Grammostola rosea

[ChrisNCT]

Grammastola rosea (Chilean RoseHair) Mating 08-18-2005 Session # 2
New Male and New Female--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello.

With conditions just right I went ahead with pairing these guys up.

Temperature: 81 Degrees F
Humidity:71%
Lighting Conditions: Dimmed
Male: Mine (GRose-6)
Female: Mine (GRose-7)


The male was placed on the outside of the enclosure and walked over the side and into the enclosure of the female.

He went up to her right away. There was no drumming of any sort.
The male lifted her front legs and pedipalps. No fangs were bared so I didn't interfere.

He made 2 insertions and started lowering her down. Once that happend I took him out and placed him back into his enclosure for future breeding attempts.

Enjoy!





********************UPDATE*******************

Male built another sperm web on 08-25-2005. I paired them for the second time successfully on 08-27-2005. I saw some insertions and then he retreated.
Male Climbing over into her enclosure.

Nice close up shot of males carapce.


********************UPDATE*******************
03-23-2006

The female has laid a eggsack a few weeks ago. Hopefully it is viable. Time will tell.



********************UPDATE*******************
04-08-2006

I opened the sack to find Eggs with Legs (Post-Embreyos).

[Vanisher]

Successfull!!

Got a adult male from a friend. My female haddnt been eating in almost 1 year, and i had no idea when she moulted, because i had bought her as an adult but i desided to try to breed anyway. This was my first breedig attempt so i was a little thrilled.

28/6 Eavning. I put the females and males cages on the floor and carefully opend the lids. The male started to climb into the females cage, and approch her carefully. The female turns around and face the male and starts to drumm. The male getsa scared and run back into his cage. Same thing happens three times and i decide to abort. Next eavnig things went better, they hook up and the male inserted for about 30 seconds. I tried the next eavning too, but this time the male was emidiatly eaten. I took this as a good sign, because i knew this could be a sign that things gone well.! After a couple of weeks the female was really fat and started to dig out the substrat.

5/8 she begun to spin the eggsack.! I put plastic over half the petbox lid, and kept half of the substrate moist. She was rolling and carrying the sack all the time. After 1,5 month i took the eggsack out and placed it in a incubator with moist papertowls in the bottom, and was turning the sack a couple of times a day.

1/10 i couldent resist in opening it, and found eggs with leggs!!! A week later they moulted out to nymph and i put the content out in a larger container with moist paper. After a month all of them had moulted to slings and i started to seperate them. There wrer around 400 spiderlings!!!!! CHEERS!!!///Johan

[cacoseraph]

I bred my wild caught, but longish term captive, Scary Mary on FRIDAY 13TH, January 13, 2006.

i got the male from Brigebane. the male was power grown from captive birth about two years ago.

the female was actually the first tarantula i ever bought (about 18 months ago). she molted c. November 2005. i've been conditioning her since i bought her, with the intent of breeding her. conditioning entailed almost power feeding her with a variety of prey items including lobster roaches, Mad hissers, a couple orange head roaches, wax worms, meal worms, and crickets. she also decided to eat a meal worm beetle a few days before i mated her. i've never seen *anything* eat a meal worm beetle before. all my bugs are kept in my bedroom, with a window open most of the year. this is in the hopes that the tarantula can attune herself to the seasonal cycles from temperature and humidity cues. she was caged in a 4"x6"x8" critter keeper with a half a coconut shell for a hide. Mary took so well to the hide that i decided to just put her small cage *inside* a large 24"x18"x12" plastic cage. her small cage is off to one side, leaving a large space for Mary to cast her eggsac in.

