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My Nephila clavipes made an eggsack last night, it's quite big, with a bundle of eggs in the middle (about 1/2" diameter) and silk loosely around it (about 2"diameter). I'm quite taken by surprise by this, and it brings up a couple of questions:
The first and most important: Could it be fertile? (bought her a month ago (20-10), don't know if it's WC). I haven't mated her, but I guess this could have happened before.
This brings the second question up: how can I see if it's fertile. I read about the argiope eggsack browning here, is there a similar thing for Nephila?
Third: how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? Because the Nephila is loose in my room, I want to take the eggsack away before it hatches, don't want hundreds (see question four) of nephila spiderlings loose in my bedroom...
Fourth: How many young can a Nephila produce?
This were all the questions I could think of this moment, sure there will follow more....
Thanx,
Joost
The first and most important: Could it be fertile? (bought her a month ago (20-10), don't know if it's WC). I haven't mated her, but I guess this could have happened before.
This brings the second question up: how can I see if it's fertile. I read about the argiope eggsack browning here, is there a similar thing for Nephila?
Third: how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? Because the Nephila is loose in my room, I want to take the eggsack away before it hatches, don't want hundreds (see question four) of nephila spiderlings loose in my bedroom...
Fourth: How many young can a Nephila produce?
This were all the questions I could think of this moment, sure there will follow more....
Thanx,
Joost