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noexcuse4you · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: P. regalis

I "bred" my small (5.5") female regalis with Celeste's male back in late May. I put bred in quotes because I didn't actually see them hook up, I just cohabitated them. I kept them together for about a week or so until I started seeing the female chasing the male around the enclosure trying to eat him. I used my standard method of putting both the female's and male's enclosure both into a larger container and leaving them both open. After cohabitating, I kept the female's enclosure bone dry with the exception of a water dish and fed her a lobster roach every other day or so until a couple days ago when I saw her fattening up. I then literally flooded her enclosure. I didn't know if she was gravid or not until today when I held a flashlight under her and saw the same orange glow I saw with my gravid Avic avic! She's small, so it is most likely not going to be a large eggsac.

Celeste · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

Good luck, Kyle! My female's abdomen is getting *enormous*!

(And my male is *still* drumming non-stop! Little horn-dog!) ;-)

-- C
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noexcuse4you · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:02 am Post subject:

Thanks Celeste! If she does end up molting, I'd like to use your male again. I know she's got eggs inside her ready to go!
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noexcuse4you · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject:

Dang it! She molted. I was suspecting it since she didn't get any fatter than the previous pics. Well, time to find another male... right after I turned Francisco's male back over to him too! Oh well.
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Celeste · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

My male is still hanging in there if you want to borrow him again, Kyle. But he isn't drumming at night anymore, so I don't know how much longer he will last. I think he's kind of on his last legs. (His palps are still bloody red, though).
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Celeste · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:

I spoke too soon -- he was drumming again tonight. So let me know if you want to borrow him again.

-- Celeste
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noexcuse4you · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:08 am Post subject:

I'd like to borrow him, but, I don't know when I'd be able to pick him up since you don't want to ship him. Is anyone coming down to San Diego anytime soon?
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Celeste · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

Well, maybe we can swap him if/when you come up for the Spider Pavilion or the Cal Poly Pomona show? We'll figure something out...
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noexcuse4you · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject:

P. regalis ROUND 2!!

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