January 13, 2006
i placed the female's cage inside of an open LARGE tupperware, as a secondary container, both of which where in the middle of my bed/bugroom floor. i placed the male in a large cup to move him around and to recieve him after the mating.

i introduced the male to the female's cage. due to the interesting construction (a smaller critter keeper inside of a much larger plastic cage) the male was initially unable to figure out where the female was. they were drumming back and forth, but the male kept heading in the wrong direction. i helped him to find her by moving him so one of his legs touched the large patch of dirt that the female was on.

once the male was touching the same patch of dirt they drummed (with the male using mainly his pedipalps and the female drumming with her pedipalps AND legs I AND II... i guess she was, um, ready...) and Mary rushed the male. i thought for a minute that i was going to see the male get eaten... but i guess Mary was just REALLY eager to get started! as soon as Mary was in "leg range" she and the male started tapping and stroking each other. the male hooked Mary's fangs within 30 seconds of contact. the angle at which i was viewing the spiders (bird's eye view, more or less) allowed me to look down in between the spiders' bodies. i saw the male insert his right "hand" pedipalp and pump for approximately 5 seconds. he switched palps and pumped for another 3-5 seconds. Mary still seemed heavily entranced, so the male switched back to his original palp and proceded to give her both barrels for approximately 5 more seconds a piece.

at this time Mary seemed to be coming out of the mating trance and pulled away a little bit. the male clung to her and it seemed like he was trying for a THIRD round of insertions. at this point i thought it was prudent to seperate the two. once the male was completely out of contact with Mary he displayed the comical fast-motion escape i have read about sometimes happens.

overall, this was a very cool experience and i can't wait to see how the rest of the drama unfolds.

i'm looking forward to mating my other G. rosea and my A. seemani soon

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August 8, 2006

Step One: Mating... Check

Step Two: Eggsac Production... Check

Mary has been excavating like a woman possessed for the past two months. She burrowed under the smaller (medium size, i think) kritter keeper i have *inside* a giant kritter keeper and excavated out a large chamber. I hoped this was in preperation for making an eggsac... and indeed it was.

From a glance of a few legs in a stilted position down the burrow hole i suspected for the last week that she had made an eggsac. Tonight with a tempting roach and a few squirts of a mist bottle i saw the eggsac in all it's glory

Now, my plan at this point is to let it go another month (so five to six weeks total elapsed sac time) and then take it and raise it in the hammock incubator my brother and i built for his A. avicularia eggsac. I hope she hasn't been sitting on this thing for two months already and it hatches in her tank.... although that *would* take care of the dang stupid baby lobster roaches that hatched in there, i guess...

i got a pic of the eggsac

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[Czalz]

Male: ScorpDemon
Female: mine (well prepped)

Lighting: dimmed
Temp: 74 F


Chris informed me that he had observed the male "loading up", and that he should be ready to go when he arrived, so I started pairing these guys up the day I got the male
(2/2/06).


They have been paired up 3 times, with good insertions (observed) on two of them, but I'm pretty sure he got her all 3. I'm only discussing the 2 I observed at this point though. The males behavior is astonishing to me with this pair. He is not slow to approach the female at all. In fact, the first time I put him in the tank, he seemed to almost charge her. She (amazing to me) was tolerant of his arrogant behavior, and allowed him to do his thing. I placed the male back in his enclosure, and 3 days later he had made a new sperm web.

The second time I let them mate, there was about a 1 1/2 minute pause from a distance, and then the male did the same thing he did before. This time though as the male pulled back, the female struck at him, and continued after him, but I was there with the shell of a bic pen to keep her from destroying him.

I am going to continue pairing these guys up, and hopefully get some good pics to post for you all to see. I will also keep the progress updated.

Later,

Charles

<edit>
Just paired them up again yesterday (2/20/06), and this was the result:

The males aggressive behavior got him tagged. He hasn't died at this point, but he was "bleeding" fairly heavily last night. I had to pry him away from the female after she got a good hold on him and sank her fangs in. I almost just let her have him, but I wanted to see if the male could survive such an attack, so I got him away from her.

I am somewhat optimistic since he was still moving this morning, but I won't know anything for sure until later. If he shows any signs of permanent damage then I'll probably put him back in the tank and let her eat him.

