So I have 10 versicolors, 2 sets of 3, and 1 set of 4.
Each set are the same size, same source.
In each set I notice the webs produced, and the differences among them.
Would it be reasonable to assume that its females building the more elaborate, clean, attractive webs- as compared to males being the ones that build the more sporadic, substrate-filled, haphazard webs?
Are some Ts, of a given species, more genectically prone to build nice, pretty webs and others are more prone to build the ghetto webs?
I notice this same thing going on with my tiny amazonica slings as well, and theres 6 of those from the same source.
What makes me think its the sex, is that I had a large confirmed female that built the pretty-type web, tho I havent had a large male to compare.
However, I have a single regalis(rainforest arboreal T, just from a diff country . . .) that I suspect will be male because it is always extremely lanky and is growing really fast, and that T builds the ghetto webs.
Here is an example of what I am talking about . . .
In the first shot is a set of 3 from the same source, same time, all that. The outer cages have the dirty, sporadic webbings, while the 1 in the middle has a beautiful, "tunnelly" web.
Heres the LEFT
MIDDLE
Right
Sorry, the closeups are sideways, I forgot to turn them . . .
Each set are the same size, same source.
In each set I notice the webs produced, and the differences among them.
Would it be reasonable to assume that its females building the more elaborate, clean, attractive webs- as compared to males being the ones that build the more sporadic, substrate-filled, haphazard webs?
Are some Ts, of a given species, more genectically prone to build nice, pretty webs and others are more prone to build the ghetto webs?
I notice this same thing going on with my tiny amazonica slings as well, and theres 6 of those from the same source.
What makes me think its the sex, is that I had a large confirmed female that built the pretty-type web, tho I havent had a large male to compare.
However, I have a single regalis(rainforest arboreal T, just from a diff country . . .) that I suspect will be male because it is always extremely lanky and is growing really fast, and that T builds the ghetto webs.
Here is an example of what I am talking about . . .
In the first shot is a set of 3 from the same source, same time, all that. The outer cages have the dirty, sporadic webbings, while the 1 in the middle has a beautiful, "tunnelly" web.
Heres the LEFT
MIDDLE
Right
Sorry, the closeups are sideways, I forgot to turn them . . .
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