Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: Trapdoor Baboon Spider - Cyphonisia sp.
I received a mature female of this species a couple weeks after I had gotten 3 juvies and a mature male. One of the juvies perished for unknown reasons and the others are still doing well.
2/13/08 - Female received and placed in acrylic box with peat/sand mix.
Hour later the burrow that had been started looked like this:
2/14/08 - Female had a 'top' to the burrow and I decided to attempt the mating due to how frequently the male has been out and wandering.
Male:
Female:
After putting the male in the cage with the female, I promptly left the room to finish up with some other things. When I returned I found this spectacle...
I separated them at this point and decided to let them try again. It resulted in this:
Insertions were made right after this, due to the angle I couldnt get any decent pictures.
All these photos link to larger, and if you want to see the whole set of pictures please look here.
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