@nathanielisaboss the eggs hatch in 2 weeks but seeing this was in 2008 this messegg is worth less but if you ever get an other male and femail black widow you know
@nathanielisaboss wow haha i wish you captured that on video. umm, i'm not sure what they eat.. i think it's unrealistic to hope that all ~100s of the spiderlings will grow up to be full adults. There will be one or two that are strongest/biggest. After they don't look like teeny ghosts, you can try throwing in small insects. i never had a full one grow into full adult size because my dad overestimated what it could handle.. then the baby spider would get eaten lol.. moths and caterpillars work
Man I know this video is 2 years old and all.. but since you caught 2 widows... Catch 2 more and try to do a hatching of the egg vid.. like time lapsed or even it making a web! Those are amazing spiders!
@themaninblack951 of the 15 eggs this widow laid before it died, i have never been able to catch the moment the sac starts to break. it is pretty freaky when the jar is filled with hundreds of tiny widows though..
@DTrinh09 LOL no kidding. A jar full of venomous spiders!! Younger species that are venomous release out more venom because they can't control it too!
I literally don't understand why that entire jar isn't on fire? True enough they are going to be around and i'm sure they serve some purpose but why keep them as pets or whatever it is you're doing? Why not stop them in their tracks? I just don't get it.
@xswaxswa because it's fascinating having one deadly spider in a sealed jar and feeding it insects to catch and eat. it's like having your own animal planet show
Thats so sad! Well your spider is beautiful! I named mine Sheila, lol. I just recently moved to Georgia from California, so I let her go free. I even made of video of her walking away as I let her go, she was huge! I'll post it soon. But good job with your spider, did her eggs ever hatch?
OMG! I had a black widow for about 6 months, kept her in a jar, fed her. And idk how, but she got pregnant! She was in a jar, idk how she made time to get freaky! Ur spider is beautiful!
I read that they only need to mate once and they can store the sperm until they are ready to release an egg sac. From my experience with this spider, if you feed her often she will get really big and lay eggs frequently. Mine laid about 12+ eggs before she died during this past winter (had her for about a year? life span is usually ~2 years so i guess I found her as an adult)
yeah seriously.. it already had 7 eggs while under my "care" with 5 of them hatched. Most of the spiderlings from the first sacs have all died out. I think the two most recent egg sacs have had successful hatches--one of them is actually beginning to grow bigger. i think its life time is coming to end.. 7 eggs is so many! oh, and i caught another spider in my sister's new house's garage. it's 2-3x bigger than this spider. PS. i didn't catch it myself though.. i got freaked out
i think this video shows the first of 4 eggs (as of late-april '09) while i had that spider. later on there were 2 eggs, but they never hatched. my family thought maybe they were duds so we cut a slit in the first egg (shown here) and low and behold little wrigglers emerged.
It was the middle of winter by then, and we couldn't find as many bugs to toss in, so the mama spider ate her kids (aw). then after months of isolation, we thought the 2nd egg was a dud so we cut that one open too--and well, spiderlings came out lol. i think most of them have died as well, even though i tried giving them a house fly to eat.
from my research, eggs are expected to hatch after 2-3 weeks. i waited months before cutting them open. we currently have 2 unopened eggs.
@nathanielisaboss the eggs hatch in 2 weeks but seeing this was in 2008 this messegg is worth less but if you ever get an other male and femail black widow you know
michelobiu 4 months ago
@nathanielisaboss wow haha i wish you captured that on video. umm, i'm not sure what they eat.. i think it's unrealistic to hope that all ~100s of the spiderlings will grow up to be full adults. There will be one or two that are strongest/biggest. After they don't look like teeny ghosts, you can try throwing in small insects. i never had a full one grow into full adult size because my dad overestimated what it could handle.. then the baby spider would get eaten lol.. moths and caterpillars work
DTrinh09 6 months ago
no its a female
alejandra40100 10 months ago
Man I know this video is 2 years old and all.. but since you caught 2 widows... Catch 2 more and try to do a hatching of the egg vid.. like time lapsed or even it making a web! Those are amazing spiders!
themaninblack951 1 year ago
@themaninblack951 of the 15 eggs this widow laid before it died, i have never been able to catch the moment the sac starts to break. it is pretty freaky when the jar is filled with hundreds of tiny widows though..
