Steatoda triangulosa eating

[egyptiancrow]

i have a pair of them, waiting for the female to get larger for breeding! They are beautiful.

 

[SilentWidowMaker]

Wow these are Kool I barely found one today although it was dying I was able to identify it and learn a few things. I care for several Latrodectus hesperus but was wondering what you feed the triangulate cobweb? I hear they eat wolf's and hobos is this true?

 

[darkness975]

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i have a pair of them, waiting for the female to get larger for breeding! They are beautiful.

Mine tend to be more voracious feeders than the majority of my Latrodectus.

 

[SilentWidowMaker]

Mine tend to be more voracious feeders than the majority of my Latrodectus.

I would love to see yours. I'm wondering if they vary in look from place to place. I'm in Idaho so not sure if they all look the same.

 

[SilentWidowMaker]

I would love to see yours. I'm wondering if they vary in look from place to place. I'm in Idaho so not sure if they all look the same.

This one I spotted outside on the ground. Like I said it was dying so I looked it up and found out it was a triangulate cobweb.

 

[egyptiancrow]

Wow these are Kool I barely found one today although it was dying I was able to identify it and learn a few things. I care for several Latrodectus hesperus but was wondering what you feed the triangulate cobweb? I hear they eat wolf's and hobos is this true?

mine are quite on the small size, i feed them fruit flies and baby mealworms- one such baby mealworm is in this very photo!

i also raise moths and feed small caterpillars to them. I would certainly never feed them another spider on purpose, but many spiders eat other spiders. Some jumping spiders even prefer eating other spiders to any other prey item. But yeah, personally id shy away from feeding anything potentially venomous for them I dont think the care is very different from a black widow, they just dont get as large!

 

[egyptiancrow]

Mine tend to be more voracious feeders than the majority of my Latrodectus.

oh mine love eating. i think they would eat until the pop if i let them! I try to keep an eye especially on my male. He would be mistaken for a female if not for his huge pedipalps and narrowness. I only feed them twice a week, theyve successfully molted several times and i hope to breed them soon!

 

[SherwoodOutlaw]

Hey, came across this and I was wondering... how do you care for them? What is your setup for them like?

 

[egyptiancrow]

Hey, came across this and I was wondering... how do you care for them? What is your setup for them like?

These guys are quite small, so I have them in plastic enclosures that have a paper towel curled around the edge (it looks like a large lable around the jar). it doesnt go fully around the entire jar, theres a crack in one side, and i can see them from below and above. I dont make it perfectly neet, one edge is always a bit frayed up and chonky, I bend those edges down. They often sleep under these little "eaves" and build their whole web inside. when its feeding time I simply open it and place the food in a spot with a good bit of tangle to catch it.

They never built anything to the lid because of the folded down edge- they stop there. I can even leave it open the whole time theyre eating and watch them, although they will sometimes pull it all the way under their favorite edge and hide I can usually always see them from the right angle. Theyre all pretty small, ill pop in a handful of flies or one baby mealworm every 4 days. Sometimes I'll feed them a baby caterpillar I'm raising as a snack. Every now and again, I'll mist their web- them being in the little "eaves" helps this too, they wont get wet or startled. I've never seen them drink though, I think the prey is enough for them.

Lots of people give cobwebbers totally clear enclosures with sticks glued along several spots of the wall to build in, but I like the fact that when I need to clean I can actually pick the whole web up by pulling the paper towel out. The web, the spider, it all stays in the same place. I can literally have the whole thing on my desk while I clean the whole enclosure and dump any bodies. then I just slide it right back in! Theyre very easy and calm. If you do startle one, it may drop down and play dead like a widow does. I try not to startle them and am very gentle with my movements.

 

[SherwoodOutlaw]

These guys are quite small, so I have them in plastic enclosures that have a paper towel curled around the edge (it looks like a large lable around the jar). it doesnt go fully around the entire jar, theres a crack in one side, and i can see them from below and above. I dont make it perfectly neet, one edge is always a bit frayed up and chonky, I bend those edges down. They often sleep under these little "eaves" and build their whole web inside. when its feeding time I simply open it and place the food in a spot with a good bit of tangle to catch it.

They never built anything to the lid because of the folded down edge- they stop there. I can even leave it open the whole time theyre eating and watch them, although they will sometimes pull it all the way under their favorite edge and hide I can usually always see them from the right angle. Theyre all pretty small, ill pop in a handful of flies or one baby mealworm every 4 days. Sometimes I'll feed them a baby caterpillar I'm raising as a snack. Every now and again, I'll mist their web- them being in the little "eaves" helps this too, they wont get wet or startled. I've never seen them drink though, I think the prey is enough for them.

Lots of people give cobwebbers totally clear enclosures with sticks glued along several spots of the wall to build in, but I like the fact that when I need to clean I can actually pick the whole web up by pulling the paper towel out. The web, the spider, it all stays in the same place. I can literally have the whole thing on my desk while I clean the whole enclosure and dump any bodies. then I just slide it right back in! Theyre very easy and calm. If you do startle one, it may drop down and play dead like a widow does. I try not to startle them and am very gentle with my movements.

Thank you so much! I appreciate it

 

[darkness975]

Hey, came across this and I was wondering... how do you care for them? What is your setup for them like?

I set mine up the same as my black widows.

 

[CRX]

Wow these are Kool I barely found one today although it was dying I was able to identify it and learn a few things. I care for several Latrodectus hesperus but was wondering what you feed the triangulate cobweb? I hear they eat wolf's and hobos is this true?

Yes, and they also eat house centipedes (Scutigera). The first time I found a large female in my garage, she had previously killed and ate a wolf spider much larger than herself. I found another recently and they had a large centipede webbed up and drained below their web. Its pretty remarkable how they take down such large prey.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yes, and they also eat house centipedes (Scutigera). The first time I found a large female in my garage, she had previously killed and ate a wolf spider much larger than herself. I found another recently and they had a large centipede webbed up and drained below their web. Its pretty remarkable how they take down such large prey.

Wow those Scutigera get big I’ve seen them attack spiders.