Charlotte's Web

**Code Monkey** · 10-28-2002, 08:53 PM

Well, my yellow and black argiope has moved on. It's been looking pretty bad for about the past four days or so and today it was dead beneath its web.

But, all is not gloom, like the title of my thread evokes, where there is death, there is life. She made a very small egg sac not quite two weeks ago. Assuming she had been bred before I captured her, it may be fertile.

Does anyone have any idea on what I should do to ensure/help hatching? Normally, the eggs woud overwinter, but I don't know if that is necessary, or will they still develop staying indoors at RT?

Alex S. · 10-28-2002, 10:16 PM

Hey Code, sorry to hear about the loss, Argiope sp. are awesome weavers. Glad to hear she left a nice little egg sac though. The best thing to do would be to leave it be exactly the way it is. It should hatch fine at room temp. Several of the Araneus sp. egg sacs I have kept give way to very healthy slings at room temp. Good luck.

Alex S.

**Code Monkey** · 10-29-2002, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by Alex S.
Hey Code, sorry to hear about the loss, Argiope sp. are awesome weavers. Glad to hear she left a nice little egg sac though. The best thing to do would be to leave it be exactly the way it is. It should hatch fine at room temp. Several of the Araneus sp. egg sacs I have kept give way to very healthy slings at room temp. Good luck.

Alex S.

Thanks Alex. Any estimates on a hatching time?

Alex S. · 10-29-2002, 06:45 PM

At room temp it could be in the middle of winter but most likely it will be around spring.

Alex S.

**Code Monkey** · 10-29-2002, 06:47 PM

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Originally posted by Alex S.
At room temp it could be in the middle of winter but most likely it will be around spring.

Alex S.

Thanks again, I'll just keep an eye out and my fingers crossed. That would be an interesting species to raise from hatchlings.

Wade · 10-30-2002, 03:04 PM

IME, fertile sacs turn light brown in color, while infertile sacs stay white. Why, I have no idea.

Wade

***Kugellager*** · 10-31-2002, 10:49 PM

My widow sacs behave as wade suggested...they darken as 'hatching' approaches...though widow sacs take only 2-4 weeks...quicker if warmer...and a bit of humidity seems to promote the 'hatching' when they are close...thoug this is with widows.

John
];')

Alex S. · 11-01-2002, 01:46 PM

I think partly the browning of eggsacs signals the development of the exoskeletons inside.

Alex S.

10-28-2002, 08:53 PM	#1
Code Monkey The Jolly Green Nadkicker Arachnomoderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Midstate NY Posts: 3,884 My Mood:	Charlotte's Web Well, my yellow and black argiope has moved on. It's been looking pretty bad for about the past four days or so and today it was dead beneath its web. But, all is not gloom, like the title of my thread evokes, where there is death, there is life. She made a very small egg sac not quite two weeks ago. Assuming she had been bred before I captured her, it may be fertile. Does anyone have any idea on what I should do to ensure/help hatching? Normally, the eggs woud overwinter, but I don't know if that is necessary, or will they still develop staying indoors at RT? __________________ . "... extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchens "Life's lessons will be repeated until learned" - anonymous

10-28-2002, 10:16 PM	#2
Alex S. Arachnolord Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 646	Argiope Hey Code, sorry to hear about the loss, Argiope sp. are awesome weavers. Glad to hear she left a nice little egg sac though. The best thing to do would be to leave it be exactly the way it is. It should hatch fine at room temp. Several of the Araneus sp. egg sacs I have kept give way to very healthy slings at room temp. Good luck. Alex S.

10-29-2002, 06:45 PM	#4
Alex S. Arachnolord Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 646	Hatching At room temp it could be in the middle of winter but most likely it will be around spring. Alex S.

10-31-2002, 10:49 PM	#7
*Kugellager* ArachnoJester Arachnoadministrator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,551	My widow sacs behave as wade suggested...they darken as 'hatching' approaches...though widow sacs take only 2-4 weeks...quicker if warmer...and a bit of humidity seems to promote the 'hatching' when they are close...thoug this is with widows. John ];') __________________ For they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute forces of their numbers. I have my mind. Ascend above the fog of humanity...Open your eyes--THINK! Got a Question? Use The Search Function. It Works! Kugellager's Videos

11-01-2002, 01:46 PM	#8
Alex S. Arachnolord Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 646	Eggsacs I think partly the browning of eggsacs signals the development of the exoskeletons inside. Alex S. Last edited by Alex S. : 11-01-2002 at 01:51 PM.

10-30-2002, 03:04 PM	#6
Wade Arachnoking Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 2,938	IME, fertile sacs turn light brown in color, while infertile sacs stay white. Why, I have no idea. Wade

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