My True Spiders & Other Arachnids

Yes. I agree that they don’t look a whole like real violins. I think the name violin spider is dumb anyway.

 

Here’s a freshly molted one:

 

Yeah. They are pretty funny also. I keep them together, so you’ll often have them stealing food from each other or sometimes sharing it

 

Finally got a male for my girls

Latrodectus sp. Mexico


Also mated Latrodectus bishopi but my phone deleted all of my photos again.

 

Latrodectus bishopi mating

A bit of a funny story. The female was acting pissy, attacking the male. She lunged at him and he dodged it. He then ran up her leg and started mating with her. She complied.

 

Yeah.. although I already do kind of. I have like 150 slings of various species. If you count stuff im keeping communal that becomes 300 plus.

Anyway, thanks! I’m super happy. The female matured August 25 so I’m sure she’s viable. I have another from early June that may be pushing it a bit who I’ll try in a few days. I totally agree that they look the best. For some reason people love to not breed Latrodectus here.

L. elegans is next
After that I’ll see if I can get some pallidus and dahli perhaps.

 

Thanks, but there are definitely better, more experienced people out there. I’m still pretty new at this.

 

Some updates and new photos

I’ll post some non widows next time

Latrodectus bishopi



Latrodectus sp. Mexico (fertile sac but the eggs spilled out)



Latrodectus sp. ‘South Texas’.




Latrodectus elegans



Latrodectus tredecimguttatus

 

Not sure, haven’t been bitten yet. I would assume it’s like the other black Latrodectus. They live in very secluded areas of South Eastern Asia. I would think not many bites have happened.

 

No I don’t. I always reply to those questions that way. Not sure why.