During a nice day at BRAS (Barking Reptile show) I felt compelled to spend some money on something and I toyed with either Lycosa sp or a community of 10+ Stegodyphus sarasinorum. Now these little spiders are amazing to watch and I had the pleasure of Martin Goss showing me how effective they were.
He took out his large community where adults and offspring happily roamed an enclosure approx 2ft square, very much webbed up over thin branches. They were spread out to cover the whole tub and there were clearly some egg sacks amongst the webbing. The size of the spids ranged from money spider size to finger nail (LS) so I was rather surprised when he put an adult locust in amongst them, firmly pressed into their webbing. This became a magnet for the S. sarasinorum as the whole community seemed to desend on the locust. Not even the little spids were deterred and whilst I felt a little sorry for the locust (alien films came to mind) it was fascinating to see how this community interacted.
Obviously I had to go home with a tub of socialites. I'm curious to know if anyone else has these and any tips for keeping them. Due to the fact they're so small the air holes in the tub are blocked up and I've found in my loft/spider room their tub has filled with condensation.
He took out his large community where adults and offspring happily roamed an enclosure approx 2ft square, very much webbed up over thin branches. They were spread out to cover the whole tub and there were clearly some egg sacks amongst the webbing. The size of the spids ranged from money spider size to finger nail (LS) so I was rather surprised when he put an adult locust in amongst them, firmly pressed into their webbing. This became a magnet for the S. sarasinorum as the whole community seemed to desend on the locust. Not even the little spids were deterred and whilst I felt a little sorry for the locust (alien films came to mind) it was fascinating to see how this community interacted.
Obviously I had to go home with a tub of socialites. I'm curious to know if anyone else has these and any tips for keeping them. Due to the fact they're so small the air holes in the tub are blocked up and I've found in my loft/spider room their tub has filled with condensation.
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