used to be terrified of huntsman spiders even just watching videos of them but it's videos like these that make me smile and realize they're just as beautiful as any mammal, etc. thank you for sharing :)
+Brittany Pelton Thanks so much, yes that's very true :-) If you haven't seen it yet, I bet you'd also like another one of my huntsman videos, this one where she is preening herself, it's so cute and relaxing th-cam.com/video/vSY0sNTe2zM/w-d-xo.html
i found an egg sack the other day after i accidentally killed a big huntsman, i put the egg sack in a jar and its hatched, there are hundreds of baby spiders. does anyone know how i can help these fellas live? or how i can help them live till they are big enough to eat other bugs?
Did you have to open the sac? Normally the mother needs to chew it open. It's almost impossible to feed them adequately as you'd need hundreds of tiny insects, and when you open the jar the babies will try to escape. They won't need feeding for the first week, or maybe even two weeks. After that, you could let them go, maybe near a tree with loose bark they can hide under. If you want to keep a few at that stage, separate them into individual jars so they don't attack each other. You'll be best off to buy some pinhead crickets from a pet shop to feed them with :-)
+harcorestilllives Hi.place a few twigs in the jar (Arboreal specie) so they can climb.fruitflies will be perfect .substrate in jar slightly moist,or spray/mist(just a squirt against the side) once a week
my huntsman made a sack, this is her second one. wild caught never been bred but shes protecting this sack and she didnt with the other. could it be a fertile sack? if so what are some signs that show its fertile
+xhellboundx It could be fertile. They have been known to make up to 4 sacs (iirc) from one mating. They are also known to make sacs that are infertile, even without ever having mated, but it's not so common. The best way to tell if it's fertile is to shine a bright LED light through one side of the sac, while you look into it through the other side. Do this is a dark room. The mother won't be bothered by the light. Make a mental note of how high the eggs are up in the sac. For the first few days the eggs will only be seen at the bottom. If they are fertile they will start to grow, gradually, until they fill up about 3/4 of the sac. They will look green, and get greener looking as they grow. If it's infertile they won't grow, instead they will dry out, but they will still have a greeny appearance. They could be ready to hatch anywhere from 3-8 weeks. When ready, the mother should open the sac herself. If she abandons a fertile sac, you will need to cut it open yourself. You'll know approximately when they are ready to hatch, as you will see quite a bit of movement inside the sac when you shine the torch through it. Good luck! Feel free to post updates here too :-)
+xhellboundx Yep that is a challenge... she will guard the sac with her life, it's the one time Huntsmans can get aggressive actually, and if you do disturb it she might abandon it and/or eat it and it's contents. That's why it has to be a really bright LED torch, one of those ones that are quite small but powerful, so you can shine it on from some distance away. But if that's impossible because of its position or if you don't have one, just wait and see what happens. If it's infertile she will eventually abandon it or eat it, and if it's fertile she should chew it open when the time comes. Or if she abandons it, then you will be able to remove it and shine a torch through it.
+xhellboundx yeah trying to move her so that you can shine the torch better is risky, because if she or the sac is disturbed too much she is likely to eat it. That behaviour is *possibly* due to, if she feels the eggs are at risk, she would rather have the nutrient for herself than have it wasted - but that's just an assumption as to why they do it. But the fact is, after she makes the sac, she isn't required to maintain it other than to protect it from predators (and humans with torches) and then chew it open when the time is right. I wouldn't encourage this because it isn't natural, but if you really wanted to, you could remove the sac, and open it yourself 'when the time is right' - which would be after about 4 weeks from making it, assuming you can see quite a bit of movement inside the sac at that stage. If not, you may have to wait longer.
Field collected here in Sydney Australia. Actually found her on the outside of the car during a huge downpour. She seemed quite pleased to be rescued, and subsequently made 4 egg sacs over the 14 months or so that I had her. I still have quite a few of her offspring - two fully grown, and several about four months old.
Very cool, thanks for uploading this. I'm looking forward to moving somewhere with a warmer climate, Northeast United States doesn't yield much variety compared to hotter climates lol
+Thomas Owen Yes and this species usually doesn't eat at all while nursing the egg sac, and it's generally advised not to try to feed them at this time either, which can typically be for several weeks. But my other type of Huntsman (Heteropeda jugulans) still accepted food while she had a sac, so I guess that behaviour varies from species to species.
Why is the video called 'making an eggsac' when the video starts with a pre made egg sac ?? 😂😂 I want to see how that shits actually formed and how the eggs get in it
+Thomas Owen Did it look like the same species you found? If you're in the UK it probably would be, I think. here (Australia) sometimes ppl are lucky enough to find spiders in the bags of lettuce they buy at supermarkets...
used to be terrified of huntsman spiders even just watching videos of them but it's videos like these that make me smile and realize they're just as beautiful as any mammal, etc. thank you for sharing :)
+Brittany Pelton Thanks so much, yes that's very true :-)
If you haven't seen it yet, I bet you'd also like another one of my huntsman videos, this one where she is preening herself, it's so cute and relaxing th-cam.com/video/vSY0sNTe2zM/w-d-xo.html
Naturwunder, nice Holoconia sp mate,ive got heaps of them in sydney, there very sweet spiders
that is a lovely purse
i found an egg sack the other day after i accidentally killed a big huntsman, i put the egg sack in a jar and its hatched, there are hundreds of baby spiders. does anyone know how i can help these fellas live? or how i can help them live till they are big enough to eat other bugs?
