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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LookMomASpider" data-source="post: 184180" data-attributes="member: 34311">So I went to feed the new arrivals tonight. G. pulchra and A. seemanni ate with gusto. A. seemanni even took down a roach that was a little too large for its tiny 1/2" frame. I imagine it will take quite a while for it to finish that one off. However, when I went to feed the C. versicolor it pushed the roach right off the little webbing it has made so far. I tried again and it did the same thing. I have to guess that either it is scared of the feeder prey (new food item) or its just not hungry even though it looks, and is acting like it is. Always perched in its hunting position with a relatively skinny abdomen. It is 1" exactly so live prey shouldn't be anything new for it.I am going to leave the roach running around on the substrate for the night and see if it will come down and get it. I have raised a C. laeta from 1/2" to almost 1 1/2" now. It has never pushed a prey item off its webbing. It will come down off its web to hunt if it is hungry enough and I would think the C. versicolor would do the same. Anyone with any experience with C. versicolor can let me know if this is just normal behavior would be much appreciated.</blockquote>