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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ceratogyrus" data-source="post: 25244" data-attributes="member: 371">Correct.They don't need a male to start producing the eggs (proven with phantom sacs).The female only fertilizes the eggs as she is depositing them in the egg sac along with the sperm stored in the spermathecae. So that is why there is no fixed gestation period. The female can lay the eggs as soon as they are developed, so she could start growing them in anticipation of a male. The rainy season here usually gets the male wandering, so maybe with the extra water she was waiting for a male and decided to start developing the eggs.Hopefully that makes some sense... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>