Poecilotheria ornata, Fringed Ornamental egg sac pulling

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  • Poecilotheria ornata, Fringed Ornamental egg sac pulling
    After 4 years of failures we finally have an egg sac to pull from our Fringed ornamental, it has been a difficult journey she has always moulted out before producing a sac, so this is a very exciting time for the Beastie Room
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  • @sharkboy_twentytwo8155
    @sharkboy_twentytwo8155 Рік тому +3

    4 years is quite the epic uphill battle. Congratulations. 91 is nothing to sneeze at with an angry 1st time mummy.

  • @gillianesquilant4091
    @gillianesquilant4091 Рік тому +5

    May the force of being a mother be with you always!

    • @Ujuani68
      @Ujuani68 Рік тому +3

      We don't have kids, but being a person with NINE siblings (seven sisters and 2 brothers), I have had PLENTY of their kids of all ages, visiting our place. 🙂👍 But true:
      Never underestimate the power of a Mom.😄

  • @lunachick7549
    @lunachick7549 Рік тому +10

    I feel bad for Mom. She tried so hard to protect her babies. She doesn't realize you'll take care of them.

  • @jaungiga
    @jaungiga Рік тому +5

    Lol, she used her Jedi powers to bring the sac back to herself at 5:00

  • @michellegay1165
    @michellegay1165 Рік тому +2

    I was actually excited that she defended her egg sac so well cuz, to me, that means she had something really good to protect. I always worry when they give it up so easily. Great video, thank you💙💙💙

  • @susannesamuelsson2930
    @susannesamuelsson2930 Рік тому +3

    It looked a bit hilarious with that war going on there for a while when you should remove the eggsack and spider mum got a good leg workout with the dropped sack too! In spite of all of that as well as mold and clumping together in that strange kind of way I think you got a good result in the end. I hope they all will turn into slings! Have a wonderful week, take care dear Dave and Sweet Camera Lady! Hugs, Susanne. 👋😊🕷👍❤🥰🤗

  • @susangrewe262
    @susangrewe262 Рік тому +6

    Hello Dave and Camera Lady. That was super interesting this evening (or morning). I am so happy for the success even though it was partial. Congratulations to the end of a four year adventure. I am wondering if you have an entomologist that you can discuss mysteries like this with? It really looked like a fungus that was taking over the sac. Poor little buggers. I am sure the babies you rescued will do well now they are in a cleaner environment. I am super curious about this one and really looking forward to the follow up. Thanks for the peek at the Metallicas as well. One more moult and they will be adorable. Their teddy bear stage. Thank you for the fascinating video! I would also love to see Mama some time. So, I hope y’all have a lovely Monday. Stay safe and take care of each other. ❤🎃🧸

  • @biggtrux
    @biggtrux Рік тому +4

    I don't think I've ever seen one of your girls fight that hard to keep her brood! Great video!

  • @ozbubbles1
    @ozbubbles1 Рік тому +3

    Wow, that was really interesting. That lump was strange, it was like a sack within a sack. Well done T and Dave, thank you.😘💖💐🌻

  • @barbhelle5481
    @barbhelle5481 Рік тому +3

    I had to watch the struggle between man and spider again lol Thank you.

  • @albarosewilliams7443
    @albarosewilliams7443 Рік тому +4

    Congratulations on the capture and the rescue. Good luck with the next sac. Very interesting!

  • @thechellenator
    @thechellenator Рік тому +16

    I admit I laughed at the sac drop. Not just once but twice! We all have our moments. 😂 Glad you were able to pull the eggs just in time to separate the viable ones before the fungus killed them all. Looking forward to seeing them as slings!

    • @Ujuani68
      @Ujuani68 Рік тому +1

      True! Once, that rotten stuff comes around, it's time to get busy!🤯

  • @archiecunningham7525
    @archiecunningham7525 Рік тому +1

    That girl is one tough mom the way she fought for her eggs, can’t wait to see the slings great video as always.

