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Does any have any pics of these spiders in captivity(Or any orb web)? Need to know if his house is ok. Been googling for ages with not much luck! Thanks in advance
In the national zoo in Washington DC they have a large corner sectioned off for them with no glass, no screen, completly open air, just a short wall on the floor and ceiling. You could stick your hand right into the exhibit. They have a whole bunch in there and they were even breeding. I stuck my head in the exhibit and was looking around inside, and when I turned around and looked at my friends they pointed out that I had a baby spider crawling on me, lol. I would have kept it but I figured it wouldnt survive a 2 day drive to florida, 2 weeks there, and then another 2 day drive back so back into the exhibit it went.petbugs.com said:The Madagascar Silk Spider will remain on its' web, and will happily accept flying insects, or non-flying insects that you make fly.
you arent supposed to keep them in a tank ami right. aren't they supposed to live in the corner of a room.david31337 said:
Thanks for the info! I'll try them on Pin Head crickets, any idea how long till they hatch? She/He only made the sack yesterday. (I'm gonna need to buy a bigger flat. Not enough rooms for a lot of these )
Raqua, it's taken this spider over a month to build it's web, give it time. Hopefully they'll keep webbing.
a good nephila to keep free living in your home is sengallensis,bad spelling as it doesnt require so much humidity,the webs span across river systems in its home land,south of the sahara.Raqua said:Just got Nephila sp. from Tanzania which might be this specie. Looks like that one at least..
I have adult female. I put her inside large terarium 3ftx2ftx2ft. I have it for more than week and it still does only a little webbing. Just like few threads she sits on, nothing to throw food into ...
I also have 5 slings. They are very small, I'm afraid that they might have trouble taking down fresh hatched pinheads. The same with their webs... Am I doing something wrong ??