P. Tepidariorum Care?

[Duriana]

would it be a dumb idea to try keeping one or two in a enclosure and raising them?

maybe even try to make it a communal?

You could try. It would be difficult to find small enough food. Maybe fruit flies would work. A communal would probably end up in canabilism.

 

[Ungoliant]

would it be a dumb idea to try keeping one or two in a enclosure and raising them?

maybe even try to make it a communal?

If you have access to tiny prey items, they would be fun to raise.

I wouldn't try keeping them communally, as they will eventually eat each other.

 

[benjamin1359]

I just fed my house spider for the first time! It took her, like 5 minutes, but, websites do say that they can take large prey, so, yay!

 

[Ungoliant]

I just fed my house spider for the first time! It took her, like 5 minutes, but, websites do say that they can take large prey, so, yay!

Parasteatoda tepidariorum are fearless hunters. I often find them with much larger prey in their webs.

Here is one that lived in my dubia bin and poached a roach every week. (In this photo, she has two roaches.)

The Poacher (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)

• Ungoliant
• Feb 27, 2018
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• blaptica dubia common house spider dubia roach feeding parasteatoda parasteatoda tepidariorum tepidariorum

This common house spider took up residence in my roach bin a few months ago (when she was a...