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Have a question here. Were I to attempt breeding A. metallica male to A. avicularia female, for scientific purposes...
I've heard discussion as to whether A. metallica is a mere color variation of A. avicularia, and seems it would be interesting to find out. Am merely pondering the possibility at this time. Would they be fertile? Would they live harmoniously as A. avics are reputed to frequently do, or would the tendency be more as A. metallica, hungry loners? Would the spiders be weakend or strengthened by such a cross? What would they look like?
What are the questions one must answer prior to undertaking such? How many slings would I need to raise and eventually breed to be able to show a trustworthy result? And to what would the hybrids need to be bred to? Other hybrids of the same cross? Pure species of the parental varieties?
And this is only in the event A. metallica male is not eaten by A. metallica female and still has some juice left...
I did a search and was not able to find anything on this, specifically. Anybody know if there are reports of this having been done already?
It is 2am here now. I may view this thought completely differently in the morning.
I've heard discussion as to whether A. metallica is a mere color variation of A. avicularia, and seems it would be interesting to find out. Am merely pondering the possibility at this time. Would they be fertile? Would they live harmoniously as A. avics are reputed to frequently do, or would the tendency be more as A. metallica, hungry loners? Would the spiders be weakend or strengthened by such a cross? What would they look like?
What are the questions one must answer prior to undertaking such? How many slings would I need to raise and eventually breed to be able to show a trustworthy result? And to what would the hybrids need to be bred to? Other hybrids of the same cross? Pure species of the parental varieties?
And this is only in the event A. metallica male is not eaten by A. metallica female and still has some juice left...
I did a search and was not able to find anything on this, specifically. Anybody know if there are reports of this having been done already?
It is 2am here now. I may view this thought completely differently in the morning.