  • @debbiemcclure2874
    @debbiemcclure2874 Рік тому +3

    WOW!!!!!! I have never seen a T fight for her babies quite like this girl. I thought for sure she was going to come out to say hi!!!🤣🤣 Would love to get a clear good look at her. It's odd y the sacs are turnin out the way they are. Thanks for the update on the previous sac. Good to see they're healthy fuzzy kids. Tyfs God bless you

  • @blacktiger675
    @blacktiger675 Рік тому +5

    When you dropped it the 2nd time I actually slapped my forehead and yelled "Not again!" 😂😂 But she was seriously hanging on! Well, a huge congratulations!! After 4yrs of trying I say it's definitely a success. Well done!! Much love from Oregon❤

  • @MGodzik
    @MGodzik Рік тому +3

    I don’t know if you do trick or treating on Oct.31. But she has left you a treat!😂😂

  • @BlameScott
    @BlameScott Рік тому +3

    That was one feisty mama spider! Also good to see the metallica slings doing well!

  • @sandyl2493
    @sandyl2493 Рік тому +2

    Who’da thunk?? That had me feeling sorry for A SPIDER!! 😳😳🥰🥰

  • @mjoverocker6072
    @mjoverocker6072 Рік тому +4

    Very intense with momma she didn't want to let go of her babies

  • @coldcountess
    @coldcountess Рік тому +4

    I see she's not willing to give up her egg sack so easily !!

  • @elizaonthemountain3464
    @elizaonthemountain3464 Рік тому +3

    Mine Mine MINE! Sack drop! 😂 A very thrilling start to my morning. great vid, thanks.

  • @JohnnysCafe_
    @JohnnysCafe_ Рік тому +2

    Good timing again, saving so many from the mold and the rotting ones, I think that i like everyone else here yelled when the sac dropped back down. I am looking forward to seeing their progress 👍

  • @a.t.nelson1670
    @a.t.nelson1670 Рік тому +6

    Egglings! I am so glad you pulled them when you did. If you had left them we surely wouldn't have any. I am thinking it was cuz she is a new mom that, like you said, she didn't rotate the sac enough. Hopefully the next time will be better. Congrats on the ones you did get. Whew what a battle to get them too. She was having non of that egg nabbing. 🤣 🕷❤️

  • @elizabethdurocher8308
    @elizabethdurocher8308 Рік тому +1

    Good thing you removed the egg sack when you did. Nice that you to save some. Thanks for sharing!

  • @shannieshan8481
    @shannieshan8481 Рік тому +4

    Great job Dave 👏 love the videos and great work to you Camera lady as well

  • @mcdazzio73
    @mcdazzio73 Рік тому +2

    Morning Dave & Camera lady hope ya having an amazing morning the vidoe is awesome

  • @DJAnubisMetalTavernRadio
    @DJAnubisMetalTavernRadio Рік тому +2

    Lol, she was not wanting to give up that sack.

  • @a_bonafide_rarity
    @a_bonafide_rarity Рік тому +3

    ngl watching you yeet those EWLs into the nursery pot makes me so happy lmao. I laughed so hard when I first saw you do that.

    • @ArDeeMee
      @ArDeeMee Рік тому

      It always makes me think of my kids in a bouncy castle. =D

  • @mereyemsuzanne8635
    @mereyemsuzanne8635 Рік тому +4

    Thank youuuuuuuu 😊
    ❤🕷❤🕷❤🕷❤🕷❤🕷
    She is trying to be a really good mamma !!!

  • @Ujuani68
    @Ujuani68 Рік тому +6

    19:19: Seems like she didn't stir them up a lot...🤷‍♂️😮 Usually they sit massaging and kind of turn it, so that they keep being stirred up, thus stopping them from clogging and thereby dying/rotting, and contaminating the others.