Did you have to open the sac? Normally the mother needs to chew it open. It's almost impossible to feed them adequately as you'd need hundreds of tiny insects, and when you open the jar the babies will try to escape.
They won't need feeding for the first week, or maybe even two weeks. After that, you could let them go, maybe near a tree with loose bark they can hide under.
If you want to keep a few at that stage, separate them into individual jars so they don't attack each other. You'll be best off to buy some pinhead crickets from a pet shop to feed them with :-)
+harcorestilllives Hi.place a few twigs in the jar (Arboreal specie) so they can climb.fruitflies will be perfect .substrate in jar slightly moist,or spray/mist(just a squirt against the side) once a week
fruit flys as a sorce of food
my huntsman made a sack, this is her second one. wild caught never been bred but shes protecting this sack and she didnt with the other. could it be a fertile sack? if so what are some signs that show its fertile
+xhellboundx It could be fertile. They have been known to make up to 4 sacs (iirc) from one mating. They are also known to make sacs that are infertile, even without ever having mated, but it's not so common.
The best way to tell if it's fertile is to shine a bright LED light through one side of the sac, while you look into it through the other side. Do this is a dark room. The mother won't be bothered by the light.
Make a mental note of how high the eggs are up in the sac. For the first few days the eggs will only be seen at the bottom. If they are fertile they will start to grow, gradually, until they fill up about 3/4 of the sac. They will look green, and get greener looking as they grow. If it's infertile they won't grow, instead they will dry out, but they will still have a greeny appearance.
They could be ready to hatch anywhere from 3-8 weeks. When ready, the mother should open the sac herself. If she abandons a fertile sac, you will need to cut it open yourself. You'll know approximately when they are ready to hatch, as you will see quite a bit of movement inside the sac when you shine the torch through it.
Good luck! Feel free to post updates here too :-)
uhm how do i shine the light? i cant take her out and she wont let me anywhere near the sack, she holds it and sits on top of it.
+xhellboundx Yep that is a challenge... she will guard the sac with her life, it's the one time Huntsmans can get aggressive actually, and if you do disturb it she might abandon it and/or eat it and it's contents. That's why it has to be a really bright LED torch, one of those ones that are quite small but powerful, so you can shine it on from some distance away.
But if that's impossible because of its position or if you don't have one, just wait and see what happens. If it's infertile she will eventually abandon it or eat it, and if it's fertile she should chew it open when the time comes. Or if she abandons it, then you will be able to remove it and shine a torch through it.
i tried with a light, cant get her in a place that i can see in the sack. ill keep trying a little every day
+xhellboundx yeah trying to move her so that you can shine the torch better is risky, because if she or the sac is disturbed too much she is likely to eat it. That behaviour is *possibly* due to, if she feels the eggs are at risk, she would rather have the nutrient for herself than have it wasted - but that's just an assumption as to why they do it.
But the fact is, after she makes the sac, she isn't required to maintain it other than to protect it from predators (and humans with torches) and then chew it open when the time is right.
I wouldn't encourage this because it isn't natural, but if you really wanted to, you could remove the sac, and open it yourself 'when the time is right' - which would be after about 4 weeks from making it, assuming you can see quite a bit of movement inside the sac at that stage. If not, you may have to wait longer.
Awesome video, did you field collect this spider or did you order it from somewhere? I live in the US and am looking to get a huntsman species someday
Field collected here in Sydney Australia. Actually found her on the outside of the car during a huge downpour. She seemed quite pleased to be rescued, and subsequently made 4 egg sacs over the 14 months or so that I had her. I still have quite a few of her offspring - two fully grown, and several about four months old.
Very cool, thanks for uploading this. I'm looking forward to moving somewhere with a warmer climate, Northeast United States doesn't yield much variety compared to hotter climates lol
***** Yeah we have some warm summers here! And winters are pretty mild. Love your vid of the garter snake emerging from the sac by the sway :-)
there very protective
+Thomas Owen Yes and this species usually doesn't eat at all while nursing the egg sac, and it's generally advised not to try to feed them at this time either, which can typically be for several weeks. But my other type of Huntsman (Heteropeda jugulans) still accepted food while she had a sac, so I guess that behaviour varies from species to species.
my false black widow just layed her egg sack
+Thomas Owen nice :-)
Are you sure that's not a wolf spider?
Absolutely 200% sure :-)
@@naturwunder she's beautiful
Why is the video called 'making an eggsac' when the video starts with a pre made egg sac ?? 😂😂 I want to see how that shits actually formed and how the eggs get in it
I caught my false black widow in a bannana
+Thomas Owen Lucky find :-) Here's a good handling video of a false widow in the UK on Frankus Lee's channel th-cam.com/video/18_maijZdFU/w-d-xo.html
I will check it out
just saw it
+Thomas Owen Did it look like the same species you found? If you're in the UK it probably would be, I think. here (Australia) sometimes ppl are lucky enough to find spiders in the bags of lettuce they buy at supermarkets...
I did
It did
I'm in the United Kingdom
+Thomas Owen OK good luck with the egg sac :-)
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