Found something in Aspen's enclosure...

So, I didn't know that jumping spiders aren't able to sink their fangs into a roly-poly and I put one in about a week ago, and it was probably a few mm big, but now it's about five times the size that it was before.... I've never seen one that big!


I ended up keeping it in another container to see how big I can get it... it's huge already, bigger than Aspen and she's full-grown(10mm)!!

I just saw this yesterday & thought it might interest you: (in case you see any blue ones?)

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/0...td-orig-zt.cnn

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

I just saw this yesterday & thought it might interest you: (in case you see any blue ones?)

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/0...td-orig-zt.cnn

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Wow, that's neat!

Roly polies are actually so difficult to eat that the Dysdera genus has evolved enormous chelicerae just to be able to prey on them. This video's a little melodramatic but:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRbcOwd_aCk

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Originally Posted by plateOfFlan

Roly polies are actually so difficult to eat that the Dysdera genus has evolved enormous chelicerae just to be able to prey on them...

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They remind me of tiny armadillos- :D -another creature that's well-protected.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

They remind me of tiny armadillos- :D -another creature that's well-protected.

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There's actually a rolypoly genus called Armadillidium so named because they can roll into a perfect ball just like an armadillo :D