  • @tartman540
    @tartman540 Рік тому +1

    She said "Excuse me! No you may NOT take my babies from me! Just who do you think you are?! 😂❤️

  • @janicehonea7613
    @janicehonea7613 Рік тому +3

    She was a big strong girl fighting for that sack, That was her motherly instinct not to let you have her sack, Good mama, And that egg sack was very interesting That white Stuff who knows what it was A little weird , Just another thing you have to find out Love the video Dave keep up the good work👍💖🕷🕷👀😁

  • @jenshelley4737
    @jenshelley4737 Рік тому +3

    I can't think of anything more precious than little eggys with leggys! Mum knew how precious they were and she didn't want to let go! Congratulations on getting at least the majority of the sack!🥰😍

  • @LunarShimmer
    @LunarShimmer Рік тому +2

    Wow! Didn't get to see much of her, but that's an impressive mama. Glad the egg sac was salvageable... Also interesting that two pokie sacs have turned out a bit off. The metallica slings look nice and healthy, though!
    Good luck with all the babies, Dave 😄👍

  • @348Tobico
    @348Tobico Рік тому +2

    Dear Dr. Dave, you have reached the point where you construct the environments so well that you can no longer break in easily. Webbing like that has been of great interest to the military for years. And you did not drop that sack like an idiot! That Mother Spider had elastic retractor webbing on the sack. No joke. Why go to all the trouble of being the grouchiest most obnoxious spider in the room, who refuses to entertain gentlemen spiders on pain of death, only to be haphazard about that sack. She took no chances loosing the sack AT ALL. There was a strand that looked separate from the web that stretched upward then snapped back. That strand is pointed toward you as you empty the sack.

  • @pattijareo7423
    @pattijareo7423 Рік тому +2

    Mum put up a very respectable fight over that sac! I think my tweezers might have to be even longer! 😄. Very, very interesting sac... What a mix. I do wonder about the mold. Are there molds that commonly appear in enclosures? If spores were accidentally picked up by mum as she closed the sac, I can see the possibility of germination taking a while, allowing some development of the eggs but eventually becoming dangerous to the developing eggs. I have a background in microbiology so this really caught my interest. Wonderful rescue job, both of you! I look forward to seeing how these babies get along! Thanks for sharing!! 🤗

  • @georgecardiff1946
    @georgecardiff1946 Рік тому +5

    91 viable eggs Dave, not bad atall especially after such a long wait to get an egg sac and them Metallica babies have come on a ton, thanks to your knowledge Dave, anyway Dave another fantastic job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.

  • @GoodGirlsDontGetUsed
    @GoodGirlsDontGetUsed Рік тому +8

    This is my first video of a sac pulling and wow! Wow! The way the mother was holding onto the sac and fighting for them had me speechless and (oddly?) at the edge of my seat (even though I’m laying down). I think I just watched the most exciting sac pulling I will see for a while and it’s got me so excited to learn more about them, slings, and spiders in general! Thinking about it, the only thing I really know about spiders is mostly from the book/movie charlotte’s web and a teacher I had years ago who loved them (so pretty limited lol) but regardless I’m so ready to binge watch all your videos.

    • @daveslittlebeasties
      @daveslittlebeasties  Рік тому +2

      ❤❤❤👍welcome to our channel ❤👍

    • @andrewjames5373
      @andrewjames5373 Рік тому +5

      You are in for a real treat if you continue to follow this channel! I came across Dave when my ex wanted a tarantula, I no longer have the lady but that's OK because I get all the amazing spider content I could ever want here!

  • @franciscahazlet4021
    @franciscahazlet4021 Рік тому +3

    That was determined mom. I she knows what she wants on a date with her male suture and motherly duties. Well done on patience on 4 yrs to breed her and getting the egg sac out. Hope the eggs with legs do well.

