Ornithoctoninae sp Communal?

[exoticsXcastle]

i’ve got 3 Ornithoctoninae sp. slings atm all in the same container, the guy i got them from said they can be communal is that true? at the moment they’re all doing fine not eating/attacking each other i was just wondering if i should separate them or not.

 

[BoyFromLA]

No, because tarantulas are not communal.

 

[exoticsXcastle]

No, because tarantulas are not communal.

these in specific? because i know balfouris can be as well as some other species just not 100% sure on these tarantulas.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Assume all tarantulas are solitary (at least from the juvie stage onwards) unless proven otherwise. Even with M. balfouri it's not clear if this species is communal in the wild.

There are a small number of genuinely social spiders, but none of them are tarantulas.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

these in specific? because i know balfouris can be as well as some other species just not 100% sure on these tarantulas.

Are you willing to risk the lives of your spiders and the money you spent on them to find out?

 

[exoticsXcastle]

Assume all tarantulas are solitary (at least from the juvie stage onwards) unless proven otherwise. Even with M. balfouri it's not clear if this species is communal in the wild.

There are a small number of genuinely social spiders, but none of them are tarantulas.

thank you the slings have now been rehomed to their own containers

 

[exoticsXcastle]

Are you willing to risk the lives of your spiders and the money you spent on them to find out?

thank you the slings have now been rehomed to their own containers