G.rosea question.

genius89

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ive had my g.rosea for about 5 months now and i was just wondering why does she lay out webbing on the floor when she feeds ?
 

arhamy

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i was wondering the samething i just got a g rosea and it does the samething
 

ImDeadly

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I think the majority of them do it. My rosie does it when she feeds but she also does it all day everyday anytime. I have noticed when she is feeding that she sometimes webs while she eats and then pats the food down to her new webbing and continues eating as if to immobilize the moving parts of her prey while eating it. I don't think they like legs moving erratically while they eat it.
 

Sage

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I could be wrong but I thought it was sort of like a 'trip wire' that sends vibrations and alerts the rosie that there is food nearby. I have noticed too that sometimes they lay web down to roll up bunches of substrate and move it around that way for easy carrying. They can be interesting little critters.
 

Verneph

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My rosea does this all the time too. Some call it a "feeding mat", but as for why they do it I have no idea. But it is typical rosea behavior.
 

grayzone

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+1 sage........ im pretty sure youre right with the trip wire analogy. when ts eat and do the "happy dance" and web they are making a feeding mat. my ts do it all the time and they usually do it by the entrance of their hides where they eat. the pray hits this so called "trip wire" and the t knows where the items are and can pounce even without knowing where the cricket is because of the mat. sorta like a dinner bell.
 

coldvaper

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Yeah mine started doing it again recently, she stopped for a many years but after this last molt she has been doing the mat thing. Also one of my OBTs did this when I first got it.
 

krbrown1994

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I think many tarantulas do this to make the bolus itself, making it easier for the T to eat
 

genius89

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i also noticed my female Avicularia Avicularia does the same but only on the sides of her terrarium. normal behavior i assume ?
 

smoothie4l

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It works like a trap for any in coming perdators/prey, the animal/insect eather gets stuck on the webbing or the vibration alert the tarantula that somthing is coming. I'm guessing she does it while she is eating so that she doesn't have to worry about anything else sneaking up on her.
 

ArkanoviTigrovi

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It works like a trap for any in coming perdators/prey, the animal/insect eather gets stuck on the webbing or the vibration alert the tarantula that somthing is coming. I'm guessing she does it while she is eating so that she doesn't have to worry about anything else sneaking up on her.
Do the webs really capture anything? My G. rosea's webs are not sticky at all and crickets can just walk on them no problem.
 

Shell

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Do the webs really capture anything? My G. rosea's webs are not sticky at all and crickets can just walk on them no problem.
They alert the spider to the vibrations of possible prey items. The spider itself, does the capturing.

Webbing once they already have a prey item is also extremely common and normal.
 

gashadokuro

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I'm still waiting for my t to eat. I've had it for a couple of months already and if it feels a cricket it'll just back away from it. No webbing yet, except the time the light hit the tank a certain way and could see a faint layer of it.
 
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