  • @smokielonesome9464
    @smokielonesome9464 Рік тому +3

    What an intense impression of protection. That girl is awesome

  • @lucnadeau2821
    @lucnadeau2821 Рік тому +1

    You know what they say, third time's the charm ! Good thing you managed to get it out. Very odd that a section of the eggs all clumped up. Oh well, at least you managed to salvage close to a 100 slings. Here's hoping most of them make it to proper slinghood.
    Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)

  • @Ujuani68
    @Ujuani68 Рік тому +5

    I always feel a bit sas for the mom, when her egg sack gets taken..😥💔
    I once read from a guy who wrote, that one of his females actually wandered around the enclosure for 3 DAYS, before forgetting about it...😢
    Great species, though, a true classic. I have learned from you and your wife, that rehousing is done EASIEST.. And SWEETEST.. with a square catch-cup/container. 😄👍

    • @daveslittlebeasties
      @daveslittlebeasties  Рік тому

      I’ve never had one that didn’t just go and get a drink and feed as soon as possible?

    • @jamessunderland5917
      @jamessunderland5917 Рік тому +1

      That’s just his personal interpretation of what he thought his T was doing .

  • @Zay_562
    @Zay_562 Рік тому +2

    Throughout the video I was really hoping to see the Metallica slings and at the very last moment Dave gave us a peek…amazing how quickly they grow

  • @kakarikiIck
    @kakarikiIck Рік тому +2

    That is one protective mother!

  • @benwiseman3051
    @benwiseman3051 Рік тому +1

    She did not want to give up that egg sac. Fiesty girl

  • @selene4621
    @selene4621 Рік тому +3

    wow !! should be ultra interesting to see how many of these ones turn out. Hope you will keep us updated. Hope that *whitestuff* that some of the eggs with legs picked up doesnt *grow* onto the others . Thanks heaps for the metallic update they look beautiful !

  • @petegriffin8149
    @petegriffin8149 Рік тому +1

    Another first for me, what a mystery the clumpy eggs with legs???
    Congrats to the Beasties mother. 👍😃👍

  • @Hayley0412
    @Hayley0412 Рік тому +1

    It may surprise you but I really enjoyed this video, I have to say that I love you opening the egg sacs for the first time, it is so beautiful, another generation being born! Keep going with the babies they are so good damn cute, I loved the previous babies, they seem to have grown loads! 🕸🕸🕸🕷🕷🕷

  • @jeananneramsden
    @jeananneramsden Рік тому +4

    Felt so sorry for her trying to fend off the intruder intent on stealing her egg sac.

  • @belindalaing7592
    @belindalaing7592 Рік тому +2

    I've never seen an egg sac like that before but 91 is better than none
    🤞 most of them pull through
    😊👍

  • @Spiderdan-59
    @Spiderdan-59 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi dave n camera lady, well my ornata slings arrived safely and is now eating half a mealworm today, the other two new Ts not eating yet,👍

  • @michaeltaylor2449
    @michaeltaylor2449 Рік тому +3

    NICE that was a good sized egg sac shame a few didnt make it but still a good few there good luck with future egg sacs Dave

  • @tarantulasister882
    @tarantulasister882 Рік тому +1

    So happy most of these are viable Dave 💙🕷 keep us posted on how they are all doing x👍🏼🕷

  • @vukpik
    @vukpik Рік тому +3

    That's why I never pull the sac after 30 days😅 But I like that you experiment and document for us these things! Awesome

  • @huntermclaren322
    @huntermclaren322 Рік тому +4

    so interesting to see fungal growth on the eggs after they started development. you probably got to that sack just in time! I'll be interested to see if that fungus grows in the incubator cup.

  • @jojojackson7882
    @jojojackson7882 Рік тому +3

    Wow the taming of the shrew...not !! Lol no taming this shrew😆🕷🕷 she looks really big..thanks for the close-up camera Lady i'm waiting on my new glasses.. Happy tou got a really good batch of them🕸🕸

  • @mikepetersen7319
    @mikepetersen7319 Рік тому +2

    Wow! She fought really hard. But I think if You hadn't pulled it yet She would've ate it. Fingers crossed all goes well for them, like for the metallicas. 🤞🍀

  • @hippipunkchickb8672
    @hippipunkchickb8672 Рік тому +2

    Wow! Intense! You did a great job! I yelled out when the sac dropped!! Lol great video!

