Spiders

[kellysballs]

I have been thinking about this for a week or so now.

We have two spiders Charlotte and Wilbur. Wilbur's brown is darker than Charlotte's and his "lines" are dark black, he also has sick high white sides that are really white and hazelish eyes.

Charlotte's back ground color is lighter than wilburs (almost tan) and her "lines" are chocolate brown. Her white sides are way lower than Wilbur's and they are not white they are more ivoryish. Her eyes are also more green.

So what I have been thinking about is this: are there 2 different lines of Spider? I have a clutch of eggs from wilbur to and normal and a clutch of eggs from Charlotte to a pastel, so I intend on comparing the spider babies (should I be lucky enough to get any).

What do you guys think?

[Drew87]

I have a spider myself and have seen many photos of peoples spiders i think that there patterns are just so crazy that it can look like different lines, like my spider has alot of orange in its white sides, and my buddies spider has almost all white with some yellow, but im sure some of the big dogs will tell us whats up.

[kellysballs]

Here are some pics if it helps.

Here is Wilbur and Charlotte together about a year ago.


Here is Charlotte in April of this year




And Wilbur in May

[West Coast Jungle]

They definately vary between browner/bronzy to golder lighter. Alot of spiders and other doms and codoms have been bred to normal females so that can affect the look of offspring. I would think that has alot to do with variations. You see it alot in pastels too, which have also been bred many times over.