When I become an evil overlord, that will be my catchphrase: “The spiders will feast tonight!”

I got to the bait shop this morning shortly after they got a bulk delivery, and just before they parceled them out into smaller batches, so I was able to buy a whole tub of 20 dozen (240) waxworms for $15.99. That’ll take care of feeding supplies for the next few weeks, right through Christmas, so mission accomplished.

Look at all that squirmy cold protein in thin casings! I was tempted to pop a few in my mouth, but that would be taking food from my babies, so I didn’t.

The colony has expanded just a little bit: all new, roomier containers for the largest of the black widows.

The smaller ones still have some growin’ to do in the incubator, but these I think are just about ripe for breeding.

Looks delicious.

I’d share, but I’ve only got enough for the bigger spiders — these are more expensive than mealworms, but aren’t they festive?

Humans at my house are going to have to settle for a vegetarian shepherd’s pie.

I was about to fix some dinner tonight, when I noticed this resting quietly in my frying pan.

They may have been offering themselves up as a sacrifice, but I am a magnanimous spider lord, and I set them free instead.

Sometimes it’s hard to count.

They’ll walk away from their molt and eventually it’ll be a less confusing tangle.

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