  • @tinkfinch1674
    @tinkfinch1674 Рік тому +2

    She was being a very defensive mother Spider. Would be good to see her as you said she is a large spider. Top video with great footage from camera lady as always.

  • @Spiderdan-59
    @Spiderdan-59 2 місяці тому +1

    2am and im up can't sleep forgot to take my meds🤷‍♂️ so waiting for them yo work , dave n camera lady my ornata is looking really nice now got its pokie marking on its abdomen now👍

  • @LadySayeh
    @LadySayeh Рік тому +3

    My goodness that was crazy intense...I was afraid she was gonna destroy it so you couldn't have it

  • @Godgotmealways
    @Godgotmealways Рік тому +2

    This one was a bit intensed wow she was like " oh no you don't 🤔😂😂😂

  • @nataliegriffin7727
    @nataliegriffin7727 Рік тому +3

    The sac drops and her good catches 😆

  • @lauriefulk3812
    @lauriefulk3812 Рік тому +5

    I saw one moving in that clump of eggs did you get that one. I love this video, I know Camera Lady wanted to get in there and do her thing. Good job Dave and Camera Lady.

  • @Joe-rm8rs
    @Joe-rm8rs Рік тому +3

    Great video Dave!! I don’t think she was having any part of you taking the kids she really put up some resistance! It’s wonderful that you were able to save as many as possible 4 years is a long journey my friend congrats on the success Dave!🎉 Camera lady great footage on the nursery pot the little ewls looked fabulous bravo! Hope to see some updates Dave and again thanks so much guys great stuff!😎🕷

  • @numajoff
    @numajoff Рік тому +3

    Great mother there . Bless her heart

  • @donald7953
    @donald7953 Рік тому +1

    good mornig 👍

  • @arroyalmist
    @arroyalmist Рік тому +2

    Would you be able to do an update on these eggs with legs in the future, I'm really excited to see how many survive, I'm sure in your care they could all survive but putting into consideration that there was that clump, I think it would be really cool to see them as slings not just eggs with legs 😍🕷️🕷️🕷️

    • @nikle2550
      @nikle2550 Рік тому +2

      The updates on these would be good short videos for him. We get a video and he gets short videos

  • @kellygrajek
    @kellygrajek Рік тому +3

    Out of all your egg sac pulls ive watched , I have never quite seen one like that. Wow she really put up a fight for that sack. That was epic!

    • @paulmurphy5244
      @paulmurphy5244 Рік тому +1

      Looks like a bunch of green grapes!
      Bet they don't taste as good though.😩

  • @paulschmidt1247
    @paulschmidt1247 Рік тому +2

    Epic video Dave, she was being a great momma.

  • @20PINKluvr
    @20PINKluvr Рік тому +3

    Mom didn't want to let go of the egg sac lol

  • @marie-louisesegerlov8625
    @marie-louisesegerlov8625 Рік тому +3

    Such a great mama 😍

  • @lost.in.scaradise
    @lost.in.scaradise 8 місяців тому +2

    One of my dream breeding projects (especially now that the sri lanken poecilotheria species are limited by law here in the states). I can't tell you how important these videos are to someone like myself. Thank you so much Dave and camera lady for all you do!

  • @herbiehopkins
    @herbiehopkins Рік тому +3

    I feel so bad for thier mum she really tried to protect them but I'm glad you took them because I think that mold would have done for all of them.

  • @niteowl9733
    @niteowl9733 Рік тому +2

    You need to get one if those pill kits with the mini scooper. Use a paint brush and the scooper so you don't risk popping an egg with the tweezers.

  • @mom2my3angels313
    @mom2my3angels313 Рік тому +1

    Yay! Babies! Great success at long last!

  • @mariestubbs4606
    @mariestubbs4606 Рік тому +1

    Great vid but Momma deffo didn't want to let go she was havin non of it, great camera work Camera Lady just glad there was some viable eggs inside ...

