assassins on the hunt

chuck

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WOW! i just got my first pair, red spotted assassins, and they are awesome but ugly. once they knew there were crix in the tank they were on the hunt. they took hiding under the cork bark and when a crix walked by, it was like "night of the living dead", they just emerged from the ground and stalked the crix. when they finally attacked they wrestled with them for a few. and now looking at the remains, its nothing like a T or scorp's remains, theyre pretty much still intact but i guess hollowed out

heres a pic of when i first got them, sorry its not of the "hunt". theres one on the left you can see, and then another on the left hiding behind the cork

 

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congrats,....
i keep assassins for about 4 years now,.... awsome little devils :D

did you buy a breeding pair?
 

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i just got 2, not sure of their sex. i wouldnt mind them mating if they were of the opposite sex. how do you sex them anyways?
 

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The abdomen of the males has a rounded end (loos like a small bubble).
It's very good to see. The females don't have that bubble-thing ;)
 

chuck

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Originally posted by MacCleod
The abdomen of the males has a rounded end (loos like a small bubble).
It's very good to see. The females don't have that bubble-thing ;)
thanks, so looking at your avatar the assassin there is a female?
 

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Not sure about that.

You can only see it when you flip the assassin on it's back :)

Also the female is a little wider then the male.
 
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Steven

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You can only see it when you flip the assassin on it's back
yep the only way to sex platymeris

correct info MacL. has given you there,.. i wonder were he'd got that info from ;) :D

PS: Hey, Gino ook terug wat meer actief hier op het Arachnoforum? ,....=D
 

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Originally posted by Valael
Are assassins cannibalistic at all?
No, they're not :)
You can keep them in a pretty large group if you want.
They 'll live in peace together ;)
 

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adult towards each other are in no way canibalistic,... or iff you don't give them food for a month i guess they will eventually do start on each other,....
sometimes little nimfs can be eaten by bigger nimfs,....
that's the only canibalistic thing i've ever noticed,... very social bugs are assassins in my opinion :)
 

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Originally posted by gongyles
yep the only way to sex platymeris

correct info MacL. has given you there,.. i wonder were he'd got that info from ;) :D

PS: Hey, Gino ook terug wat meer actief hier op het Arachnoforum? ,....=D

Yeah, some weird guy I know told me how to sex them =D

En ja, ik moet hier op tijd eens komen zien hé...hier valt wa meer te beleven dan op mijn forum ;):(
 

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they can live together peacefully where there isnt any food, but they turn into rivals when 1 crix appears. i was watching them eat again last night, i put 2 crix in but they were only aware of 1 of them. they seemed to be sharing 1 crix for a while until one of the assassins tried to move, the other got angry. they dropped the crix and started to i guess fight. seemed like one of the assassins tried to stick the other with its mouth piece. i put my tweezers in to split them up and then they finally each got their own crix. and while they were running around i tried to sex them. i didnt find any bubble below them, but then again im not sure what it looks like.
 

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but then again im not sure what it looks like

Hey,... i wish i could help you,... i've got a nice picture where the differnces are very clear,... only my scanner doesn't work at the moment.

You can ask MacCleod if he can scan this particular picture,.. cause i know he knows wich one i mean,....

@MacCleod
kunt ge da fotoke uit den TerraEncyclopdie van E.Bruins hier es posten,... is dieen jongen ook geholpen, ge weet wel waar die twee op spelden geprikt naast elkaar liggen,....

greetz
Steven
 

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Here it is :)



The left one is the male...do you see the small bubble on the end of his abdomen ?
 

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i got a mating pair, when will they lay eggs, fertilize, hatch?
 

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Keep the substrate a little moist, and they 'll lay their eggs in it, or just on top of it.
Check ones in a week for eggs.
They 'll hatch after 1 or 2 months.

The eggs look like this: (picture taken by Gongyles)
 

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Steven

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yep,... info correct by MacCL.

guess the eggs are about 1/10-1/12 of an inch,... is that correct geometrics ? :D
 

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how could i deter them from mating w/o seperating them?
does each egg contain one assassin?
how many eggs will they lay at once?

damn, i need that assassin book
 
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