Cyriocosmus elegans egg sac

[marie metcalfe-brachygirl]

I was surprised how big this was compared to mum.
Male belonged to Larry Dams

[Layla McInnes]

WOoooooooooohooooooo well done Mrs Im really really pleased for you. Well done Jazzi!

[Guy Tansley]

Good stuff, Marie - is this from my male?

[Adam Smith]

By the size of the sac must good few slings in there. Cant wait till I move and ahve time and space to breed mine.

[marie metcalfe-brachygirl]

Hi Guy, your male was without the black triangle, that female has blocked her self in and looking hopefull for egg sac.

[Yinnon Dolev]

Nice one Marie!! Cant wait for mine to grow a bit.

[Mike Conabeer]

Marie, if you've still got Guy's male I know Laz is looking for a male without the triangle, might be worth giving him a call??

Mike.

p.s well done on the eggsac, loads of tiny mouths to feed now

[James Metcalf]

any slings for sale ?????

[Adam Smith]

there only nymphs at this stage, not slings yet.

[Phil Rea]

So what's the difference between the triangle and non triangle specimens then? Are they both Cyriocosmus elegans?

I wasn't aware that there were two types.

[Phil Rea]

Just found the answer to my own question on Guy's site

The non-triangle version would be the Venezuelan form of C.elegans then.

It would be interesting to know what the relationship between these two forms is.

[Daniel Carpenter]

Very nice, well done mum!

[Carrie Van der Zee]

Wow, mum looks tiny! Is this a smaller species?

[marie metcalfe-brachygirl]

yes they are a dwarf species, mum is around 2cm body length full grown female.

Phil R. you would probably find this interesting.
FUKUSHIMA, C.S., R. BERTANI & P. I. DA SILVA JUNIOR (2005). Revision of Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903, with notes on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 846 1-31.

[Phil Rea]

Thanks for that Marie. I shall have to try and get hold of that one

I have a small juvi here, bought from the Spidershop as a sling which has the black triangle