misadventuresofdope
Arachnopeon
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I was out on a little expedition to a mountain park right by where I live to try and find some cool critters and I ran across a couple of these absolutely gorgeous spiders that I later had identified as Syspira sp., I decided to capture one and see how she (assuming a mature female because all the ones I saw were the same size roughly and the pedipalps weren't enlarged at all) would do in captivity since she was so cool looking and friendly. I set her up like I would a desert dwelling wolf spider or other active hunter with a sand based substrate, a small piece of cork bark to hide under and a tiny water dish and so far she seems to be doing great except she will not eat anything, I've offered her living and prekilled dubias of the same size I'd feed to my other true spiders of similar size and tiny darkling beetle worms from my feeder bin and she just runs away from them and I haven't seen her take them afterwards either. Is there anyone who has experience keeping this kind of spider who could tell me if I'm doing anything wrong or suggest alternate feeders she might actually accept? I'm planning to go to the reptile store in a few days to get either some tiny crickets or some hydei fruit flies to see if she'll take those but any other suggestions or advice are welcome
I'm attaching pics of the spider and enclosure to help with any feedback
I'm attaching pics of the spider and enclosure to help with any feedback