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So I was in my entomology class's lab last wednesday(the one before this recently passed one) tending to my insect collection project. Well I have a box that I use for pinned bugs to dry on before placing them in their display case(I like to spead their legs out and make em look natural and purdy ). As I opened this box, this little yellow blur comes flying out and suddenly stops. I noticed it was a yellow sac spider(NO idea as to what the Latin name is). Luckily I had just emptied out a bottle of dead bugs and was able to quickly scoop it up. I was able to tell it was a small female, and looked rather hungry. My professor gave me a bag of dead mantis nymphs(hundreds...) so I decided why not see if it'd take a dead nymph. Sure enough she was REALLY hungry and nabbed it!
As I'm watching this spectacle with my own eyes I realized I had a microscope next to me. So...I got the bottle under the microscope and was able to view it munching away at the nymph! Sadly it was a regular microscope and not a fancy electronic one that could take video/pictures, so I can't show it to you, but I HIGHLY recommend doing this if you ever get the opportunity! It's truly fascinating!
Well the other day I thought I'd try feeding her again, and when I opened the medicine bottle she's being kept in, she crawled out, dropped, to the floor, and got into one of many piles of paper/shoes in my dorm room lol. I wasn't able to fin her! I was pretty irritated and decided to justlet her live her natural life.
Well the next day I was having a conversation with my friend when I noticed a discolored dot above my dorm window. I thought nothing of it at first but when I returned to my room later that night and noticed it, I decided to take a peek to see if it was a bug or not. Sure enough, it was my yellow sac spider! Shes now safely back in her medicine bottle and VERY fat after having a nice sized cricket!
Just thought I'd share this quirky adventure with you guys.
As I'm watching this spectacle with my own eyes I realized I had a microscope next to me. So...I got the bottle under the microscope and was able to view it munching away at the nymph! Sadly it was a regular microscope and not a fancy electronic one that could take video/pictures, so I can't show it to you, but I HIGHLY recommend doing this if you ever get the opportunity! It's truly fascinating!
Well the other day I thought I'd try feeding her again, and when I opened the medicine bottle she's being kept in, she crawled out, dropped, to the floor, and got into one of many piles of paper/shoes in my dorm room lol. I wasn't able to fin her! I was pretty irritated and decided to justlet her live her natural life.
Well the next day I was having a conversation with my friend when I noticed a discolored dot above my dorm window. I thought nothing of it at first but when I returned to my room later that night and noticed it, I decided to take a peek to see if it was a bug or not. Sure enough, it was my yellow sac spider! Shes now safely back in her medicine bottle and VERY fat after having a nice sized cricket!
Just thought I'd share this quirky adventure with you guys.