Tarantulas and Spiders

[3skulls]

Haha sure, leave town when the H. macs are coming. :p

[Mike41793]

Is this what you were talking about with the males wings, rich? I looked through all of them and only this guy had chewed up wings:




Also has anyone ever tried to selectively breed dubias or do you think these colors are random? (Maybe a stupid question lol...)
See how the smaller one here is gold compared to the normal colored ones?


Then i found a larger one that was goldish too. The two goldish ones are next to each other here:


Idk what they are exactly or if its normal but i didn't feed them off. Gunna see what they turn into lol.

Also i saw this pic of a mature C. darlingi female on facebook. Didn't know they stayed this small.

[3skulls]

Yep. That's what I'm talking about with the wings. It might also happen with males competing for a female. I'm not 100% sure.

I like to try and selective breed for larger females. Feed off the tiny females, once they really get going you'll see what I'm talking about. The lighter colors might just be ones who have molted in the last couple of days, darker ones going into a molt. There are some that look a little different but I'm not sure how their genetics really work with that.

Is that a male or female? My understanding was they get about 6"-7" (DLS)

[Mike41793]

I like to try and selective breed for larger females. Feed off the tiny females, once they really get going you'll see what I'm talking about. The lighter colors might just be ones who have molted in the last couple of days, darker ones going into a molt. There are some that look a little different but I'm not sure how their genetics really work with that.

Is that a male or female? My understanding was they get about 6"-7" (DLS)

Haha once i get a T who can take adults i will! The biggest ones i can feed now are like 0.75" to the vagans and meridionalis.

It said female and that she was receptive. Even if that guy has big hands that spider only looks like 5" max to me... Idk

Good deal from KTBG going on!
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=252283

EDIT: but yea, i'm interested to see if they keep their gold colors. I think i'm gunna clean out the roach bin soon. I'll count how many gold ones i see. I wish i had room to start another colony (if the gold ones stay gold). If i move the snakes to the basement i will!

EDIT x2: another question! What do their eggs look like and how big are the smallest roaches when they hatch? I've been wondering if my colony is producing a lot yet or not but i'm not totally sure what to look for lol.

[Coleslaw007]

You can sell your line bred golden dubias for more money, they'll be like 6 legged gold!

[Mike41793]

You can sell your line bred golden dubias for more money, they'll be like 6 legged gold!

I totally would! I wonder if my gold ones came from combining your mexican dubias with rich's backwoods redneck dubias??? Crossbred for awesomeness, butt size, and gold colors!

[3skulls]

Haha I'm no redneck *spits*

Their eggs are tubed shape. Sometimes you will see them sticking out the back of the females before they suck them back up. New borns are about 1/4"

[Mike41793]

Oh 1/4"? Thats bigger than i thought. Ok yea they're definitely producing then.

I "cleaned" out their tub today. The cardboard was getting kinda nasty so I replaced it. These are all the big females i have. I get what you mean by small females. A couple in here and a couple more still in the tub were smaller. How many adult females did i originally buy from you rich? It was 5.5 adults right and a bunch of smaller ones, right? There's almost a dozen girls in here so that means my colony is definitely expanding!


(There's one on the right that looks like a male but its just a weird shot from the side and she was squirming lol)

Ok and these were the gold-ish ones i picked out. I have them in their own cup now. I added in that one male bc he seemed lighter compared to the other males. I hope they mature into females and i can get babies. If the babies are light that'd be pretty cool. If not they'll just go back into the big tub again. This may be completely dumb but maybe not, idk haha.

[DooLittle]

That just gives me the jeebs...

[3skulls]

Yeah that's a newborn in that one pic.
I can't remember how many adults I sent. 5-6 pairs maybe..? Then those few adults last time.

Mine are do for a sorting and cleaning soon. I think I need to thin out my males, some nights they are in there going nuts. Time to expand to the 2nd dubia rack