Social Spiders Catching Prey (Stegodyphus dufouri)

This is a small colony of social spiders. These are not adults yet so now way knowing if I get them to successfully breed in the future. In this clip you can see some teamwork behavior, really cool to watch! Here we have 3 spiders attacking a cave cricket. There are more spiders, but those who are not hungry, stays inside the nest. Quality of this clip is a little blury, it's through glass. But hope u like it!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• stegodyphus
• dufouri
• eresidae
• tunisia
• social
• communal
• velvet
• spider
• socialspider
• communalspider
• velvetspider
• hunting
• prey
• capturing
• fuzzy
• web
• teamwork
• working
• together

[MegaRobloxian]

I want to get a colony of these...How much are they for a spider colony of 20? How about a social spider colony of 50?

[DJAlMighty247]

@MegaRobloxian I got these from Germany and they were quite expensive in my opinion. 10euros one spider, or something like that.

[dEsSiCaTa]

Funnily enough i have just got a colony of around 50. I've been reading everything i can see about their care and apart from keeping them extremely well ventilated i couldnt find much else. Unfortunately it seems hardy anyone has bred them, they get sacks but none hatching. Got to agree though they are amazing to watch, like a mini pack of lions :D

[DJAlMighty247]

@dEsSiCaTa True, they are so new around the "market" that it's hard to find care info. I think people are keeping them in too low temperatures. I know one person who said he has succeeded breeding this species. He said pregnant females should be kept around 25-30C. That's what I was thinking too, because they live in a hot & dry habitat. Let's see what happens with our colony's! Keep us posted ;-)

[FireDrag1091]

If only humans were this social, it would be a better community, or world.

[unbridledenthusiasm]

I love your vids, keep em coming!