Spanish Funnelwebs (Macrothele calpiana) SAC FINALLY HATCHED

[Gsc]

Hello Everyone- It's me Graham (Strange Cargo Inverts)... I haven't been on Arachnoboards for some time now.

I just got home from working 2 weeks offshore and found that my Spanish Funnelweb sac has hatched. I'm pretty sure this is the FIRST US BRED & HATCHED SAC from this species (I had purchased my juveniles from John Apple...I haven't spoke with him in probably a year but I know he did have some females that he though were gravid- he may have had a sac already).

My system:

Set the female up in a 5gal tank 1/2 full of coco coir and a few cork bark tubes. When my male matured, I set his entire webbed 16 oz deli cup into her cage. They co-habitated for over a month before she finally ate him... I only had one mature female at the time so I left him in the cage to ensure that he successfully bred her. I let the female hatch out her own sac instead of trying to take it away.... I walked into the house today and saw the females web covered with babies (well, I counted at least 32 spiderlings I could see)... over the next few days I'll pull the babies out as I see them (and befire canabalism starts too bad)!!!!!

This project has been over 2 years in the works... I'm excited to finally produce my FAVORITE species....

I'm a horrible photographer, but I'll try to post some pics tomorrow!

Graham

 

[John Apple]

Graham

cool beans man...I have two females I have not seen in a couple of months ...deep in the lair...Both have been with a male for some time before they were also in turn eaten....I am assuming in about a month I should see something if the timetable is correct...No cast skins so I am thinking sacs

 

[Gsc]

Thanks John...My female did the same thing...just disapeared into her burrow... I didn't want to distiurb her... and vola- babies... they are pretty good sized (much larger than aphonopelma spiderlings)!!!! I hope you produce a bunch of babies!!!!!

Yoru friend,
Graham

 

[syndicate]

congrats!would love to see some pics.

 

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hey Graham,
congrats, I´m glad it all worked out :clap: :clap: :clap:
My sac hatched about 1 month ago..it took only 3 weeks from building the sac to hatching. Have to admit that I didn´t count the spiderlings, but should be more than 50.

 

[Venom]

This is FANTASTIC!! Good work guys! :clap: :clap: :clap:

Can't wait to see some more of these on the market. Now that we have them, we need to be increasing the stock.

 

[bluefrogtat2]

sweet

congrats
yeah shoot put me on that list when you start one.i want a few.
andy

 

[Gsc]

hey Graham,
congrats, I´m glad it all worked out :clap: :clap: :clap:
My sac hatched about 1 month ago..it took only 3 weeks from building the sac to hatching. Have to admit that I didn´t count the spiderlings, but should be more than 50.

Thanks Bastian.... Looking further in her web last night I discovered even more...like you said...50+ easily... Congrats on your babies also!

Your friend,
Graham