Poecilotheria vittata

I obtained a MM Poecilotheria Pederseni in early October from a good friend. Once I got the MM I let him relax for a few days and build a sperm web. The rest of the info goes as follows.

Lighting- N/A there were no special lighting efforts with this pair.

Temps- 78-80 degrees.

In almost the 3rd week of October 07 I placed the MM in with my female. I witnessed one good pairing. The female and the MM then co habited together for the next few weeks. In early November I received a second recently molted adult female. Once she was comfortable and had eaten a few roaches I then allowed the MM to co habit with her as well. Good inserts were seen, and the female co habited with the MM until the MM was killed by the female.

There will be no cool down for ether of these girls. And right now currently, two months after the first female was mated, she is showing eggs in her abdomen. This female has also blocked herself in her hide. I expect a sac will be constructed in the coming weeks. I am misting more now with the first female and will continue to mist to stimulate egg sac construction. Currently both females are refusing food.

Updates on this female and the second female will be posted when there is an outcome.

Here is a picture of one of the females co habited with the MM.

Successful!

First female mated dropped a sac with 87 eggs in it. As of now they are eggs with legs, and only 3 eggs did not pop.
Ill have a final count on the slings that make it to 2nd instar, and a update on the second female when I have one.

Success:

Males and females are kept in my spider room with an ambient temperature ranging from 82-85 degrees. No special conditions are provided to induce egg laying (i.e. no flooding, cooling, etc).

Female: Po_pe_14

Female's most recent molt: Has not molted since her arrival (November 09)

Male: Po_pe_14

Male's ultimate molt: September 09

First Pairing: 19/Nov/09

Eggsac found: 17/Feb/10

Eggsac Pulled: 8/Mar/10

Eggs with legs: When pulled

1st Instars: 16/Mar/10

2nd Instars: 3/Apr/10

Total slings: 161

Males and females are kept in my spider room with an ambient temperature ranging from 82-85 degrees. No special conditions are provided to induce egg laying (i.e. no flooding, cooling, etc).

Female: Po_pe_1

Female's most recent molt: 9/Sept/09

Male: Po_pe_14

Male's ultimate molt: September 09

First Pairing: 23/Sept/09

Eggsac Found: 17/Feb/10

Eggsac Pulled: 8/Mar/10

Eggs with legs: When pulled

1st Instars: 20/Mar/10

2nd Instars: 7/Apr/10

Total slings: 111

Success

Female number: Po_pe_14

Female's most recent molt:5-May-10

Number of molts since last eggsac: 1

Male number: Po_pe_10; Po_pe_11

Male's ultimate molt: 10: 20-Apr-10; 11: 20-Feb-10

First pairing: 1-Jun-10

Final pairing: 21-Jul-10

Total number of pairings: 2

Eggsac found: 16-Sep-10

Eggsac pulled: 5-Oct-10

Stage of slings when pulled: Post Embryos (Eggs With Legs)

1st instar molt date: 21-Oct-10

2nd instar molt date: 10-Nov-10


















I just realized errors in my posts from 4/14/2010. The first post should state that it was female #14 and male #8. The second post on that same day should read: female #1 and male #9.

Another P. pederseni successful eggsac

Female numbero_pe_3

Female's most recent molt:

Total Molts Since Previous Eggsac: 17 Jun 10

Male number: Po_pe_10

Male's ultimate molt: 20 Apr 10

First pairing: 7 Sep 10

Final pairing: 7 Sep 10

Total number of pairings: 1

Eggsac found: 8 Dec 10

Eggsac pulled: 29 Dec 10

Stage of slings when pulled: Post embryos (eggs with legs)

1st instar molt date: ~20 Jan 2011

2nd instar molt date: 10 Feb 11

Mating:


Taking the eggsac










1st Instars


2nd instars:

And another one.

Female number: Po_pe_7

Female's most recent molt: 9-Sep-10

Total Molts Since Previous Eggsac: Not Applicable

Male number: Po_pe_10

Male's ultimate molt: 20-Apr-10

First pairing: 12-Nov-10

Final pairing: 12-Nov-10

Total number of pairings: 1

Eggsac found: 5-Feb-11

Eggsac pulled: 27-Feb-11

Stage of slings when pulled: Post Embryos (Eggs With Legs)

1st instar molt date: 11-Mar-11

2nd instar molt date: 31-Mar-11

Female ID: Po_pe_13

Female's most recent molt: 22-Dec-10

Molts since last eggsac: NA

Male ID: Po_pe_10

Male's ultimate molt: 20-Apr-10

1st Pairing: 15-Jan-11

Total Pairings: 1

Eggsac found: 27-Jul-11

Eggsac Pulled: 2-Sep-11

Condition upon opening: Post embryos

1st instar molt: 4-Sep-11

2nd instar molt: 27-Sep-11

Mating


With eggsac




Post embryos




1st Instars


2nd Instars

successful!

Females last molt 8-26-12
Males mature date unknown
Temp 80F Humidity 60%

10-20-12 Placed male with female. Both sexes started drumming. Male found female and got in several fast insertions. Left male to cohab overnight.

10-21-12 Male found eaten.
2-10-13 Female remodeling.
2-15-13 Sac dropped.



3-17-13 Sac pulled. 134 ewls.




3-30-13 Molting into 1st instar.



4-17-13 Slings molting into 2nd instar. Total of 112 good 2nd instar.