Let’s start a new thread. One about a true spider genus that was not often shown in this forum: Sicarius.
Some months ago I got two Sicarius terrosus (ex Chile).
This is a special looking spider which spends the day buried in the sand where it is invisible for enemies and prey. They have a legspan of 7cm (3 inch).
I keep them warm and dry in tanks with a floor space of 30/20cm (12/8 inch) with fine sand and some stones and also a branch or something like this. They do not climb but need it to fix their eggsacks.
Here is one of the adult females:
With some luck, one of them was pregnant and built an eggsack at July 24.
This sack looks very special because the spider masks it with sand.
Now (more than two months later) the slings are here. There are not many but they are pretty large:
Some months ago I got two Sicarius terrosus (ex Chile).
This is a special looking spider which spends the day buried in the sand where it is invisible for enemies and prey. They have a legspan of 7cm (3 inch).
I keep them warm and dry in tanks with a floor space of 30/20cm (12/8 inch) with fine sand and some stones and also a branch or something like this. They do not climb but need it to fix their eggsacks.
Here is one of the adult females:
With some luck, one of them was pregnant and built an eggsack at July 24.
This sack looks very special because the spider masks it with sand.
Now (more than two months later) the slings are here. There are not many but they are pretty large:
atm I´m keeping all spiderlings together and have no problems while raising them. still waiting for dirk to get a new male for my female... I keep mine in 40*30*30 with yellow sand and as far as I could see the spiders use the dust of that sand to mask themselves with it. As I was able to see on your pics your female is grey? My female is yellow..so it really seems like they would use the fine substrate to adapt their coloration to the ground. maybe that´s what they need the setae on the carapace an dorsal abdomen for...
