Poecilotheria regalis - webbing habbits.

GoodSmeagol

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Poecilotheria regalis - webbing habbits - question

Hello!
I have had a Chillian Rose Hair male in the past who died years ago.
I have a Avucalaria versicolor(sp?) for a couple of months.
The versicolor has been making funnel webs in the upper corners of its enclosure, really amazing to see.

I got an ornamental about 2-3 weeks ago, another arboreal species, or so I thought.
Since being put into its enclosure it has stayed almost exclusively on the ground. And has formed a sort of 'room' for it self behind a gargoyle head on the ground.

My question is, is this standard poecilotheria webbing habits?
Latest to oldest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtQLoCrRmcY&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv2ugAGcjVc&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-NI2Y6E4I&
You can see she has made a web, then laid a web on the ground, and pulled it up to complete an almost inch thick wall!

Please let me know if this is 'standard'
Thanks!
 
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Musicwolf

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Sorry that I can't view the videos while at work . . . however, if it is still a sling then it's fairly normal behavior. Rest assured, it is most definitely an arboreal spider, and should make nice tube webs up the side of the enclosure when it's full grown.
 

GoodSmeagol

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Sorry that I can't view the videos while at work . . . however, if it is still a sling then it's fairly normal behavior. Rest assured, it is most definitely an arboreal spider, and should make nice tube webs up the side of the enclosure when it's full grown.
I suppose I should have mentioned she is around 5-6".
 

Musicwolf

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ah, then in that case . . . . a little odd, but nothing to worry about I'm sure.
 

mickey66

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this could be the dirt curtain if it is a p. regalis....pokie? i have a female p. regalis about 5" and when all i had for her was cork bark this is what she would do before a molt......may i ad she was out on the cork bark all the time now, i got her a long log hide and she is in it now for about two weeks....i don't see her at all. i think she is going to molt again.....we will see. hope this helps.
 

GoodSmeagol

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this could be the dirt curtain if it is a p. regalis....pokie? i have a female p. regalis about 5" and when all i had for her was cork bark this is what she would do before a molt......may i ad she was out on the cork bark all the time now, i got her a long log hide and she is in it now for about two weeks....i don't see her at all. i think she is going to molt again.....we will see. hope this helps.
yes P. regalis, and after checking around here I can confirm it :)

She has the white/cream band on her underside.

I will talk to the seller and find out when the last molt was, he mentioned it in the conversation when I took ownership, however I do not recall.
 

mickey66

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that's the way my female looked.....the stripe will fade out i bet. i vote female from your photo....good luck with her!:)
 

Motorkar

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A beatiful spider ! Well don't worry. O made a log out of bark and instead in it, she stays behind it and the bark backdrop, since there is shade. She always comes out when it becomes dark though and is really nice. If I throw in some food to her, I wake up in the morning and there is fresh poop stripe on the glass and leftovers right infront the door. :) And she is about 10-12 cm(3.9-4.7 inches) big. Yours is a female seen from the picture, heres how mine looks:
 

Bumblingbear

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My P. ornata has a little cave it dug right now. It comes out to eat and otherwise hangs out in its cave.

I've heard this is standard and normal for pokie slings, so you probably just have a subadult or an adult with Peter Pan syndrome. :p
 

Londoner

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Not sure about "standard", but that looks like fairly normal webbing behavior for Poecilotheria species. They don't tend to construct tube webs like other arboreal genera IME. It looks like your T is treating the space behind the gargoyle head as a tree hollow (where it would most likely reside in the wild). The sheet webbing could be an attempt to block out light and feel more secure. As someone else mentioned, it may also start to incorporate dirt into the webbing also. There's also the possibility that it's starting to construct a molting hammock. Either way, I don't see anything that you should worry about.
 

GoodSmeagol

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Very interesting...
She has now sealed her self in the back corner behind the gargoyle(as seen in a video in OP)
She has extended the curtain of dirt to the branch, and webbed the top opening with no space for her to even squeeze through.

That makes me think of a question.
How do their hairy(is it hair?) legs and body not stick to their webs when they walk all over them?

Thanks
 

GoodSmeagol

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MOLTING!!!!!!
SOOO COOL!
Caught her just now all the way out chillin on her back flexxin them legs of hers!

How and when do I remove the old exo?
It is 'in her domain' so to speak...
 
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