C-Rock
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2005
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- 41
I recently aquired a hatchling whiteknee.
Please excuse me for referring to it as "it". [Don't know the sex yet..."it's" too small]
So far,...THIS IS ONE WICKED SPIDER !
IT'LL CHASE DOWN ANYTHING IN THE TANK, EATS AS MUCH AS I CAN FEED IT TOO. However, it also has some interesting behaviors such as :
1) It likes to sit in the waterdish and uses it regularly as a toilet. (this requires extra cleaning , which i don't mind) Lately, it has actually laid in full dishes of water...as if wading/soaking.
2) It is sooo ravenous/fantastic appetite! Eats till her abdomen looks like it'll burst. Then, it eats more.
3) Legs seem spindly/thin, yet the carapace and abdomen look very heavy/buff.
QUESTION: Anybody else's like this? And, What will it be like as an adult??
At present, "it" is about the size of an adult American wolf spider. So i guess the next moult will be sex-readable.
Please excuse me for referring to it as "it". [Don't know the sex yet..."it's" too small]
So far,...THIS IS ONE WICKED SPIDER !
IT'LL CHASE DOWN ANYTHING IN THE TANK, EATS AS MUCH AS I CAN FEED IT TOO. However, it also has some interesting behaviors such as :
1) It likes to sit in the waterdish and uses it regularly as a toilet. (this requires extra cleaning , which i don't mind) Lately, it has actually laid in full dishes of water...as if wading/soaking.
2) It is sooo ravenous/fantastic appetite! Eats till her abdomen looks like it'll burst. Then, it eats more.
3) Legs seem spindly/thin, yet the carapace and abdomen look very heavy/buff.
QUESTION: Anybody else's like this? And, What will it be like as an adult??
At present, "it" is about the size of an adult American wolf spider. So i guess the next moult will be sex-readable.