G.Rosea Babies!

[Richard Gallon]

Excellent.

Egg > nymph-1 > nymph-2 > spiderling
(Is the naming system widely used in the UK and many parts of Europe, although other systems are used in the USA and Germany).

Egg = ball-like (no legs).
v
Hatches (leaving a white/yellow 'shell')
v
Nymph-1 (ball with tiny legs on, can't crawl or produce silk at this stage, just wiggles stubby legs)
v
Moults
v
Nymph-2 (can crawl about and produce silk, but still not that hairy)
v
Moults
v
Spiderling (fully formed, hairy, spiderling. In the case of Grammostola rosea this will be pink with a brown/grey abdomen.

Cheers,
Richard

[Adam Garthwaite]

That's fantastic Richard, thanks a lot!
I guess mine are at Nymph 1 right now. Any ideas of the timescale for G.Rosea development?
Regards,
Adam

[Adam Garthwaite]

Hi all.
Small update on my little darlings. When I opened the tub for todays inspection, I was very pleased to see the darkening of the legs and abdomens indicating a moult to Nymph 2 will be happening soon!

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~mrwhite/darkbabies.jpg

Oh, I also took this close up pic yesterday, thought it was quite nice

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~mrwhite/awwcute.jpg

Hope you like the pics
Regards,
Adam

[Layla McInnes]

Hiya
The pictures look great and so do you N1's. Let us see when they ahve moulted again
Good luck. maybe you will have christmas slings?

[Adam Garthwaite]

Thankyou Layla. Maybe, then there will be jc-1, jc-2 ,..., jc-200

[Adam Garthwaite]

It took 100 days exactly, from eggs being laid to actual spiderlings. But it's been worth the wait!
I started rehousing them today, decided to make a start before I become overrun with the little darlings. Here's a couple of pics.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~mrwhite/spiderling.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~mrwhite/tubs.jpg

I'm going to be adding a few drops of water every other day to keep the humidity up, that sound ok?
Also, i've got hatchling crickets on order which I think should be an ok food source.

I guess they'll be up for sale on the bulletin board soon, any advice on packaging them?

[mary walters]

How's it feel to be 'grandad' to them. Now your troubles begin ha ha.
I'll keep a look out for your post, nice one Adam.
Mary

[Adam Garthwaite]

It feels great thanks, Mary. Little buggers are still proving quite stubborn, with only a handful (lol, that's actually quite a lot) now moulted to the spiderling stage.
Picked up some hatchling crickets today, my god they are incredibly small. Any tips on how to get them into the little tubs without an invasion occurring?

[Adam Walters]

It feels great thanks, Mary. Little buggers are still proving quite stubborn, with only a handful (lol, that's actually quite a lot) now moulted to the spiderling stage.
Picked up some hatchling crickets today, my god they are incredibly small. Any tips on how to get them into the little tubs without an invasion occurring?

You could try fixing a plastic drinks straw to the end of a funnel, then tip them in - at least you have some control of where they are going

[Adam Garthwaite]

I've managed to get some into a few of the tubs a couple of hours ago. Used a wooden stick as a transport device. Only had a couple do a runner.
But, they've not been eaten, and really they look too small for the T to be interested in them :s Should I order some more developed crickets? 2nd instar ?
Regards,
Adam

[mary walters]

Adam, I use a plastic funnel such as you would use for filling those sqeezy sauce bottles for feeding T's in film pots, don't lose many that way. Hope this helps, Mary

[sarah Smith]

Adam they should be fine on the pinheads for now remeber they are chillies and they are fussy eaters, plus they may take a couple of days to be ready to eat since they just moulted.

[Adam Garthwaite]

OK sarah, i'll perservere with the pinheads, thanks.

Got some bad news, i've been extremely busy with work lately and had not noticed a build up of mold on the underside of the paper towel. Needless to say i've had quite a few casualties. I guess at most i'll have 30 slings from this. Not overly gutted as I didn't breed her myself, but i've picked up some valuable experience and I can't wait to have another sac of eggs to raise!