Six eyed sand spider

[jbm150]

What would be a good feeding schedule for this species? I have an Aphonopelma I feed once, maybe twice a month; something along those lines?

 

[remainpositive]

What would be a good feeding schedule for this species? I have an Aphonopelma I feed once, maybe twice a month; something along those lines?

What I do is once every other week for small instars and once a month for adults, if they looked kind of famished I toss one more in. Like they have stated before, their metabolism control is spectacular.

 

[Germanicus]

Ive always thought these to be extremely interesting to watch come feeding time, same with recluse. They have a certain posture to them unlike a lot of other true spiders and it makes them very fascinating to keep, definitely not the savage monsters most make them out to be.

 

[BigJ999]

Mine stays buried just beneath the sand most of the time. Their body collects sand particals so they have a interesting look.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

What would be a good feeding schedule for this species? I have an Aphonopelma I feed once, maybe twice a month; something along those lines?

My S terrosus female eats about once a month. She either takes the cricket fairly quickly, or she ignores it til I remove it the next day.

 

[The Snark]

With an animal like that the problem would be in striking a balance. Just waking it out of it's torpor to process a bug shortens it's life a little offset by the food helping it live a little longer. It usually seems that with spiders they are better off left on the hungry side of things. But what that would be to a sand spider? A month? 3 months? 6?

What might help this dilemma is finding out what it's preferred natural food is and the availability on average from year to year.

 

[High Lord Dee]

What would be a good feeding schedule for this species? I have an Aphonopelma I feed once, maybe twice a month; something along those lines?

I have mine on a once a week feeding schedule but feed it appropriately sized foods such as very small crickets, dubia nymphs, or silkworms. Occasionally, it does not eat the prey but I found that it was in pre-molt.

 

[cbsuen]

you're not talking about a wind scorpion are you? or camel spider as the middle eastern variety is called.

 

[The Snark]

Ive always thought these to be extremely interesting to watch come feeding time, same with recluse. They have a certain posture to them unlike a lot of other true spiders and it makes them very fascinating to keep, definitely not the savage monsters most make them out to be.

I'd very much like to see a video of that.

 

[ZergFront]

I wouldn't buy one myself but I love looking at videos of them getting into the sand.

 

[Galapoheros]

I was given a tiny sling a while back. How big do these get? I don't how to tell if they are mature or not. I guess the one I have has a leg span like that of a 50 cent coin. It basically has the leg span of an adult recluse, so does that mean it's prob an adult?

 

[Philip Mccullagh]

I'm all for debunking myths about this species and recluses. Both are highly venomous but they aren't aggressive spiders and are very shy. I have 3 recluses and they are very shy as well. But I won't say that either species is not capable of great harm but other spiders like Phonutria are far,far more dangerous given their temperament. Although I would like a Phonutria myself.

Hi I have got 8 six eyed sand spider that I hope to breed in the future as they aren’t mature yet for a YouTube video which also features Phoneutrias and sand spiders