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Algae
07-29-2008, 10:39 PM
I catch sun spiders in NM every so often, but I just caught one that appears to be pregnant! What do I do? I can't find anything on breeding them.
crpy
07-29-2008, 10:51 PM
do a search ,there was a thread not to long ago on the same thing. Try typing solpugid eggs I think that might be the title.
Algae
07-29-2008, 11:35 PM
Well, I did the search and it certainly was disheartening... Is there anyone here that has posted a log of successfully bred solifugids?
crpy
07-29-2008, 11:37 PM
Well, I did the search and it certainly was disheartening... Is there anyone here that has posted a log of successfully bred solifugids?

ugh, yeah not much success w/eggs sorry
ErikWestblom
07-30-2008, 01:06 AM
[urlhttp://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=130422[/url]

That's the thread.
Widowman10
07-30-2008, 02:38 AM
try gettin em out as soon as you see them. that might help (at least they won't get eaten that way :rolleyes:).
Algae
07-30-2008, 09:07 AM
Caught another pregnant one. I think I'll keep the mothers in containers with 2 inches of sand from where they were collected, and prepare a hole beneath a piece of wood, and try to keep the humidity the same. Ug... I live near Chicago. How am I going to keep the containers that dry?
Algae
07-30-2008, 10:09 PM
Today I spoke with a man who has been keeping them for 15 years. Only ONE laid.
Widowman10
07-30-2008, 10:44 PM
Today I spoke with a man who has been keeping them for 15 years. Only ONE laid.

hahaha, sounds about right... :rolleyes:
ErikWestblom
07-31-2008, 08:41 AM
Caught another pregnant one. I think I'll keep the mothers in containers with 2 inches of sand from where they were collected, and prepare a hole beneath a piece of wood, and try to keep the humidity the same. Ug... I live near Chicago. How am I going to keep the containers that dry?

Indoor air is as dry as any desert. How do you think ppl can sucessfully keep other desert spieces, like scorpions, without them getting mycosis?
dtknow
07-31-2008, 12:33 PM
Also, keep in mind these guys like to burrow, and burrows will stay cooler and more humid than the surroundings. A previous thread shows a egg mass that dried up due to the mom being housed on dry sand.

I currently have some eggs...and we'll see what happens.