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<blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 207626" data-attributes="member: 3872"><p>I picked up 6 Psalmopeus cambridgei sub-adults back in June/July 2021.</p><p></p><p>2 were suspected female, 1 was freshly molted molt-sexed male and the other 3 were unsexed. They were all around 4" in were living in 32oz deli cups when I got them. The male was considerably smaller than the others and not quite well. He had a weird spot on his abdomen and passed after a few weeks having eaten at first but then declining to ultimately his demise.</p><p></p><p>They eventually all molted; 3 we're female and 2 ultimate males. I rehoused them all into gallon jugs, the largest female into an exo terra nano tall. She's Female A.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]62877[/ATTACH]</p><p>It's a bioactive enclosure with live moss, springtails, isopods and leaf litter. Sorry about the glare.</p><p></p><p>She made a shallow dirt curtain hide in the base of the 3/4 round cork bark but she is out on the regular, at least every evening/overnight. She eventually retreats when daylight or I appear.</p><p></p><p>Here she is outside her cork bark before being paired. Lovely orange flashing on her tarsus and pedipalps.[ATTACH=full]62880[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]62878[/ATTACH]</p><p>She's skittish, slightly defensive and an aggressive hunter; I would often not be able to discern her from the cork bark in passing.</p><p></p><p>I successively paired all 3 females with both males in late August 2021. The boys survived all pairings and I still have them and they look great. Here's one of them on the left next to Female B. I will attempt to re-pair them all soon.[ATTACH=full]62885[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you haven't guessed, I got very creative with names, Females A, B and C and Males A and B.</p><p>(I hate those little post-it note strips, they keep dropping off)</p><p></p><p>Well, the two smaller females molted in late October 2021, but not Female A. One day I noticed her burrowing inside her shallow dirt curtain hide, going quite deep. In a few days' time she'd excavated what turned out to be an egg chamber in the base of the cork bark 3/4 round.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62881[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In early December she stopped hunting and I found dead crickets in her enclosure, water dish, etc; deceased, not killed and not eaten. I suspected she, too, had molted out in private, or was possibly sitting on a sac.</p><p></p><p>I teased her hide with some water after New Year's and got a reaction from within - time to investigate.</p><p></p><p>I coaxed her out on January 5, 2022 with a long zip tie and she charged hard, attacking the zip tie with more ferocity than usual. I kept her entertained with a second zip tie and investigated in the chamber with a long, Harry Potter wand my daughter gave up one - an egg sac</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62883[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here's the open egg chamber, opened up.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62882[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I fed her the next afternoon, 4 large crickets. She pounced on them. I also noticed she was repairing her egg chamber - this was interesting...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62884[/ATTACH]</p><p>You can see 3 of her legs working from the inside to re-fortify the exterior wall of the chamber.</p><p></p><p>The sac is in the incubator now. I suspect she was sitting on it for about 20-21 days, maybe longer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]62886[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I will turn the sac a few times a day, just like mom does, and in about a week I'll open it to check progress.</p><p></p><p>Fingers crossed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="octanejunkie, post: 207626, member: 3872"] I picked up 6 Psalmopeus cambridgei sub-adults back in June/July 2021. 2 were suspected female, 1 was freshly molted molt-sexed male and the other 3 were unsexed. They were all around 4" in were living in 32oz deli cups when I got them. The male was considerably smaller than the others and not quite well. He had a weird spot on his abdomen and passed after a few weeks having eaten at first but then declining to ultimately his demise. They eventually all molted; 3 we're female and 2 ultimate males. I rehoused them all into gallon jugs, the largest female into an exo terra nano tall. She's Female A. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20210501_025528094.MP.jpg"]62877[/ATTACH] It's a bioactive enclosure with live moss, springtails, isopods and leaf litter. Sorry about the glare. She made a shallow dirt curtain hide in the base of the 3/4 round cork bark but she is out on the regular, at least every evening/overnight. She eventually retreats when daylight or I appear. Here she is outside her cork bark before being paired. Lovely orange flashing on her tarsus and pedipalps.[ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20210427_031455195.MP.jpg"]62880[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20210427_031410609.MP.jpg"]62878[/ATTACH] She's skittish, slightly defensive and an aggressive hunter; I would often not be able to discern her from the cork bark in passing. I successively paired all 3 females with both males in late August 2021. The boys survived all pairings and I still have them and they look great. Here's one of them on the left next to Female B. I will attempt to re-pair them all soon.[ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220106_051356504.MP.jpg"]62885[/ATTACH] If you haven't guessed, I got very creative with names, Females A, B and C and Males A and B. (I hate those little post-it note strips, they keep dropping off) Well, the two smaller females molted in late October 2021, but not Female A. One day I noticed her burrowing inside her shallow dirt curtain hide, going quite deep. In a few days' time she'd excavated what turned out to be an egg chamber in the base of the cork bark 3/4 round. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220104_032311670.jpg"]62881[/ATTACH] In early December she stopped hunting and I found dead crickets in her enclosure, water dish, etc; deceased, not killed and not eaten. I suspected she, too, had molted out in private, or was possibly sitting on a sac. I teased her hide with some water after New Year's and got a reaction from within - time to investigate. I coaxed her out on January 5, 2022 with a long zip tie and she charged hard, attacking the zip tie with more ferocity than usual. I kept her entertained with a second zip tie and investigated in the chamber with a long, Harry Potter wand my daughter gave up one - an egg sac [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220105_030009800.MP.jpg"]62883[/ATTACH] Here's the open egg chamber, opened up. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220105_025945415~2.jpg"]62882[/ATTACH] I fed her the next afternoon, 4 large crickets. She pounced on them. I also noticed she was repairing her egg chamber - this was interesting... [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220105_044633191.MP.jpg"]62884[/ATTACH] You can see 3 of her legs working from the inside to re-fortify the exterior wall of the chamber. The sac is in the incubator now. I suspect she was sitting on it for about 20-21 days, maybe longer. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20220106_053836127.MP.jpg"]62886[/ATTACH] I will turn the sac a few times a day, just like mom does, and in about a week I'll open it to check progress. Fingers crossed! [/QUOTE]
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