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We mated our female A.geniculata this evening with the male we picked up at the show.
They have been drumming to eachother on the shelf all week since we got him and the female seemed very receptive. We put the male into the females tank at the other end of from the female. As soon as she felt his footsteps she started drumming loudly. The males drumming was like a low rumble, and when the female responded with either loud drumming with her legs or inaudible drumming with her palps the male edged a few steps closer. She didn't flinch when his legs came into contact with hers and he attempted several times to lift her up to get an insertion, but as she was sitting on top of her plant pot hide, he couldn't lift her high enough. After a few failed attempts we removed the plant pot so they were on the same level, and this proved more succesful. He managed to lift her up and get right underneath her, even tipping her on her back towards the end. He got atleast one insertion, but shedidn't like being tipped over and hissed a bit, and he (rather sensibly) left it at that.
We will probably try again in a couple of days, although she might be quite close to moulting. This hopefully won't prove disastrous as he only moulted to maturity about 5-6 weeks ago, so he will still be viable after her moult.
Pics aren't great as the room was dull and I couldn't really get close enough for macro mode, but was a bit too close for normal mode.
They have been drumming to eachother on the shelf all week since we got him and the female seemed very receptive. We put the male into the females tank at the other end of from the female. As soon as she felt his footsteps she started drumming loudly. The males drumming was like a low rumble, and when the female responded with either loud drumming with her legs or inaudible drumming with her palps the male edged a few steps closer. She didn't flinch when his legs came into contact with hers and he attempted several times to lift her up to get an insertion, but as she was sitting on top of her plant pot hide, he couldn't lift her high enough. After a few failed attempts we removed the plant pot so they were on the same level, and this proved more succesful. He managed to lift her up and get right underneath her, even tipping her on her back towards the end. He got atleast one insertion, but shedidn't like being tipped over and hissed a bit, and he (rather sensibly) left it at that.
We will probably try again in a couple of days, although she might be quite close to moulting. This hopefully won't prove disastrous as he only moulted to maturity about 5-6 weeks ago, so he will still be viable after her moult.
Pics aren't great as the room was dull and I couldn't really get close enough for macro mode, but was a bit too close for normal mode.
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