My funnel spider is laying eggs?

[PrimoSpider]

Hey guys,

I'm new here and i have a question for my spider friend.
Here a couple photos.
What do i have to do next? Because 100 spiders in this little environment
is not really great.
I would love any tips!

 

[PrimoSpider]

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[NMTs]

What kind of spider is this?

 

[Tarantuland]

If it’s wild caught, it could be fertile. The species may change certain factors, but overall basically you just want to leave it alone for now, maybe give it a little water. You can either pull the sac around 30 days after finding and incubate or you can let them hatch with the mom

 

[NMTs]

If it’s wild caught, it could be fertile.

Yes, this is why I was asking what kind of spider it is. If it's local, WC and you don't want the slings, the solution is easy enough, but if it's something non-native that you purchased then the options change a little...

 

[PrimoSpider]

Thanks for the reply's!
its a wild caught, she was just walking around my living room. I'll send a picture here.

 

[Edub]

Not a funnel web (they make funnel webs, but a Funnel Web Spider is something different), but a House Spider. From the lack of striping on her legs, I'd say Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria atrica). Just remove the egg sack and place it outside, somewhere dry preferrably.

 

[NMTs]

Not a funnel web (they make funnel webs, but a Funnel Web Spider is something different), but a House Spider. From the lack of striping on her legs, I'd say Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria atrica). Just remove the egg sack and place it outside, somewhere dry preferrably.

Yep... Very similar to E. agrestis in USA:

Eratigena agrestis - Hobo spider

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This little foundling has been fun to keep - eats well and grows fast.
The pattern on the...

You can remove the sac and put it outside, or leave it in the enclosure and once they hatch just open the whole enclosure and put it out for momma and slings to disperse. You can always catch another one to keep, and you've helped ensure that this female reproduced safely.

 

[Edub]

Nice agrestis!

I actually have a E. atrica that laid a sac like a week ago. Seen them bigger, so I hope she still has a molt in her.

 

[Europus Gigantus]

(I just realize this is an old thread, hope that's okay. Anyone else still dealing with their pet Giant House Spiders? Well, here is one of my experiences with these big girls!)

I've had my wild caught Erategina duellica since September of 2022, and in late July she produced 4-5 sacs. Yikes! I didn't realize that spiders retain the sperm so long. I left them with her (the sacs) but they never hatched. I decided this was a good time to do a deep cleaning. I took her and everything else out of her enclosure, scrubbed it and redecorated. It looked so nice and fresh...until I put her back in. Two days later she produced three more sacs. I felt bad for her, but this time I just discarded the sacs. Then she had two more sacs which I discarded, and the next night she produced one more. This one I am keeping, it doesn't look good though, small and dry.

Nice to see other Eratigena, Tegenaria keepers, though. They make good pets! (The spiders, I mean, not so much the keepers, ha ha)

 

[NMTs]

(I just realize this is an old thread, hope that's okay. Anyone else still dealing with their pet Giant House Spiders? Well, here is one of my experiences with these big girls!)

I've had my wild caught Erategina duellica since September of 2022, and in late July she produced 4-5 sacs. Yikes! I didn't realize that spiders retain the sperm so long. I left them with her (the sacs) but they never hatched. I decided this was a good time to do a deep cleaning. I took her and everything else out of her enclosure, scrubbed it and redecorated. It looked so nice and fresh...until I put her back in. Two days later she produced three more sacs. I felt bad for her, but this time I just discarded the sacs. Then she had two more sacs which I discarded, and the next night she produced one more. This one I am keeping, it doesn't look good though, small and dry.

Nice to see other Eratigena, Tegenaria keepers, though. They make good pets! (The spiders, I mean, not so much the keepers, ha ha)

That's interesting - I guess she just really wanted an egg sac! I've had wild caught Latrodectus that have made fertile sacs more than 6 months after catching them, though, so they can definitely hold sperm a long time. I think my little Eratigena was too young to mate when I found her, because she hasn't shown any signs of making a sac and I've had her for 8 or 9 months (during which time she's also molted twice).

She is still doing well, and keeps adding layers to her web construct...