Sick! Just curious as I know how rare these guys are in the wild, you have to be one of the very few if not the only person besides in a lab somewhere to successfuly keep and have spiderlings from this species right? Badass! I've been bit by black widows so I have a lot of respect for any widow species. Cheers!
Pretty rare for this species. Their native range is limited to only central Florida scrub lands. In captivity I'd say there are probably fewer than 100 people keeping them in the United States.
That's rad. I'm a tarantula and mygalomorph guy in my immediate area I have lots of California ebony tarantulas and Calistoga longitarsis in the same habitats. I'm not very familiar with true spiders but there are definitely plenty of massive black widows around here. The one that bit me had an abdomen almost the size of a dime haha.
Just curious, what do you do with all the babies? I know not all will make it to adulthood sadly, but do these guys go into their own separate enclosures? Or do you give them away to other enthusiasts/scholarly types/etc? Beautiful spiders though! Their color and patterns have always blown my mind.
I separate them into small enclosures, I feed fruit flies at this size. There isn't a huge market for them but there are enough hobbiests around to make it worthwhile. I am strongly against wild collecting except when necessary. A big reason that I breed is to keep a steady supply of captive bred spiders in the hobby.
I can't go out tonight. I have to organize my spiders.
Lol I have said that exact phase on a few occasions
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Cute! I don't think I have the patience to breed spiders. Awesome hobby tho!
It definitely takes some patience. But it's fun to watch them grow up
Sick! Just curious as I know how rare these guys are in the wild, you have to be one of the very few if not the only person besides in a lab somewhere to successfuly keep and have spiderlings from this species right? Badass! I've been bit by black widows so I have a lot of respect for any widow species. Cheers!
Pretty rare for this species. Their native range is limited to only central Florida scrub lands. In captivity I'd say there are probably fewer than 100 people keeping them in the United States.
That's rad. I'm a tarantula and mygalomorph guy in my immediate area I have lots of California ebony tarantulas and Calistoga longitarsis in the same habitats. I'm not very familiar with true spiders but there are definitely plenty of massive black widows around here. The one that bit me had an abdomen almost the size of a dime haha.
@@DankLeaf47 very cool, one of these days I definitely want to get out to the West Coast to see some tarantulas in their native habitat
Just curious, what do you do with all the babies? I know not all will make it to adulthood sadly, but do these guys go into their own separate enclosures? Or do you give them away to other enthusiasts/scholarly types/etc?
Beautiful spiders though! Their color and patterns have always blown my mind.
I separate them into small enclosures, I feed fruit flies at this size. There isn't a huge market for them but there are enough hobbiests around to make it worthwhile. I am strongly against wild collecting except when necessary. A big reason that I breed is to keep a steady supply of captive bred spiders in the hobby.
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