  • @DragonflyArtz1
    @DragonflyArtz1 Рік тому +3

    I was thinking like Camera Lady, that perhaps Momma didn't turn them enough. Or some died and created this mold. But you could have lost them all, had you waited any longer. Good call to pull it. Oh wait a minute...she had the egg sack right on top of the barrier on top of those clay pebbles. All sealed up may spread that mold pretty quickly. Maybe she needs a bit deeper enclosure. Or lose the pebbles...? Peace.

  • @sarahjames2991
    @sarahjames2991 Рік тому +4

    You popped a baby David !!! it was still moving at the end . Why didn't you put the mould ones on their own pot so it dosent spend in the humidity of the pot and to the other eggs with legs 🤔. Must admit this was the first one I found a bit distressing , poor mum didn't want to let go 😥 But I know it's part of the trade. As also great work camera lady .Hopefully they will all live .would like to see them later on as sling 🥰🥰

    • @daveslittlebeasties
      @daveslittlebeasties  Рік тому +1

      There’s enough room for them not to worry ❤

    • @a8converterman
      @a8converterman Рік тому

      @@daveslittlebeasties I think the concern was any residual mould on the survivors from the clump might spread (not spend) to the rest, hence giving them their own setup might have been a good option.

    • @nataliegriffin7727
      @nataliegriffin7727 Рік тому +1

      You can't leave bad eggs with healthy or the whole sac will be lost. It isn't a specific science as each sp is different but breeders hold their breaths during this time and try to replicate wild conditions as much as possible. It's always hit and miss most especially with poecilatheria. Dave did a great job collecting the ones he did

  • @elainebines6803
    @elainebines6803 Рік тому +3

    You saved alot of lives there. Yes, interesting about the sac. My theory is, maybe she wasn't rotating the sac? Just a thought 🤔

  • @miketheknife2
    @miketheknife2 Рік тому +2

    That was intense Dave, I don’t know how you stay so cool ! That girl didn’t want to give up her sac ! Your channel is better then the science channel on TV. Always great interesting videos !

  • @MOONOVERMIAMI
    @MOONOVERMIAMI Рік тому +3

    Hello great video information and egg sack removal Dave 🎃🎃

  • @elainebines6803
    @elainebines6803 Рік тому +2

    Camera lady thinks the same as me. Coz you mentioned in a roundabout way she has, at times been contankerous, I'm wondering if she thought, I know I have to keep turning sac but why should I? It's my way or the highway! 😉

  • @Chibiusz
    @Chibiusz Рік тому +2

    Beauty.
    I just came home and noticed that my ornata molted :) ❤️
    My favourite spider.

  • @jeannettefrye5086
    @jeannettefrye5086 Рік тому +2

    Awesome video!! I counted ten legs on the babies, and I don't remember seeing eggs with legs with a small spot like a gemstone, a horn? Really interesting. Thanks for making the old brain work on questions. Exquisite content, thank you!!

  • @bonniefranklin6097
    @bonniefranklin6097 Рік тому +2

    Well done.

  • @zachlake5897
    @zachlake5897 Рік тому +3

    You're the best Dave! Thanks for all you do, your work, your videos & contributions to the Beastie universe. Much love my guy

  • @melissadanielle629
    @melissadanielle629 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful spider ❤️ 💙 💜

  • @trooperwolfie
    @trooperwolfie Рік тому +1

    The first time you lifted the egg sack I shouted "yes"....quickly followed by "$h!t!" 🤣....I could really feel your frustration lol. By the way Dave....I'm still waiting for my psalmopeous victori video😉🤣

  • @Enishidono
    @Enishidono Рік тому +3

    You're a master at your craft, how long have you been doing this for? P.S. she is beautiful. P.P.S. I'm so jealous that you get to be the caretaker for all these wonderful spiders!

