sub adult male D. vittatus

[wolfs79]

Got some dolomedes vittatus back in August I think 8 males and one female.

7 of the males, I thought were all 1 molt away from maturity, but they all molted and maybe only 1 is a molt away from maturity now.

Most are about 2.5" in leg span. I keep dolomedes scriptus as well and they mature much faster both the males and the females.

D. Vittatus reminds me of my dark fishing spiders they mature at a slower rate even though D. vittatus are closer related D. scriptus in needing to be close to water source.


I had 28 slings of Vittatus and down to 16 the weaker ones died good news though the remaining have all molted few times growing good and eating like little pigs

Here's a pic of a sub adult male he's plump from eating cricket.

Update one of the males finally matured molted this morning sometime. Here he is.

 

[Steaminpies]

I read your post you made in August. From the sound of things, you'll be taking on a never before done project involving crossbreeding Dolomedes to create hybrids!? Seems sweet to me, very excited. As one of the replies said in that post an in-depth breeding report of the different species would be greatly appreciated if your willing to. I've recently become very interested in Dolomedes, especially the larger species. My favorite is probably albineus but vittatus is an underrated species due to their rarity. I assume you plan on selling many of them off and would really like to purchase some whenever the time comes. I do have a question regarding this post, though. You made the first post upon receiving the nine subadult vittatus, when did you receive the 28 slings which died off to the 16 that are growing on?
Edit: or did I misinterpret, you received the 28 now 16 slings back in August and believe eight are male with one female so far?