spider waste

[jeffh_x]

do spiders past waste..ive always wondered how it looks like.. they do have an anus i know but ive never seen thier waste b4..anyone??

 

[Rourke]

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do spiders past waste..ive always wondered how it looks like.. they do have an anus i know but ive never seen thier waste b4..anyone??

To engage your interest in the defecatory products and the body parts of spiders, you might try THIS post.

I believe the third link will lead you posthaste to the anus.

 

[TRowe]

Yep, spiders pass waste. It can vary in consistency and coloration among the different species. In most tarantulas, it's excreted in the form of a gray liquid that quickly dries and hardens into an odorless, chalky substance. You may own a tarantula for quite a while before you notice any of it's fecal matter.

Tim

 

[Lochala]

As tim said, they do pass waste. It can range from tiny grey-white dots to to runny Colgate colored poo.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

And just to add to the thread, the technical name for spider poo is quanine.

 

[JohnxII]

And just to add to the thread, the technical name for spider poo is quanine.

Quanine huh... didn't know that. It's true... you learn something new everyday. Thanks!

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

And just to add to the thread, the technical name for spider poo is quanine.

That's not true!
But the fecal matter of spiders consists mostly of guanine, adenine, hypoxanthine and uric acid.
These substances tend to cristalize and that gives the spider-poo its white and chalky appearance!

Cheers
Bernhard

 

[jeffh_x]

hmm..cool..that explains the chalky patch on the side of the cage of my pinktoe..cool..thanks guys..was always just bein curious

 

[gothmog]

Yep, Avics have a saying: 'I poop therefore I am'

-- Jon