The extremely surprising thing is that I couldnt find any dead sling or any bad molted one,ANY in all those.

The mom is a monster, my friend Tom ("Barabootom") has it

 

[Exo]

Surprises me that they're that small when another "giant" species, T. blondi, has significantly larger slings... :?

But if you notice, T.blondi only lay around 150-200 eggs. It's as if LPs have smaller babies just so they can pack more eggs in a sac.

 

[Roski]

Surprises me that they're that small when another "giant" species, T. blondi, has significantly larger slings... :?

Probably has something to do with the fact that T. blondis have significantly fewer slings in comparison to the LP. I'd hate to see how much a female LP would have to invest in her eggs to produce 2500 T. blondi sized slings. There's always a trade-off when it comes to survival strategies. I'm willing to bet LP slings have a far lower survival rate in the wild than in Fran's house

Edit: must work on typing faster.

 

[Satellite Rob]

Thay are a large great T once thay reach 1".But thay are so tiny that it
takes it takes 8 plus molts for them to reach 1".There are so many spiderlings
that nobody even seperates them to thay reach a manageable size.So that
means servival of the fittest and when theres about 300 left thats when
there seperated.Thats why a lot give dealer's away as freebies when you by
other T's.It's because thay just can't take care of so many slings properly.

 

[xhexdx]

Thay are a large great T once thay reach 1".But thay are so tiny that it
takes it takes 8 plus molts for them to reach 1".There are so many spiderlings
that nobody even seperates them to thay reach a manageable size.So that
means servival of the fittest and when theres about 300 left thats when
there seperated.Thats why a lot give dealer's away as freebies when you by
other T's.It's because thay just can't take care of so many slings properly.

Or spell Lasiodora properly...

 

[Fran]

Well I was one of those crazy ones who separated them at that size...Till I couldnt deal with it anymore, and send the rest of them together by hundreds, so the separating job was easier to do.

I sent Todd G. about 700-800, Ken the bug guy about 400..etc

 

[spiderfield]

Wow, i'd go nuts as well trying to separate so many slings.

There's got to be some sort of underlying evolutionary trade-off with clutch and sling size between both Theraphosa and Lasiodora genera.

 

[Satellite Rob]

I have a egg case of a T.Blondi right now in a incubater.It came from a 9"
plus wild caught female T.B.There looks to be 100 plus pea sized eggs in the
egg case.You can already see there carapaces and legs forming inside the
eggs.Thay should be molt any day now to eggs with legs.I will post some
pictures of the T.B. eggs sac as soon as thay become eggs with legs.I would
bet you T.B's egg cases max out at about 150 eggs.This female was an
extremely large female and see laid about 120 eggs.I'll give you exact numbers
at a later date.

 

[Satellite Rob]

My bad.I don't even keep any Lasiodora's at this time because thay are so
common.But I am getting some L.Fracta's in the very near future.