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edie
02-08-2007, 11:19 PM
my Phidippus johnsoni's s'lings are starting to come out, they're cute

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00929.jpg

and my olios giganteus has webbed itself up in a bubble, any ideas why? i've had her for 4 months and shes never done this before

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00952.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00954.jpg
Cheshire
02-09-2007, 12:46 PM
Your olios is most likely moulting. Expect to see some leeway on those lost legs :)
cacoseraph
02-09-2007, 12:57 PM
my O.g. did something similar when she made eggsacs. mine were adult when i got them so i dunno if they do the same thing for molting
edie
02-09-2007, 01:48 PM
Your olios is most likely moulting. Expect to see some leeway on those lost legs :)

i hope so, the last few times she moulted she just hung from a string and did it, i've never seen her bubble up like this before
xgrafcorex
02-09-2007, 02:24 PM
cool...keep us posted on the huntsman. also, whenever you figure it out, how many P. johnsoni are there? i just had one sac hatch and though i don't have an official count..i would say theres somewhere around 70 of them. i have one more female sitting on her sac which i expect to be hatching in a week or so.