Hi guys,
How's it going?
I got a A. Geniculata sling (a little over 1" LS) at the AES Kempton Park Show (in the UK) the other day. It was only after I got the little guy home that I noticed he has only got one spinneret! He has tried to web with his one spinneret a few times but I do not think any silk is being produced (the substrate is loose when you pick it up, no visible threads.....). Otherwise he seems fine and is eating a lot.
I have had a few T's regenerate aarious appendages but I have never had a T without a spinneret before. I assume that it has not hindered him in life so far to get to his size from birth but what about when he grows older? And becasue I got him like that, I do not know if this is a congenital defect or an accident that happened to him. I am especially concerned as it seems like his other spinneret cannot produce silk......
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Bruce
How's it going?
I got a A. Geniculata sling (a little over 1" LS) at the AES Kempton Park Show (in the UK) the other day. It was only after I got the little guy home that I noticed he has only got one spinneret! He has tried to web with his one spinneret a few times but I do not think any silk is being produced (the substrate is loose when you pick it up, no visible threads.....). Otherwise he seems fine and is eating a lot.
I have had a few T's regenerate aarious appendages but I have never had a T without a spinneret before. I assume that it has not hindered him in life so far to get to his size from birth but what about when he grows older? And becasue I got him like that, I do not know if this is a congenital defect or an accident that happened to him. I am especially concerned as it seems like his other spinneret cannot produce silk......
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Bruce