Avicularia versicolor

[Protectyaaaneck]

Eggsac was dropped on 4/7/11 and was pulled on 5/4/11. At this point they were mostly eggs with a few EWL's sprinkled in. 1st instar was reached on 5/10/11 and 2nd instar on 6/8/11. Temps were roughly kept between 70-80 degrees throughout the entire process. Humidity within the incubator was most likely near 100%. Not sure exactly what happened but something went wrong with one of the incubators and only half of what was in the sac ended up making it to 2nd instar. The final count was somewhere around 145.

[Skinky Girl]

Successful

Bred by Hellion299 (Frank IV) and Skinky Girl (Ashley)

The Avicularia versicolor slings in this breeding report are a product of our first double clutch!

Mrs. Lovette (female) was first mated fall 2010. She produced an egg sac 01-08-2011 and then ate said sac on 02-10-2011. We feel that this was due to over processing (flooded enclosure incorrectly).

We decided to allow her to molt before breeding again, however we had a gorgeous male hook out at the beginning of April 2011. Seeing that she had not yet molted and was not showing signs of pre-molt, we introduced them on 05-05-2011. The pairing seemed successful so we paired them again on 05-25-2011 and were once again blessed with great success! There were no special conditions for the female other than solitude and she was fed as often as she would allow- MM dubias and pinkies. Our home is generally 75 degrees.


Mrs. Lovette laid her sac (double clutch) on 06-08-2011. In the weeks leading up to the creation of the sac she began webbing very heavily, creating a multi-layered canopy (7”x7”) over her entire enclosure. Once the eggs were laid, she rolled the sac and took it down into her burrow.


We pulled Mrs. Lovette’s egg sac 07-06-2011 (28 days). We opened the sac slightly and found healthy 1st instars. The babies were left inside the sac and placed in a ventilated enclosure with peat moss/ vermiculite.


By 07-23-2011 the babies were darkening and becoming active.
The babies began molting into 2nd instars on 07-28-2011, 50 days after the sac was laid. Shortly after molting, the slings left the sac and began exploring the enclosure. No bad eggs were found, however we did lose 4 during the 2nd molt.


Total 1st instars: 208
Final sling total: 204

[mcluskyisms]

• Status - Success

• Genus - Avicularia
• Species - versicolor
• Date female moulted last - 14/09/11
• Date male matured - Unknown
• Last mating date - 11/10/11

• Mating behaviour -

First pairing took place on 03/10/11

The male was introduced into the females enclosure and instantly began drumming once he found the cork bark slab the female lives behind. The female slowly came out from behind her hide and mating took place for roughly five minutes, male managed to get multiple insertions and once mating finished the male left the enclosure.

Second pairing took place on 11/10/11

Same as the first attempt, male introduced into the females enclosure and once in contact with her cork bark he began drumming again. This time the female didn't come out to greet the male and he decided to venture into her web hide (behind the bark). After a short flurry the female came out of the bottom of her hide and then mating took place, again they paired up for roughly five minutes and insertions were again witnessed.

• Tank conditions and temperatures before mating -

Female & male both kept in the same conditions temperatures of roughly 24-26°C (with a drop to around 20-22°C at night). Humidity for both would be somewhere in the region of 60-75%.

• Feeding schedule before mating -

Female fed a large brown cricket weekly.

• Feeding schedule after mating -

Female was fed two large brown crickets weekly.

• Date eggsac produced - 31/12/11
• Date eggsac removed/hatched - 28/01/12 (N2 found)
• Development times of nymphs - 32 Days (From N2 to 1st Instar)
• Total number of spiderlings - 84

• Additional notes -

Some photos of the pairings, nymphs & 1st Instars.

First Pairing 03/10/11



Second Pairing 11/10/11



Eggsac



N2



Dark N2



1st Instar

[catfishrod69]

Females last molt 11-2-12
Male matured 7-4-12
Temp 80F Humidity 60%

11-19-12 Placed male with female. Male and female paired several times, and male got in long insertions. Left male overnight with female.

11-20-12 Male was removed.



Flooded the females enclosure several times.
1-31-12 Sac dropped.
3-2-13 Sac pulled.



When the sac was pulled there was 10 1st instar. All other eggs were either not developed, or stuck together.






3-18-13 1st instar darkening.
3-20-13 5 of the slings died.

3-21-13 Slings molted to 2nd instar. Total of 5 good slings.

[Sabatta]

Female mated on September 27, 2012 and then again on March 1, 2013.
She made her sac on March 14, 2013.
I left it with her and she opened it on May 27.
I got about 25 good slings. There was a crusty clump of eggs that went bad in the sac too.