Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts. Sign up today!
Note the golden ventral patch of setae- this is used to store plant resins for later use and for oviposition.
Without a resin coating, the survival rate of the eggs plummets sharply- with most dehydrating and dying inside the egg, or being predated upon by ants.
