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padkison
01-26-2008, 02:25 PM
Hogna georgicola

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jeff h
01-26-2008, 02:42 PM
Great work!
Excellent image series and quality.

syndicate
01-26-2008, 03:12 PM
wow very nice!!how long did the whole process take?pics look amazing man.great sequence of shots here :D

padkison
01-26-2008, 04:08 PM
I found her after she was finishing up the mat and was getting ready to lay the eggs. From that point on, it took about one hour. Here's another shot I did not include because of the poor quality. This is prior to the eggs showing up. Looks like she drops a blob of clear fluid prior and then lays the eggs into that. Is this standard spider procedure when laying eggs or am I seeing things?

I was popping in and out of the bug room while exercising and wish now I had stayed to try and get a bunch of shots during the actual laying of eggs. That part goes pretty quick.

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syndicate
01-26-2008, 04:23 PM
im guessing thats the sperm stored inside of her she uses to fertilize the eggs?i couldnt say for sure but someone should be able to answer that heh

Rick McJimsey
01-26-2008, 04:39 PM
those are some nice pics man!

Eclipse
01-26-2008, 07:24 PM
Nice pics! That's soo cool. The 2nd picture looks like breakfast :)

Widowman10
01-26-2008, 09:06 PM
wow! very nice series of pics there!!! geez :clap:

Rain_Flower
01-27-2008, 12:51 AM
Very nice pics, and congrats on the sac! Her poor little booty looks all shriveled now... Lol. :)

Thrasher
01-27-2008, 10:00 PM
awsome pics.

Black Widow88
01-28-2008, 09:32 AM
Great work!
Excellent image series and quality.

Amen!

Nothing more to say.

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