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Unsuccessful - so far
My adult female paired with an adult male provided by Phillip Redwine. The two were paired up four times between 05/22/03 and 07/30/03. All four matings resulted in clear and successful insertions. All four times the male was introduced into the females enclosure.
Female molted on 08/26/03. I'm still in possession of the male and will try him again in a few weeks.
Botar
EDIT: I've recently read information regarding a cooling period after breeding which might help induce the female to create an egg sac. This cooling period, in theory, mimicks the winter season for the particular species. I will most likely try this for a few weeks, cooling the spider about 10 degrees below my spider-room temps to see if it is successful. The information I read was directed towards the Brachypelma and Aphonopelma genus.
My adult female paired with an adult male provided by Phillip Redwine. The two were paired up four times between 05/22/03 and 07/30/03. All four matings resulted in clear and successful insertions. All four times the male was introduced into the females enclosure.
Female molted on 08/26/03. I'm still in possession of the male and will try him again in a few weeks.
Botar
EDIT: I've recently read information regarding a cooling period after breeding which might help induce the female to create an egg sac. This cooling period, in theory, mimicks the winter season for the particular species. I will most likely try this for a few weeks, cooling the spider about 10 degrees below my spider-room temps to see if it is successful. The information I read was directed towards the Brachypelma and Aphonopelma genus.
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