Tarantula dancing

[JDK]

I don't know how else to describe it. She is 15 years old. She recently moulted and since then has started dancing on the substrate in her pen. I thought she might be digging or just moving it around but the best can i describe it is fluffing up the surface with all eight legs moving quickly but not really disturbing the surface much. Almost like a dance.

Has anyone else seen this? She has never done this before. I've heard of happy dances. Is this a thing?

 

[Casey K.]

I don't know how else to describe it. She is 15 years old. She recently moulted and since then has started dancing on the substrate in her pen. I thought she might be digging or just moving it around but the best can i describe it is fluffing up the surface with all eight legs moving quickly but not really disturbing the surface much. Almost like a dance.

Has anyone else seen this? She has never done this before. I've heard of happy dances. Is this a thing?

Happy dances usually occur while they are eating. After they catch their prey, they move around slowly in circles and pick their legs up a little while their bodies sort of "wobble". They also lay web while they're doing this....usually a way to try and catch more prey.