Tenodera
Arachnobaron
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2011
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It's time for some captive breeding! I want this thread to become the knowledge pool for this species, Anyone with experience, please add your accounts!
I picked up my adult pair on July 25, 2015, and the female greeted me by shuttling an egg out of her ovipositor as she rested on my thumb! She has since layed over 20 eggs in the paper towel in her temporary container, which have been placed in a sterile, slightly damp, lightly ventilated container of sand and soil, kept at 76 degrees F. She has shown no interest in the male yet, although he stridulates frequently and tries to approach her.
Both have been feeding on grasshoppers, crickets, moths, and apple. The female was quick to tame down and accepts food readily from my hand; the male is still very defensive and reacts hysterically to me. I have been handling them infrequently in order to keep them from stressing.
I picked up my adult pair on July 25, 2015, and the female greeted me by shuttling an egg out of her ovipositor as she rested on my thumb! She has since layed over 20 eggs in the paper towel in her temporary container, which have been placed in a sterile, slightly damp, lightly ventilated container of sand and soil, kept at 76 degrees F. She has shown no interest in the male yet, although he stridulates frequently and tries to approach her.
Both have been feeding on grasshoppers, crickets, moths, and apple. The female was quick to tame down and accepts food readily from my hand; the male is still very defensive and reacts hysterically to me. I have been handling them infrequently in order to keep them from stressing.