ivennelluin
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2014
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My female Texas Brown (A. hentzi) has laid what looks like a pile of loose eggs in her terrarium (pic at the bottom of the post). I've had her since last September and she's had no exposure to a male since I've had her. It is possible she was wild-caught. A colleague of mine bought her through Carolina Biological Supply and they didn't give any indication of their source (that I know of).
She is doing something in her burrow at the moment. I can see her moving around, but the opening is rather small and it's hard to get enough light in there to see what's going on. It is possible that she is forming a proper egg sac in there.
Anyway, since I am a complete newbie, I have a series of questions:
a: Are those actually loose eggs, or something else?
b: Is it likely that a female caught last August (at the latest) would lay fertile eggs nearly a year later?
c: Why might a female lay loose eggs, as opposed to an egg sac?
d: What should I do (if anything)?
She is doing something in her burrow at the moment. I can see her moving around, but the opening is rather small and it's hard to get enough light in there to see what's going on. It is possible that she is forming a proper egg sac in there.
Anyway, since I am a complete newbie, I have a series of questions:
a: Are those actually loose eggs, or something else?
b: Is it likely that a female caught last August (at the latest) would lay fertile eggs nearly a year later?
c: Why might a female lay loose eggs, as opposed to an egg sac?
d: What should I do (if anything)?