Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: Breeding Projects for 2008
I was curious what T breeding projects people are currently working on or planning to do this year. After only 33% - 40% success with last years breedings I hope to breed more females this year. Also, if any of us are trying to breed the same species, we might be able to share our boys.
Last year I attempted to breed 6 T's
Out of the 6, I only know for a fact that 4 mated and got inserts.
N. chromtus - I know for a fact my crazy female never mated with either of the two males I found for her! Result: obviously nothing, she recently molted!
E. murinus - I never saw my female and Francisco's male actually do the deed; though I did witness attempts. Result: She resently molted.
B. smithi - Good inserts, made a sac; however, when I opened her sac most of the eggs were all dried up. I also noted that there was a nickle size area of her sac that was so thin I could see through it. I am guessing this was the cause of the dried eggs. It was very unfortunate as there were several eggs just looking like they were going to pop into eggs with legs but their developement must have stopped already as they never developed further.
P. pederseni - Male co-hab'd with my girl until she ate him. Not a cool thing to wake up to! Anyway, she also dropped a sac but then ate it at exactly 28 days!!! I had gone out of town overnight and came home to a gooey, wet sac with a few remaining eggs with legs. They have all since died very shortly after. I don't think Mama's venom was all that healthy for them. ERRRRRRRRRR!!!!
A. avic - on a more possitive note; this was my first sac to open and I now have ~60 healthy 2nd instars. I swear there is nothing cuter than Avic slings!!!
B. vagans - not sure if this is good or bad but I ended up with ~500 - 600 eggs with legs when sac was first opened. They are now 1st instar. I'm guessing I should start separating these little buggers sooner than later. I honestly don't have a clue what I am going to do with them all. Note to self: breed vagans earlier in the year, you don't want to have the last of a bunch of vagans sacs!!
So, last years breedings brought some pretty exciting and disappointing results. I am planning to breed more T's this year which I hope will result in more sacs! All my girls are freshly molted or should be molting shortly.
This is what I would like to attempt to breed for 2008:
Avicularia avicularia x 2 females
Brachypelma boehmei
Brachypelma smithi x 2 females
Brachypelma vagans (I know, I know... I need to have my head examined!!)
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Only one of my girls is big enough)
Ephebopus murinus
Nhandu chromatus
Poecilotheria pederseni (I'll be pulling somebody's sac early next time!!)
There might be a couple others if I can get my hands on them.
What have you guys bred or plan to breed this year? _________________ Jules
Avic avic - Bred on June 9th, one good insert, sperm was seen inside furrow. She's fattening up and hopefully will be dropping a sac soon.
Poeci ornata - My female just molted this past weekend and I'm picking up Nesh's male at the BBQ. There's a pretty good chancing of getting good results, if not, I have an immature male that should be maturing next year sometime.
Poeci miranda - 2 females waiting on a male, 1 freshly molted, not many people have males available so not much luck with that.
Psalmo irminia - I have a breeding pair, the male will be ultimate next molt and the female should molt at the end of this month.
T.plumipes (co-habbed w/ale for over a month several matings and insertions seen)
P.ornata (if all goes well w/ Kyles' male)
P.fasciata (when i find a male)
P.cambridgei
P.irminia
N.colortillivious sp? (if my male ever matures)
And a few others I cant think of off the top of my head..
W _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Will do Kyle.. thanks _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
1.1 GBBs
1.2 T leblondi
1.1 Grammostola aureostriata (Warren's male, mine is still inmature)
2.3 P regalis
1.1 N coloratovillosus
1.1 B alvopilosum (male gone, female on ann eggsack for a month already)
1.1 P cambrigei (Due to heat I lost all the slings in the eggsack. Looking for a Mature male)
1.1 A versicolor (male long gone,waiting on an eggsack)
1.1 Sericopelma rubronitens
09 Projects
2.1 T apophysis
1.1 M. robustum (I might get Neshan's girl too)
2.1.1 G pulchra
1.1 B smithi
1.1 B bohemei
1.1 B auratum
1.1 P ornata
1.1 P pederseni
1.1 C lamanai
1.1 P cancerides
1.1 L parahybana
1.1 A geniculata
and others will follow as soon as I remember wich ones.
francisco
Last edited by ftorres on Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:51 pm; edited 1 time in total
So, Francisco is hoarding all the good males!! ::lol::
Will you keep me in mind if your MM GBB is still fresh and makes it out alive??
Are your '09 projects Mature Males yet?
The only MM I actually have at the current moment is a MM E murinus. If I get a sac from this breeding I still want to give you some of the slings for loaning me your MM last year.
I also have a big Female G pulchra I am trying to close a deal on.
I am picking up Neshan's G aureostriata this weekend but don't think she is big enough to breed this year.
If anyone has mature males for these big girls, I can start my 2008 breeding projects now (going to post a "looking for mature male" ad soon...will also place ad for my spiders ).