  • @shannieshan8481
    @shannieshan8481 Рік тому +3

    Always excited to see your videos 🥰

  • @mhomho1979
    @mhomho1979 Рік тому +1

    Another amazing job, just like the last egg sack a day or 2 later and you could have lost the lot. 👍

  • @robertherberg9595
    @robertherberg9595 Рік тому +3

    Reminds me of one of those crane games.

  • @spencergay8283
    @spencergay8283 Рік тому +2

    One of the best egg sac removals ever.

  • @V-skeptic
    @V-skeptic Рік тому +3

    what a fight. got a mild shock first time you dropped the sac. what a fighter T. maybe mum didn't turn the sac for a good while and the bottom eggs went bad under pressure and lack of movement.

  • @rosemiller417
    @rosemiller417 Рік тому +2

    What a Journey. Flinched when this large heavy Momma grabbed so tight and you they fell back 2 Times.
    I agree fully, it's very good you pulled. Think too she hasn't cared right for, didn't move then enough, so some suffocate, fell back on Development and the White, may is that Mold already.?.
    Can't take it bad for her as 1. Time Mother with such a really huge Sack.
    That Pair produced good.👍 and the pulling saved the Clutch, i'm sure.
    Given the Chance big Girl will do even better next Time, I'm sure.❤

  • @graemewright2046
    @graemewright2046 Рік тому +2

    there is a success there PROFF, but hopefully SUBSCRIBER can give some information to you on the egg sack. some great work from the mother fighting you HA HA HA. camera lady -some great footage that you caught. many thanks guys and take care

  • @catherinehubbard1167
    @catherinehubbard1167 Рік тому +8

    That looks like a fungal infection, with mycelia (the threads of the spreading fungus surrounding some of the nymphs and sonsolidating into a mass). If the wood had fungus, and if it was rotting it surely did, its mycelia could penetrate the silk of the mother’s silk tube. Spores and conidia (asexual spores) could also come into the nest attached to the mother’s feet or elsewhere on her body. Maybe only a few species of the fungus in your wood collection are harmful to spider nymphs, since most of the time things seem to go well. I do recall one of your videos in which the egg mass was hard and cohered, suggesting fungus there too. Fungus would be helped by high humidity, so I am wondering: are the enclosures with the most problems with infected egg sacs are among the most humid?

    • @daveslittlebeasties
      @daveslittlebeasties  Рік тому +1

      Thats an interesting theory I dont think its fungus ? as some of the dry enclosure have had similar results over the years , I personally believe it to be down to infertility in the sacs with hard eggs masses as for the nymphs thats the first one we had seen like that and I think again that came from bad eggs ?

    • @catherinehubbard1167
      @catherinehubbard1167 Рік тому +2

      @@daveslittlebeasties : it would be interesting to be able to look at mysterious things like that under a microscope. A low-power or dissecting one ought to be enough to learn something. If it’s fungus, you should be able to see the mycelial threads. In a perfect world, you’d have a microscope and have fun with it. Whatever the cause of your spider sac disease, I hope it stops. Thanks for taking the time to reply to several of my comments!

    • @katehodges1296
      @katehodges1296 Рік тому +1

      I’m a gardener and fungus/mushrooms love rotting wood. As soon as we have dead wood we get mushrooms. I know you like foraging for wood wild but you could be bringing home existing fungal mycelium already well established in the wood. It will send mycelium filaments through the wood and maybe into the egg sac if its touching? You could consider experimenting with wild wood versus something commercially dried and sterilized if such a thing exists. Just a thought

  • @SergeiMosin
    @SergeiMosin Рік тому +2

    I would be exceedingly careful with the ones you pulled from the clump. If that IS a mold, it's likely to have left spores on the ones pulled out of it, and may end up spreading to the other viable eggs in the nursery pot. Of course, there's always a chance the mold spores are already on all the eggs, so this may be a moot point to raise, but I would still recommend isolating the ones from the mold clump in the name of safety.

  • @alexbrueton8503
    @alexbrueton8503 Рік тому +2

    Love to see the updates of them growing. Keep up the good work!