pitbulllady
09-19-2007, 05:22 PM
As promised, some pics of Kukulcania hibernalis outdoor "wild" habitats, occupied by several colonies on my property-
First up, a tool shed, covered in some sort of corrugated black tar paper...and spider webs. The corrugation forms tunnels which serve as sort of "apartment complexes" for individiul spiders or families, which often live in the same den/web/crevice/tunnel. This is apparently a prime piece of real estate, since many of the occupants are really large females, and big females get the best housing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5432.jpg
A smaller structure nearby, made of sheets of plywood, which used to be a smoke house for hams. Spiders of this species have made homes, within inches of each other, between the plywood sheets. These are smaller spiders, since this is apparently less-desirable housing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5433.jpg
Underneath the porch of a small cinder block building that was a playhouse for my aunt when she was a little girl; spiders have made their homes in the space between the wooden boards of the porch and the cinder block wall. Most of these are also large females, so this appears to be a really good location.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5438.jpg
Inside the door of a shed that was built over an outdoor furnace-a big female with an eggsac in one corner of the door-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5434.jpg
In an opposite corner, a just-moulted female
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5436.jpg
Another really big female(trying to impersonate a Haplopelma lividum) in a different corner of the door, where there's a cross-piece of wood
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5288.jpg
In the corner, lol-she looks like a little kid being punished by having to stand in the corner!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5283.jpg
pitbulllady
First up, a tool shed, covered in some sort of corrugated black tar paper...and spider webs. The corrugation forms tunnels which serve as sort of "apartment complexes" for individiul spiders or families, which often live in the same den/web/crevice/tunnel. This is apparently a prime piece of real estate, since many of the occupants are really large females, and big females get the best housing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5432.jpg
A smaller structure nearby, made of sheets of plywood, which used to be a smoke house for hams. Spiders of this species have made homes, within inches of each other, between the plywood sheets. These are smaller spiders, since this is apparently less-desirable housing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5433.jpg
Underneath the porch of a small cinder block building that was a playhouse for my aunt when she was a little girl; spiders have made their homes in the space between the wooden boards of the porch and the cinder block wall. Most of these are also large females, so this appears to be a really good location.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5438.jpg
Inside the door of a shed that was built over an outdoor furnace-a big female with an eggsac in one corner of the door-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5434.jpg
In an opposite corner, a just-moulted female
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5436.jpg
Another really big female(trying to impersonate a Haplopelma lividum) in a different corner of the door, where there's a cross-piece of wood
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5288.jpg
In the corner, lol-she looks like a little kid being punished by having to stand in the corner!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pitbulllady/Spider%20and%20Other%20Arachnid%20Photos/DSCF5283.jpg
pitbulllady