Calisoga longitarsus

i just bred calisoga longitarsus. i am stoked. speaking of breeding report, that would make a great forum!

-josh

Wow Josh, so my friend...does that make two calisoga species under your belt

Report section is neccesary.

my calisoga theveneti female is getting FAT! the longitarsus females were already fat and theyre still fat! im really hoping i get eggs from them soon. some of my native dwarfs are getting very fat as well. i think some of them are going to pop sacs soon. im gonna have my hands full soon

here is kinda a sequence to how the breeding went. im sure you can figure everything out





then there was a little bit of chasing









this single male has slept around with at least a half dozen girls in my care. i really think i may get some babies....... like way too many babies.

was just lookin through all the spiders... and found this




longitarsus sitting on eggs!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOO!!!!

man watta sight

too cool bro, congrats

never seen those before , awesome looking lil T's

thank you. oddly enough, they are not T's. they are nemesiidae, related to the acanthogonathus spiders from chile.

that would be a good reason why i didn't reconize that latin name lol

still likes that spider, beed having interests in spiders now, especially wolf's

this is number 2!!!!!




-josh

dude, i love the colorson that spider
where is this spider native too, and how did you get it

all i know is, i am taking a big liking and wanting to this spider

these are native to california and i went and caught them. they are amazing! i hope the babies do good.

that one is native to Cali, wow, how big do they get bro

that animal pictured is at least 3 to 3-1/2 inch legspan and mean as hell!

I noticed they incorporate the sac in the web and watch over it...so I am assuming they do not do a 'ball' like other tarantulas do.
Josh would I be correct in this assumption ?

yes sir. they do a hammock type sac

you know, i have not read that anywhere specifically about Calisoga!

do you know if that is general to Nemesiids?

hammock style, i mean

cacoseraph wrote:you know, i have not read that anywhere specifically about Calisoga!

do you know if that is general to Nemesiids?

hammock style, i mean

i dont know actually. i have heard that longitarsus do the hammock style sac, but now ive seen it in person twice. i dont know about theveneti or any other nemesiidae though.

nemesiids are fast becomming some of my favs! i gotta get my hands on some more.

think i am captivated on that beauty

hey josh

once the longi makes the hammock style eggsac do they pretty much just hover over it or do they still come out of their burrow at night to look for food? i can't see into any of the burrows my girls are using and i am curious if you have noticed any big behavioural changes to look for when they have made a sack

no real behavioral differences aside from heightened aggression. they still hunt at night and feed. i have a 3rd sac and it seems very consistent with the hammock style sac. they hang it from the ceiling and have a hole above it so the can sit on it, but it is also suspended off the ground so they can go underneath it as well. very cool style of making a sac.

hmm. thanks for the info.

i think i need recage one of my spiders. it has buried upside down tupperware with holes cut into it for access as hides... didn't know they made hammocks when i built that housing solution. now i am afraid they won't be able to build a hammock right attaching to plastic

well they do seem to attach it well to plastic , but mine are in cubes

YES. i just bought some babies from John Apple at the michigan reptile show. they were awesome and this will be my first time working with spiders. i am very excited and i got to see them mate also! very interesting.