My Tiger rump hiding?

[Stuart Lee]

I have a Tiger rump doppelganger proppa name could be many, was bought as Cyclosternum fasciata but im told its a Cyclosternum pentoralis.

Anyways Is it usual for these spiders to spin a web cover it in soil then hide inside it for a moult? Im thinking its gone to moult, I have only had it since July, Its a really good bit of building too lol.

How long do they hide for, Hope its not like T. Blondi thats just come out of hiding after nearly 2 months



Ill try n get a pic of the webbin if I can later, Dont wanna disturb her atm.

[michaelmckinney]

Looks to me Stuart like a C.Fasciatum. But apparently the name has changed to Davus Fasciatum. It could be going to molt if he/she has webbed up her burrow entrance, or I find sometimes when a tarantula isn't hungry and dosen't want disturbed, they "shut their door", so to speak.

Here's my D.Fasciatum s'ling.

Michael.

[Peter Lacey]

According to Ray Gabriel these are Cyclosternum pentalore (note spelling) as explained on the T-store: http://www.the-t-store.co.uk/forum/i...ndpost&p=85716
but we'll have to wait for the paper.

My C. pentalore/C. fasciata created what I can only describe as a blanket of web and soil and hid underneath it for 1 month. I dug it out, provided deeper substrate and a coconut shell and she hid in there for over 2 months. It took her that long to moult and I've since heard of a few people that have experienced the same thing. I have it documented in this forum so do a search if you want to follow up on it.
So, it looks like you got a wait on your hands, have a guinness

[Colin D Wilson]

I tend to be a little old fashioned on this

The World Spider Catalogue still has the latest entry as Davus fasciatus (Schmidt, 2005) so i will tend to use this name untill any relevant papers / re-descriptions have been accepted and it's updated.

[James Box]

i've experienced long periods of my D fasciatum hiding in preparation for moults! but usually out not long after, and ravenous for food!

[Stuart Lee]

Looks to me Stuart like a C.Fasciatum. But apparently the name has changed to Davus Fasciatum. It could be going to molt if he/she has webbed up her burrow entrance, or I find sometimes when a tarantula isn't hungry and dosen't want disturbed, they "shut their door", so to speak.

Here's my D.Fasciatum s'ling.

Michael.

Wow lol, Im loving the little slings colours, Do they start off the same colour as when they are adults?

And Peter, I hope mines not gonna hide for that long lol

[michaelmckinney]

Thanks m8,

I got him/her about a month ago and he/she was a browny colour with slight tiger markings. But after 2 molts the colours are really vibrant. Here's a pic when I got him/her.

Michael.

[Stuart Lee]

Oh yer, you can just see the markings on the abdomen, very nice . I saw mine In a pet shop and loved the colouring and now Ive had her/him a while s/he's really interesting webbing up the tank and climbing around lol.