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Here are the statistics from one of 3 mating attempts.
Received male on 9/17/02. I immediately put him into female's container. Her container is the largest size Kritter Keeper. (approx 5 gallons)
I had been feeding the female as much as she could eat prior to the male's arrival. Her abdomen was nice and round. Within 2 hours of arrival, I noticed their first mating.
9/20/02, male seems to have moved into female's burrow with her. I didn't observe any more matings, but did observe new sperm webs from time to time. The male and female would hang out on the side of the container, with their front pair of legs touching. I also observed them enlarging the original burrow.
10/23/02, male was eaten.
11/10/02 eggsac was made
12/9/02 I removed eggsac from female- post embryos inside
12/16/02 molted into 1st instar. A total of 173 slings were counted that had sucessfully molted. A few (probably less then 10) were undeveloped and thrown out.
1/20/03 molted into 2nd instar
Here are the statistics from one of 3 mating attempts.
Received male on 9/17/02. I immediately put him into female's container. Her container is the largest size Kritter Keeper. (approx 5 gallons)
I had been feeding the female as much as she could eat prior to the male's arrival. Her abdomen was nice and round. Within 2 hours of arrival, I noticed their first mating.
9/20/02, male seems to have moved into female's burrow with her. I didn't observe any more matings, but did observe new sperm webs from time to time. The male and female would hang out on the side of the container, with their front pair of legs touching. I also observed them enlarging the original burrow.
10/23/02, male was eaten.
11/10/02 eggsac was made
12/9/02 I removed eggsac from female- post embryos inside
12/16/02 molted into 1st instar. A total of 173 slings were counted that had sucessfully molted. A few (probably less then 10) were undeveloped and thrown out.
1/20/03 molted into 2nd instar
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