DTrinh09 1 year ago
@DTrinh09 LOL no kidding. A jar full of venomous spiders!! Younger species that are venomous release out more venom because they can't control it too!
themaninblack951 1 year ago
Just don't scare her. LOL A widow bite, obviously, is nothing to desire! LOL
tall32guy 1 year ago
I literally don't understand why that entire jar isn't on fire? True enough they are going to be around and i'm sure they serve some purpose but why keep them as pets or whatever it is you're doing? Why not stop them in their tracks? I just don't get it.
xswaxswa 1 year ago
@xswaxswa because it's fascinating having one deadly spider in a sealed jar and feeding it insects to catch and eat. it's like having your own animal planet show
DTrinh09 1 year ago
Imagine when All 200 hundred of those eggs hatch while you are sleeping. What a night that will be.
thepienears 1 year ago 3
BURN THEM YOU IDIOT!
onkelanders 1 year ago 8
Oh boy! : - O
ABGLINE 1 year ago
now your gonna hvae 200 more black widows in that jar. congrats
mario3585thesecond 1 year ago
Well, I left you a video response :) Sorry if the quality isnt good, I had to chase her and keep my distance at the same time lol.
BLACKESTANGEL 2 years ago
Thats so sad! Well your spider is beautiful! I named mine Sheila, lol. I just recently moved to Georgia from California, so I let her go free. I even made of video of her walking away as I let her go, she was huge! I'll post it soon. But good job with your spider, did her eggs ever hatch?
BLACKESTANGEL 2 years ago
Lol cute story. Yeah I think all of them hatched.. but sadly, none of the spiderlings lived to become adults. You can blame cannibalism for that..
DTrinh09 2 years ago
OMG! I had a black widow for about 6 months, kept her in a jar, fed her. And idk how, but she got pregnant! She was in a jar, idk how she made time to get freaky! Ur spider is beautiful!
BLACKESTANGEL 2 years ago
I read that they only need to mate once and they can store the sperm until they are ready to release an egg sac. From my experience with this spider, if you feed her often she will get really big and lay eggs frequently. Mine laid about 12+ eggs before she died during this past winter (had her for about a year? life span is usually ~2 years so i guess I found her as an adult)
DTrinh09 2 years ago
Dude, forced rape? lol jk
But thats neat, I would be careful though of the babies they don't get out
QwertyoPIZ 2 years ago
you're frickin nuts for keeping a black widow as a pet
scottca55 2 years ago
yeah seriously.. it already had 7 eggs while under my "care" with 5 of them hatched. Most of the spiderlings from the first sacs have all died out. I think the two most recent egg sacs have had successful hatches--one of them is actually beginning to grow bigger. i think its life time is coming to end.. 7 eggs is so many! oh, and i caught another spider in my sister's new house's garage. it's 2-3x bigger than this spider. PS. i didn't catch it myself though.. i got freaked out
DTrinh09 2 years ago
Have they hatched yet? Did you do away with the sac?
Mystrohan 2 years ago
i think this video shows the first of 4 eggs (as of late-april '09) while i had that spider. later on there were 2 eggs, but they never hatched. my family thought maybe they were duds so we cut a slit in the first egg (shown here) and low and behold little wrigglers emerged.
DTrinh09 2 years ago
It was the middle of winter by then, and we couldn't find as many bugs to toss in, so the mama spider ate her kids (aw). then after months of isolation, we thought the 2nd egg was a dud so we cut that one open too--and well, spiderlings came out lol. i think most of them have died as well, even though i tried giving them a house fly to eat.
from my research, eggs are expected to hatch after 2-3 weeks. i waited months before cutting them open. we currently have 2 unopened eggs.
DTrinh09 2 years ago
cool
Toujerthao 3 years ago