Molted in the past month & a half:
0.2 Ceratogyrus marshalli
0.1 Nhandu carapoensis
Will wait for next molt (should be this year):
0.1 Chromatepelma cyaneopubescens
0.1 Ceratogyrus brachycephalus
0.1 Aphonopelma chalcodes
0.1 Aphonopelma sp. "eutylenum" (bred in January so we'll see if she'll lay a sac or molt)
2009 projects:
1.1.2 Selenobrachys philippinus
0.1 X. immanis
0.1 A. geniculata
1.0 P. metallica (purchase female or loan out)
1.0 A. versicolor (loan out)
1.0 E. campestratus (loan out)
Much more but probably won't mature until 2010 or beyond.
Will you keep me in mind if your MM GBB is still fresh and makes it out alive??
Sure I will,but I read that 90% of the time male dies
Are your '09 projects Mature Males yet?
No, some are really close others needs a couple more molts, I think.
I also have a big Female G pulchra I am trying to close a deal on.
Cool, I do hope you get her, I have 2 confirmed males and one that looks male, so I will have 3 males, one is a subadult and the others need like 2-3 more molts.
I am picking up Neshan's G aureostriata this weekend but don't think she is big enough to breed this year.
If she is big enough, I will share Warren's male with you. I don't think he will have any objection.
I beleive the female from Nesh Used to be Mine and might be on the small side, Frisco why dont you bring him along and maybe we could try to hook him up w/ Jules female???
W _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
My P. regalises mated 5/4/08, and I am getting Nesh's female and hope to mate her with my male next week. (So I'll have 1.2)
My P. metallicas should be old enough to do the deed by the end of this year or early next. I have 1.1 of those.
I also hope to try to breed the Malaysian Giant Cave Centipedes. (Thereuopoda), as soon as I can figure out which ones are the males and which ones are the females! :-P I have 0.0.4 of those.
And I have a bunch of African Giant Black Millipedes I also hope will produce some babies (they certainly have been *mating* a lot!). I have 1.2.11 of those
My female Deroplatys lobata produced an ooth, but since I didn't have a male for her I assume it is sterile...
2 B. smithi girls waiting for Mizm's male. fresh last month
1 fresh B. auratum F
1 G. rosea waitnig for heks male or? molted this year but she molts every other
1 fresh C bech but i am not sure her spinners work so?
1 A hentzi freshly molted waiting for a male i have to mature.
I also would like confirmation that they both are A. hentzi.
those are my plans. we shall see if i can pull them together. _________________ "the cats apart of me dream. im going to buy a sheep, a horse, anda cow, an raise horses on fiji."
Awesome projects everyone has going and/or planned so far.
I think SCABIES has come a long way in the breeding department.
Hey Warren and Francisco - thanks for setting up the male Chaco. Like I said, not so sure she is big enough and it sounds like Warren knows her already! ::lol:: One of my very favorite T's is an immature male Chaco. I was bummed he turned out to be a he so I was pretty excited to be getting a female. My boy is pretty good size but I know this species gets big. I'll be curious to see how big your boy is Warren. Maybe my male will mauture next year or the year after and he can make his rounds to anyone who can use him.
Well, I have my P. cambridgei male hanging out in the female's cage right now...for the second time. Fairly sure he already made a new sperm web after I took him out so, we will see how it goes.
If you need a MM P. camb mine is potentially available...Francisco, you still need one? _________________ - Kevin aka What
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If he makes it w/ Frisco's I have a mature female also _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Ok, Im still not sure if I will be at the BBQ but...if I make it I will bring him along. _________________ - Kevin aka What
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Ok, Im still not sure if I will be at the BBQ but...if I make it I will bring him along.
Kevin, I am definitely going to the BBQ. If you would like me to pick anything up for you; like the rest of Neshan's collection for example or deliver anything for you - just let me know. I'm just in Irvine. You could drop off anything at my house. Let me know.
I also need males for these;
Chilobrachys huahini
Chilobrachys fimbriatus
W _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
G.pulchra: 2 females in cool down and should pop soon. there were three but one molted
P.rufilata: 2 large females primed and ready..power feeding several males soo mating should happen once they mature
P.irminia: female is a bit small but a male in pre ult
P.pulcher: looking for males
P.antinous: i need a dude
future endeavors include: i have females that should be ready for 2009-10
B.smithi, B.boehmei, B.klaasi, M.balfouri(this is a breeding group)P.sp' "plattyomma, P.regalis, P.subfusca, Pmiranda, P.tigrinawesseli, P.metallica.....
if you have males of the above please let me know..... _________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein
great frisco, the next 2 years i should have my hands full.....i'll have my male P.miranda out on loan soon but with your males i should be good....i talked with anette already in regards to her male M.balfouri.. so hopefully 2 girls wont cause performance anxiety for him ::lol::..how big is your guy????
hopefully soon the kids will start to produce, soo i can recoup some of what i had to pay to get them ::lol::....
wayne _________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein
Hello All,
He is around 2.5-3" hard to tell since he just hide at any sign of movement
Unfortunately or fortunately is a male (I am guestimating from a ventral check I did)
Here are some pics of the Male B auratum, I will take some from the M bolfouri later.
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