My spider family is going mad, spewing baby spiderlings everywhere. I came into the lab today just to maintain and feed the several hundred hatchlings I’d acquired over the past few days, and what do I find? Another egg sac has opened up, and another hundred or more babies are begging for attention.
Yeah, yeah, I was a responsible parent, and I separated out as many as I could and put them into nice clean vials. I’m reaching capacity, though. This means I have about 300+, maybe as many as 400, itty bitty Parasteatoda offspring in my lab, packed into two incubators. Looking ahead optimistically, I can maybe accommodate 60 adults in the lab, if I pair up males and females. It feels weird to say it, but I’m good if I have 80% mortality in the babes.
I suppose if they thrive I can just turn the majority loose in my basement.
Ive started taking an interest in spiders here in Scotland. All thanks to pz, who has also taught me so much with his blog. Too many. But mainly Ive stopped being an atheist know all! Plus my wife who I have also converted to humanism/social justice all because of this blog. Thank you.