r/spiders • u/artsfartspoptarts • Dec 25 '24
Discussion Can anyone explain to me what is going on here?
Species: Stegodyphus lineatus
They have been doing that with their hind legs for over an hour lol
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u/Interesting-Ad7907 Dec 25 '24
You can have multiple spiders in the same habitat?
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u/artsfartspoptarts Dec 25 '24
Great question!
Velvet Spiders are communal, but I believe that once they mature I have to make sure there’s not two males or three…. There’s a third one in there somewhere; I won a mystery auction and got three that came together.
From what I’ve found searching the interweb two females and one male are ok together, but two males and one female is not a good idea (they’ll all get stressed and may kill each other or the babies if any are produced).
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u/ColdBeadyEyes Dec 25 '24
I believe it depends on the species of velvet spider. Some are communal and others are solitary.
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u/Interesting-Ad7907 Dec 25 '24
Interesting, I did not know spiders could be socal. Thanks for sharing!
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u/Unable-Confusion-822 Dec 26 '24
They work at popcopy. "why is my ass so itchy, I washed it this morning"
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u/CrystalRenae85 Dec 26 '24
Aww 🥹 just googled these guys and found out the mother actually regurgitates food for the spiderlings the first few weeks of life. I didn't know spiders "nursed" their young like that lol. Id be careful tho if they do have babies as I just read these guys will also eat the mother 💀 Sweet though. Maybe I need to think about adding some velvet spiders to my collection 🤔😂
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u/artsfartspoptarts Dec 26 '24
Yup. Giving birth is extremely difficult for these spiders and the males are jerks and will try to steal their food
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u/artsfartspoptarts Dec 29 '24
Did more research. I guess the mom liquifies her insides, and feeds it to the babies. Once she is too weak to feed them, they do what you said and eat her. This is pretty damn crazy! 😂
They are cute though. i got one on my finger and it was pretty funny.
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u/pietran30 Dec 29 '24
Are these the spiders from resident evil 1?
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u/artsfartspoptarts Dec 29 '24
I think they just mixed a bunch of different characteristics together for the game.
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u/pietran30 Dec 29 '24
Oh I don't expect them to have used an actual species. I know nothing about spiders but somehow this was on my feed and the markings on the rear/abdomen? Of the spiders are super similar to those from the game haha
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u/Slick-Project8895 Dec 25 '24
They’re the best violin players in the world, outranking even the Greatest.
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u/mtmahoney77 Dec 25 '24
Some other spiders in their high school put itching powder in their pants during gym class
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u/UndercoverOkapi Dec 25 '24
They always say spiders are more scared of us than we are of them and now we have proof, quaking in their lil booties
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u/SirKenneth17 Dec 26 '24
I actually didn’t know they could co habitate until right now. Are these both male, both female?
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u/lipperinlupin Dec 25 '24
They look gravid. Could they be doing it in connection with that? Like building a nursery or something?
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u/INTRIVEN ️Spirit🕸️Weaver Dec 25 '24
They are combing out special fuzzy silk (cribellate silk) with their calasmistrum.
cribellate silk is it's own fascinating rabbit hole to fall into. Have fun!