[Ronj]

Today I decided to take the plunge and mate my G Rosea's. What an exhilarating experience! I placed each enclosure on the floor next to each other and introduced the male to the female. At first there was no interest what so ever until the male happened upon the female. They touched and froze in place for about 5 minutes. Then the female got real aggressive and pushed the male back until he finally got into position and locked her into place. I thought she was going to kill him for sure and was just at the point of wanting to separate them. They stayed together for at least 60 seconds, seemed like forever, and then he retreated as quickly as possible. I kept them apart until I could remove him for the enclosure and she behaved herself very well. I was at a bad angle and could not see an insertion, but I am confident that he scored a home run! Now she is just sitting there relaxing and he is still very nervous and trying to climb out of his enclosure. That was an incredible experience and I am looking forward to the results! Whew, my heart is still pounding!

[Jaden]

Well seems my first attempt with breeding my female G. rosea's was unseccessful.

So a new attempt is being made. There will be four females involved. Three are normal and one is a red phase G. rosea. The male is a normal. I'll add details for each as time goes on. The male was gotten from Cacoseraph (Andrew). I'll get and fill in details for the male later as well.

03-13-2006

At 2:35 a.m. E.S.T. I introduced the male G. rosea to female G. rosea I'll label as N1 (Normal 1). When the male was first put in the tank he stood around for around two to three minutes. He then headed straight toward the female. There was no drumming or any other movements. He lifted her and I saw several insertion. Once they were done the female lunged at the male once. That was all the hint he needed and backed off. The whole process took around ten minutes or so.

03-14-2006

I didn't see a sperm web but the males palps looked full again.

At 3:45 a.m. E.S.T. I introduced the male G. rosea to female G. rosea I'll label as N2 (Normal 2). When the male was first put in the tank he walked around the tank for around three minutes. He then headed straight toward the female. There was some drumming on the female as he lifted her but the wasn't any other movements. He lifted her and I saw several insertion. The whole process took around fifteen minutes or so.

03-15-2006

Once again I didn't see a sperm web but palps looked full.

At 7:25 a.m. E.S.T. I introduced the male G. rosea to female G. rosea I'll label as N3 (Normal 3). When the male was first put in the tank he stood around for around a minute. The female charged him but backed off way before contact. There was no drumming or any other movements. He lifted her and I saw several insertion. Once they were done the female chased the male into a cornor where I lifted the male out with a wooden spoon. The whole process took around five minutes or so.

03-16-2003

Yet again no sperm web seen but palps looked full.

At 11:09 a.m. E.S.T. I introduced the male G. rosea to female G. rosea I'll label as RCF1 (Red Color Form 1). When the male was first put in the tank he stood around for around a minute. The female charged him and he retreated from her container. After several minutes I reintroduced the male again. This time he went straight to the female. There was no drumming or any other movements. He lifted her and I saw several insertion. Once they were done the female chased the male out of the container where I caught the male. The whole process took around three minutes or so.

[KJE]

I'm trying to breed my G. rosea again. I am using Ronj's male. I have 2 adult female G. rosea that he will breed with.

He mated with my first female yesterday. Here are a couple of not-so-good pictures. Everything went very well. He made quite a few successful insertions.

I had to separate them after a minute or so because my female lowered her front legs over him and tried to pull him into her extended fangs. I will attach a picture of how she looked for the next several minutes following their mating. She was NOT happy! Check out the shadow of her fangs in the 3rd picture.

[darkeye]

Mating attempted at 10:20 PM 4-5-06

Male on loan from "reclusa"

I placed both enclosures side by side for ease of retreat. Lids were removed and the male moved from his enclosure toward hers. Female began a serious threat display. The male entered the enclosure and moved toward her immediately. Female made a slow charge toward the male, but was intercepted (Thank evolution for hooks!). The male lifted her and had veral good long insertions before making an attempt to retreat. He moved quickly up and out of her enclosure before becoming an after-sex snack.

Temp: 75 deg. F
RH: ambient
Lighting: bright 4' flourescent



2nd attempt today (4-6-06 4:45 PM)
Ditto from above. Two more good long insertions, but he almost didn't make it. See bite report forum for my adventure!


