Super excited. First ever visualized lock

Thanks! I love her high white sides. Hope she makes some great bees!


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Congratz on what you have going so far and thanks for the pics. I'm still trying to learn how to tell the difference between building and the ovulation, so they help a bunch. I obviously don't have it down yet, got my first ever intentional clutch a little by surprise a week and a half ago and was almost squealing like a junior high school girl in excitement. Keep in mine iI'm a 40yr old man. Would have been hilarious to my wife.

Should be about 2 weeks till eggs! Find her laying on her back frequently. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/26/hazamu7e.jpg


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Good luck! I wish mine would actually get somewhere! I have seen multiple locks with my pastel female and spider male and now she's no longer interested in him at all. She hasn't ovulated yet that I can tell though. It's driving me crazy:taz: I really hope I get my first clutch out of them this year.

Well Good News; bad news.
I'll start with the good: I HAVE EGGS - so very excited I can't hardly stand it! I counted (from the bottom of the tub) 7 eggs, 3 are for sure slugs. At least 4 good.
Now for the bad news. Last week I had my incubator running in preparation and my Thermostat quite working, I have ordered another but won't be here till Thursday - that being said, I am allowing Momma to do her thing and maternally incubate the eggs until I get the temp in the incubator where it needs to be. When the incubator is good to go, I will be candleing the eggs as I move them over and will be holding my breath they they are still good.

Interesting note, she did lay about 10 days early! Per my count, she was due on the 10th. Just goes to show that Mother Nature doesn't read the literature lol!


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That's awesome! I can't wait to see what hatches for you!!!!!!!!

Grats on the eggs! Come on bees! Love mommas white sides. :)

Got the eggs moved to the incubator today! 7 total, 3 slugs and after candling, pretty sure only going to end up with 2 good eggs. I did leave the other 2 attached.


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Well have good and bad news. After a while in the incubator, there ended up being only 2 good eggs. After almost 60 days, the first egg hatched to reveal a beautiful spider female. However, the 2nd egg didn't hatch after consulting with someone with years of experience, decided to cut the egg open. Inside was a pastel alive but very weak. I set him up in a small tub however he didn't survive the first night. After further inspection, I don't think he ever fully developed.

Here though is a picture of the healthy Spiderhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/30/9u5ypyha.jpg

That pattern is amazing ! Congrats on a big healthy baby. Sorry u lost the others :-/