New Worlds with low egg counts

[MiaPow]

I’ve been going over many of the breeding reports trying to figure out on average which new world species have a low egg count. If I read correctly Avicularia Avicularia seem to have a low spiderling count, many reported a hundred or less which I would probably consider low and manageable but what other species produce similar numbers. I would like to get into breeding a new world species but would like to start with a species that’s practical for a beginner dabbling with breeding. I’ve breed some of my scorpions and really enjoy the whole process but the nice thing about breeding the scorpions is the numbers in a brood are easier to work with. I know tarantulas can have many more babies then scorpions and that the numbers aren’t written in stone. I don’t care about the physical characteristics of any specific species. Looks aside, I love the appearance of every tarantula. What’s a good beginner friendly, new world, species that usually has a low brood count? I don’t want to breed a tarantula that could possibly produces hundreds to up to a thousand spiderligs.

 

[Cemykay]

Most Brachys and Grammostola species produce egg sacs with hundreds of eggs. I only know of terrestrials like Ephebopus murinus which produce about ±100 spiderlings per sac. If you want to start with arboreals, Avicularia/Caribena/Ybyrapora all have fewer spiderlings per egg sac.

 

[Wolfram1]

some spezies like Pamphobeteus sp. have fewer spiderlings as well since they start out bigger, but there are still more than a hundred

love that genus

 

[Vanessa]

Aviculariinae are your best bet and the recommendation that I would make for someone brand new to breeding. Not only do they have a fairly low egg count, they are affordable overall and egg sacs are easier to get from them. There are other species who have low egg counts that are going to cost you a fortune and are difficult to breed, like Xenesthis. Some Pamphobeteus are going to cost you less, but getting a breeding pair of almost every species is not going to be cheap.
The other option is to breed a female who is a bit smaller and not a full grown adult, as they often have smaller egg sacs, but some people are against breeding females who are not full grown.

 

[z32upgrader]

My Neoholothele incei has given me the lowest egg count so far at just 35 the first time I bred her. Second time was 99 though. Not feeding them as much will result in a lower egg count.

 

[Reezelbeezelbug]

I've been reading up on breeding reports, so none of this is first-hand info. NW dwarfs are kinda my jam and I've been seeing that Neoholothele incei and some Cyriocosmus species put out about 50-150 in their eggsacs. The babies are really itty bitty when they come out, so that's another thing to consider with these. Good luck! I hope to breed my Cyriocosmus leetzi this year and get some first-hand experience.

Edit: ha ha beat to the punch just barely!

 

[Tarantuland]

I've been reading up on breeding reports, so none of this is first-hand info. NW dwarfs are kinda my jam and I've been seeing that Neoholothele incei and some Cyriocosmus species put out about 50-150 in their eggsacs. The babies are really itty bitty when they come out, so that's another thing to consider with these. Good luck! I hope to breed my Cyriocosmus leetzi this year and get some first-hand experience.

Edit: ha ha beat to the punch just barely!

Those are gonna be tiny slings, hope you have a magnifying glass haha

 

[MiaPow]

Thanks everyone for all the input, I’m going to research further into the other species mentioned and also keep Avicularia in the back of my mind as a possible. I wasn’t sure if there were are other species that produced similar or lower numbers of eggs like some Avicularia species.