Today in the Spider Room?

[Thekla]

Rehoused my T. albo today, she got too big for her juvie enclosure. She didn't like being rehoused though and slapped at the straw I was coaxing her out of the catch cup with. There's always a first.
After exploring her new home for an hour (in search for an escape route, I presume) she finally found her shiny new hide. Maybe the new home isn't so bad after all...

 

[scooter1685]

I haven't offered food to my C. elegans for about 5 weeks now, because it looked like he had sealed himself in his burrow and I didn't want to bother him. Yesterday I decided to put a pre-killed mealworm in his enclosure anyway, just in case. Much to my surprise, the little guy opened a trap door and snagged the mealworm in a flash, darting back into his network of tunnels to devour his meal. I had no idea they made trap doors. Kinda feel like a jerk for not offering food sooner now.

 

[Marika]

My A. bicoloratum sling emerged from its burrow after being sealed in for 7 months.

 

[Blonc]

My T.albopilosum juvie decided to break its fast today with a nice semidead dubia after 99 days of sulking. I'd rehoused it and I'm reasonably sure it wasn't too its liking at all but its at least eating now which has to be a step in the right direction

 

[spideyspinneret78]

My L. kulgi, "Verdugo", emerged from its burrow after being sealed inside for almost 2 months. I was hoping that he molted, but nope. Just really fat, not quite even in premolt yet. Sometimes they just love to take their sweet time.

 

[CommanderBacon]

Instead of running to his hide, or his cork tube, or to his web sock, my mature male Psalmopoeus irminia decided that when I was trying to open his door to add water and give him a snack, he needed to try to frantically conceal himself within this little water dish.

He is a brain genious.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Instead of running to his hide, or his cork tube, or to his web sock, my mature male Psalmopoeus irminia decided that when I was trying to open his door to add water and give him a snack, he needed to try to frantically conceal himself within this little water dish.

He is a brain genious.
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He thinks his fluffy pipecleaner legs are a fantastic form of camouflage, perfectly concealing him inside that water dish! Well, I hate to say it, but we're going to have to declare a floof alert level CODE RED.

 

[CommanderBacon]

He thinks his fluffy pipecleaner legs are a fantastic form of camouflage, perfectly concealing him inside that water dish! Well, I hate to say it, but we're going to have to declare a floof alert level CODE RED.

Yes, they BLEND RIGHT IN with the WATER!

He's an absolute supermodel, though. I love him.

 

[Marika]

My G. pulchra is wrestling with her plastic plant again.

 

[CradilyKing]

My new female h.pulchripes is doing laps around her enclosure climbing the walls I’ve never seen a spider so active

 

[draconisj4]

My MM D. pentaloris passed on probably sometime last night. I fed the T's this morning and he looked for all the world like he was just in a stress pose in the corner of his enclosure which was pretty normal for him whenever I opened it. I didn't think too much of it, he'd been fine when I topped off his water the day before and he's been eating every week. Checked him about 12 hours later to see if he had eaten his roach and he was still in the same position. He was gone.

I guess I've passed a milestone, I can now officially say I've raised a T from a tiny sling until the end of its natural life...still sucks though

 

[Rozwyrazowana]

I'm new to the hobby. I got an "adult female" T.albo in February, which molted in April and turned out to be MM. I hope he lives for a long time, but I know that the clock is ticking.
Today I found him lying on his back between two layers of his webbing. his front legs and fangs were outside the web, but everything else was covered. As if he was in a sleeping bag. I freaked out a bit, but he did a similar thing once when he was making a web in a hard-to-reach spot, so I waited. I don't know what was it about, but he is up and active as if nothing happened.

 

[CommanderBacon]

I'm new to the hobby. I got an "adult female" T.albo in February, which molted in April and turned out to be MM. I hope he lives for a long time, but I know that the clock is ticking.
Today I found him lying on his back between two layers of his webbing. his front legs and fangs were outside the web, but everything else was covered. As if he was in a sleeping bag. I freaked out a bit, but he did a similar thing once when he was making a web in a hard-to-reach spot, so I waited. I don't know what was it about, but he is up and active as if nothing happened.

You caught him having a "special moment".

 

[Thekla]

I'm new to the hobby. I got an "adult female" T.albo in February, which molted in April and turned out to be MM. I hope he lives for a long time, but I know that the clock is ticking.
Today I found him lying on his back between two layers of his webbing. his front legs and fangs were outside the web, but everything else was covered. As if he was in a sleeping bag. I freaked out a bit, but he did a similar thing once when he was making a web in a hard-to-reach spot, so I waited. I don't know what was it about, but he is up and active as if nothing happened.

You caught him having a "special moment".

Translation: He was making a sperm web and got loaded.

 

[Rozwyrazowana]

Translation: He was making a sperm web and got loaded.

Thank you for the explanation. I googled it and it was it. I have a lot to learn .

 

[CommanderBacon]

Thank you for the explanation. I googled it and it was it. I have a lot to learn .

I love it when they make sperm webs because I like to shame them for shamelessly spankin' it in front of their mother.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Was able to tease this reclusive girl "out" for a brief moment. After this I tested my luck with the macro ring on my camera and she disappeared again.

Phormingochilus arboricola

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

Hi all
Today is a good day for me.
My AF Aphonopelma chalcodes (Debby) ate for the first time after 295 days .Yeey!!!

 

[draconisj4]

Finally managed to get a picture of my mature male N. incei gold. He matured in November 2018 and looks pretty darn good for an old man . He's starting to slow down a bit since he sat still for the picture but he's still eating

 

[Colorado Ts]

Rehousing Pterinopelma sazimai

My tiny little 3/4” slings are now actually 3/4” and ready to go into the enclosures that I prepared months ago.



Didn’t take this little sling long to venture out and start to explore. And BONUS, there is an exuviae to mark this day.

If I don’t have to upset a Ts world during rehousing, I won’t. Easy just to put the 1oz soufflé cup into the enclosure; let the sling explore at their own pace; pull the soufflé cup later.