Balfouri hatch out (with mom)

[octanejunkie]

Several months ago one of my adult female M balfouri laid a sac unobtrusively against the side of the enclosure and I didn't see her fill it up with eggs, it just looked like the rest of her webbing.

Well, it hatched out and now there were about 50+ slings in there with her, maybe more...

That was back in July. Being early-to-mid Sept now, these guys have been growing communally with mom and they are around 1/2" +/- each now. I separated 5 early on and those did not grow was quickly or well as the ones raised with mom and their sac mates. Lesson learned.

I feed them maimed/disabled roaches about twice a week and they rip them apart to share. Here are some pics after today's feeding:

I fed mom at the mouth of the burrow after her slings got the first batch of roaches and now she's out cleaning herself.

Can't wait to harvest slings lol, that will be fun!

 

[DustyD]

Must be enjoyable to take a minute or two and watch all the activity going on.

 

[Huzeyfel]

Verkaufen Sie Lebewesen?

 

[Ditch crawler]

Verkaufen Sie Lebewesen?

Yup I agree, sell them.

 

[octanejunkie]

Verkaufen Sie Lebewesen?

ja, verkauf in amerika

 

[Huzeyfel]

ja, amerika'da verkauf

Ahhh...Ich wohne in deutschland

 

[octanejunkie]

Ahhh...Ich wohne in deutschland

weise ich

 

[octanejunkie]

when do you mated it?
and when do the mother drop egg? thanks.

After mating there is usually anywhere from 30-60 days or more before the female drips a sac. Sometimes they molt out and no sac at all.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

I’m surprised they don’t escape from the vent holes.
I’d be worried I’d be spotting babies all over the house

 

[octanejunkie]

I’m surprised they don’t escape from the vent holes.
I’d be worried I’d be spotting babies all over the house

They are very "attached" to mom and the environment she created and maintains for them by constantly webbing the enclosure. They literally can't climb much for the first few instars beyond her webbing. By the time most spiderlings would venture out on their own they are pretty much self sufficient, in my experience.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

They are very "attached" to mom and the environment she created and maintains for them by constantly webbing the enclosure. They literally can't climb much for the first few instars beyond her webbing. By the time most spiderlings would venture out on their own they are pretty much self sufficient, in my experience.

That's reasurring