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InvertFix said:
Thanks for replying! I use a canon rebel eos and some make of Fujilm.
I'll have to look into your make! :)
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No worries :)

I recommend getting a decent photo editing program too, Ive been using Photoshop 7 for a while now and its really good!
 
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Nice pics of the new enclosure Chris. Just curious as to how you made that little pocket in the bottom left corner there, is there a piece of wood there that's just been back-filled with soil? Setup looks the business. How many of the H. villosella are going in there? Cheers :)
 
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matt82 said:
Nice pics of the new enclosure Chris. Just curious as to how you made that little pocket in the bottom left corner there, is there a piece of wood there that's just been back-filled with soil? Setup looks the business. How many of the H. villosella are going in there? Cheers :)
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Hey Matt :)

You're right, there is a slab of cork bark in that corner and I just packed coir on top of it to keep it in place, as for the H.villosella I have a group of 4 here although they've been kept solitary since they were spiderlings. They have all just started moulting into adults in the last couple of weeks, up to now I have 2 MM's and one AF (I'm still waiting on the fourth to moult to confirm sex). So I plan on pairing up the female and then housing her in there by herself, hopefully she will create a sac in there and it will be allowed to hatch to begin the communal.

I'm hoping the fourth one I'm waiting on to moult is female too, then I will keep her solitary and pair her too. If she creates a sac then I will most likely pull it at around 20 days and artificially incubate it (that is if she doesn't eat it, which this species are renowned for). I haven't really thought much what I'll do from there although I will probably sell a few and may also pop a few into the communal depending on whether or not the female in there has created offspring or not.
 
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That's an excellent little project by the sounds of it. Here's hoping for two of them to be female so!
 
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Heterothele villosella - Failed Pairing Attempt

Well I had planned to wait a few weeks although the male made a sperm web during the night, the female is nearly three weeks after her moult so I fed her today and attempted a pairing tonight. The male immediately got his groove on although she wasn't feeling it so I'll try again in a few days.

 
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Heterothele villosella - AF in Communal Enclosure

Decided to put the female in the communal enclosure the other night after yet another failed pairing (the male was lucky to escape minus a leg). Once she has settled in fully in the enclosure I will attempt another pairing, I may even cohabit the male for a bit depending on how that goes.









 
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Grammostola rosea RCF - Pairing Female #1

This girl was paired back in the late summer although didn't look to have "taken". So with the male making a fresh sperm web after visiting female #2 I thought I'd give him another go with this female. Quite a fast pairing (5mins) and once he flipper her over onto her back he was sensible to make a sharp exit...











 
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Nice update photos of the H. villosella enclosure, hopefully the next pairing yields results for you. Best with the G. rosea pairing too!
 
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