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<blockquote data-quote="jay17" data-source="post: 123743" data-attributes="member: 27501"><p>So, long story short, I bought this <em>P. regius</em> at the Doncaster IHS show thinking it was male, but a few days after bringing it home, it turned out to be a <em>she</em> and left me a pleasant surprise.</p><p></p><p>Interesting stuff I've observed thus far </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mother killed a large cricket and placed it in the nest, not for herself but presumably for the babies<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When the nest is disturbed the mother returns to it to put the webbing back in the right place <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mother will flee from the nest when disturbed but vigilantly watches the nest from a distance<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The babies only showed interest in live prey and each other after their first molt</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Babies appear to only start to produce web after the first molt (?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hatched with whitish-blue markings that were lost after the first molt <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Both the slings and the mother have a strong aversion to water </li> </ul><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nirgWYV.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>The proud parent </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/j8QdupY.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Building the web</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/F6Ujuoz.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Mother with the egg sac</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qKgagHH.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>The freshly-hatched kids</p><p></p><p> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/FJKU2Nr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The slings, in the last pic the one on the left is first molt, the right hasn't molted yet </p><p></p><p>Notes</p><p>- 10/Nov/2017 (Eggs laid)</p><p>- 24/Nov/2017 (Eggs hatched, at least 50 babies)</p><p>- 10/Dec/2017 (First few slings left the web + were separated into a deli cup)</p><p>- 16/Dec/2017 (Separated slings molted and started to show interest in moving prey)</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading! Will post more pics as I take them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jay17, post: 123743, member: 27501"] So, long story short, I bought this [I]P. regius[/I] at the Doncaster IHS show thinking it was male, but a few days after bringing it home, it turned out to be a [I]she[/I] and left me a pleasant surprise. Interesting stuff I've observed thus far [LIST] [*]The mother killed a large cricket and placed it in the nest, not for herself but presumably for the babies [*]When the nest is disturbed the mother returns to it to put the webbing back in the right place [*]The mother will flee from the nest when disturbed but vigilantly watches the nest from a distance [*]The babies only showed interest in live prey and each other after their first molt [*]Babies appear to only start to produce web after the first molt (?) [*]Hatched with whitish-blue markings that were lost after the first molt [*]Both the slings and the mother have a strong aversion to water [/LIST] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nirgWYV.png[/IMG] The proud parent [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/j8QdupY.png[/IMG] Building the web [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/F6Ujuoz.png[/IMG] Mother with the egg sac [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/qKgagHH.png[/IMG] The freshly-hatched kids [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/FJKU2Nr.jpg[/IMG] The slings, in the last pic the one on the left is first molt, the right hasn't molted yet Notes - 10/Nov/2017 (Eggs laid) - 24/Nov/2017 (Eggs hatched, at least 50 babies) - 10/Dec/2017 (First few slings left the web + were separated into a deli cup) - 16/Dec/2017 (Separated slings molted and started to show interest in moving prey) Thanks for reading! Will post more pics as I take them. [/QUOTE]
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