ManlyMan7
Arachnosquire
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2011
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- 68
So I traded a few slings recently for a supposedly mature male A. geniculata. In the picture sent to me, I was looking to see it was a geniculata, and not a brocklehursti. But I saw a leggy Acantho, and my mind said, "mature".
Drove a few hours to meet the person, and the trade went well. Even before I arrived, they sent me texts asking if it was indeed a mature male. I wanted to wait til I go there as I was driving. But once I got there, it was cold, and we met in a parking lot, so I didn't want to expose the Ts to much cold. So again I didn't take the time to look too carefully. I think I thought that even if this leggy 7.5" boy wasn't mature yet, he would eventually mature. I could sort that out at home later.
Got home and confirmed that he does not appear to be mature. No bulbs, no tibia hooks. Tarsal claws still present.
Didn't think anything of it until last week when I caught this boy upside down under a silk tent, every bit of what I have observed numerous times with other male Ts I have. I tried very very carefully to remove his tub from its shelf and remove the lid to get pictures, but at the very last, he spooked and flipped over. Here he is under his tent, looking quite guilty for getting caught.
My question to you is, has anyone ever heard of an immature male making sperm webs?
Also, I watched as my 8"+ female, apparently privy to his tub sitting on the lid of her glass aquarium, drummed no less than 12 times in 20 minutes.
But I was watching to see if he was drumming. He was shuffling subtly and more slowly, but only once did I see him do a full-body quiver, and never did I see him drum.
Will he mature? I sure hope so, and my girl apparently is eager as well.
Drove a few hours to meet the person, and the trade went well. Even before I arrived, they sent me texts asking if it was indeed a mature male. I wanted to wait til I go there as I was driving. But once I got there, it was cold, and we met in a parking lot, so I didn't want to expose the Ts to much cold. So again I didn't take the time to look too carefully. I think I thought that even if this leggy 7.5" boy wasn't mature yet, he would eventually mature. I could sort that out at home later.
Got home and confirmed that he does not appear to be mature. No bulbs, no tibia hooks. Tarsal claws still present.
Didn't think anything of it until last week when I caught this boy upside down under a silk tent, every bit of what I have observed numerous times with other male Ts I have. I tried very very carefully to remove his tub from its shelf and remove the lid to get pictures, but at the very last, he spooked and flipped over. Here he is under his tent, looking quite guilty for getting caught.
My question to you is, has anyone ever heard of an immature male making sperm webs?
Also, I watched as my 8"+ female, apparently privy to his tub sitting on the lid of her glass aquarium, drummed no less than 12 times in 20 minutes.
But I was watching to see if he was drumming. He was shuffling subtly and more slowly, but only once did I see him do a full-body quiver, and never did I see him drum.
Will he mature? I sure hope so, and my girl apparently is eager as well.