My L. Hesperus sac hatched this morning !

[BenWilly]

My L. Hesperus egg sac hatched this morning , Im excited about it, its the first time i have had a sac of anything hatch! I plan on separating them in a week or so, keep them in vials until they hit about a half inch and then give what I can away. Is there anything specific I should know?

 

[The Snark]

Congrats. Try to strike a balance time and population wise. Their very best/most easily available food source is each other early in the game so generally speaking the fewer the survivors, the better fed and healthier they will be.

 

[antinous]

Yes, my address, I'll PM it to you

 

[NYAN]

Wait a couple of days before feeding them. You probably don’t want 100 widow slings, so I would advise keeping them together. You can throw preokilled prey into their webs and they will feed as a group. If you choose to separate, you will need fruit flies or pinhead crickets until they reach 3-4i.

 

[NYAN]

@BenWilly is the female wild caught from your area?

 

[BenWilly]

@BenWilly is the female wild caught from your area?

No, I picked her up at a reptile show, A guy that I buy from frequently had her with some other hesperus, I had mentioned getting one so he handed me one that already had an egg sac, told me he held her for me. He promised the sac was fertilized. I brought her home and she produced a second sac that day. The second looks empty when I shine a pin light behind it . Hesperus isnt native to my state, I have L. Mactans. Here is the mom with both sacs before hatching. The bigger one was the one that hatched out.

 

[NYAN]

No, I picked her up at a reptile show, A guy that I buy from frequently had her with some other hesperus, I had mentioned getting one so he handed me one that already had an egg sac, told me he held her for me. He promised the sac was fertilized. I brought her home and she produced a second sac that day. The second looks empty when I shine a pin light behind it . Hesperus isnt native to my state, I have L. Mactans. Here is the mom with both sacs before hatching. The bigger one was the one that hatched out. View attachment 294104

Very nice! That’s unusual for people to have widows at expos. I honestly was suspecting that it was a wild caught mactans.

 

[chanda]

No, I picked her up at a reptile show, A guy that I buy from frequently had her with some other hesperus, I had mentioned getting one so he handed me one that already had an egg sac, told me he held her for me. He promised the sac was fertilized. I brought her home and she produced a second sac that day. The second looks empty when I shine a pin light behind it .

The new sac may be fertile as well. I've had wild-caught L. hesperus produce up to seven or eight fertile egg sacs before they start laying duds. When the sacs are freshly laid, you won't necessarily be able to see anything inside them with a flashlight. The eggs/spiderlings need to develop a bit further before you'll be able to see them.