Temp: 68 deg. F
RH: ambient
Lighting: bright 4' flourescent

Pics from first attempt:

[Scylla]

I've had an egg sack from this female before, but she was gravid when I got her. This is my first breeding attempt. I have her about 3 years, and I raised the male from a sling.

I put the male in a small KK on it's side inside her 5 gallon enclosure. I left them that way for 2 days. After the first day I noticed the male drumming. Day 2, she's up against the KK opposite him. I guessed it was time. I opened the door to the KK and he practically flew out to her. She was receptive and they mated immediately. He got in several good insertions. Amazing! Then he jumped back and climbed up the side of the tank, where I caught him. I put him back in the KK. I'm not sure whether to attempt again in a day or two, or to retire him. I'll let their behavior guide me.

[Cirith Ungol]

Read all about my first and failed breeding attempt here (including everything leading up to it).

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=66185

For the dates, see the thread in question.

[ilovebugs]

6/3/06

I paired my two a few mins ago, it seemed to go pretty well.

They starred for about 6 mins before going for it. They have did the pairing before, but this was the first time I have actually seen him go for the kill. he had the high ground on her house, and lead her up it high enough to reach her abdomain with his palps. though I never saw him insert them, he did kinda open them up a bit. who knows, maybe something happened on the right side. but if not, next time could be better.

[ChrisNCT]

Grammastola rosea (Chilean RoseHair) Mating 07-31-2006 Session # 1


Hello.

With conditions just right I went ahead with pairing these guys up.

Temperature: 81 Degrees F
Humidity:80%
Lighting Conditions: Dimmed
Male: TNT (Jasmine) (GRose-10)
Female: Mine (GRose-8)
Molt Records: Unknown for both


The male was placed inside of the enclosure and sat at the substrate for a few mintues.

It took him a few to find her but was like textbook when he walked around and found her. The male's twitching started the female's drumming. They both approached each other and locked his hooks into her fangs.

I saw several insertions and we'll see what the outcome is.





Breeding: Successful

[ParabuthusKing]

I have recently bred and had my first successful hatchout of 250 g. rosea spiderlings which are currently in their 1st instar.. I was worried about cannibalism and separated each into a ventilated salsa cup with about 1/4" of coconut fiber wetted as a substrate.. I am anxiously awaiting their change into true spiders that will feed when they hit 2nd instar, and was wondering if I am doing ok so far.. was it ok to separate them before 2nd instar, or should I hae left them as a bundle? I don't know when they molted into 1st instar, as they were like this when I opened the eggsac, but the date eggsac was opened was July 23... Any advice is appreciated and best of luck to everyone.. Nate

[TheNatural]

06/05/2005 - I got a nice red phase female
07/15/2006 - A good looking red phase male arrives
07/16/2006 - shark cage
08/05/2006 - 1st attempt:

[Johnny_27]

Here are my notes so far on my G. rosea breeding attempt...

-Female Purchased early 2006. Last molt was on memorial day 2006 (Early August).

-Male purchased 12-13-06. Maturing molt unknown

Pre Mating Care

-Female well fed in the weeks leading up to mating

Notes on Mating

12-13-06

12:30pm - male purchased

1:00pm - cagesplaced side by side, no response from either spider. Will introduce tonight

8:10pm - attempted to introduce male. Female got very defensive. Male placed in a deli cup inside the females KK.

10:15pm - released male into females enclosure. Immediate drumming from male. No Response from female.

10:22pm - Male found female. slowly approaching.

10:27pm - Insertion

Details-

As soon as male touched female, she spun around and they hooked up. She never responded to his drumming. I witnessed several good insertions over a solid 2 minute period. Towards the end she seemed to be getting aggitated and started wraping her legs around him. She attacked when they seperated but he got away and I seperated them.

12-17-06

10:30am-i got to witness and photograph every step of the male building a sperm web. I fillied his waterdish and we began laying the first strands of webbing. Whole process took about 2 hours from construction to destruction.

This is where I stand with these 2 now. Im gonna reintroduce them tomorrow night for the final time.