I love watching orb weavers make their webs! Those strands in front of and behind her spiral web are guard strands that seem to be unique to Nephila! She'll add prey carcasses and other random bits to those strands, which are thought to help protect her and her main web from birds, other predators, and maybe windblown leaves and stuff. I'm super excited to see how this enclosure develops, especially with all the wild spiders in there, too!!
I have about 14 of these female Nephila in my back garden ^^ (Im from South Africa btw) and I have watched the generations of them grow for about 5 years now ^^ the males tend to hang around in the females web until she is ready to breed. Then they all try their luck until they get eaten one by one XD poor little buggers. She then lays one or two beautiful golden egg sacks and so it goes on. The great circle of life
So, so interesting, seeing her working on her web, eating, love that! Andthe resolution of your videos is crystal clear! Thanks so much! High point of Mondays is getting this notification!
Bro these videos are great the slow mo and the music and the style of the video I haven’t watched your videos in a couple months but it look even better now
I just wanted to post this. When I started watching you I was absolutely scared to death but after some time I got over it and bought my first tarantula Cindy. A time later I bought my second one shorty. Almost 2 months ago he closed himself off completely and he had his molt.. but unfortunately i found out today that he didn't make it. I've had him for 4 months now and I am very upset and unsure what I did wrong. Shorty was a champ, he ate amazing and always was very active. He was a young male. I thank you for taking me into this beautiful world of tarantulas ♥️
So, from my own experience, orb weavers do the unregular webs when there is not enough place or - and I am not sure - when they are expecting to make an egg sack. Other than that, rest of the spiders are: Tegenaria silvestris - funnel like web, two unknown Theridiidae.
I was thinking it was 'danger detectors'. Basically, to detect an incoming predator to give it a few extra milliseconds to dodge. Since it seems to have worse eyesight than the typical spider.
Omg i love nephilias! This is the spider that stopped me from fearing them. When i was a kid i was invited to enter inside a giant terrarium to see it upclose, it was gorgeous to look at! Of course the step was a difficult leap of faith to do, but i never feared spiders ever since. It's a really great memory to me ^^
I actually did a mini experiment in grad school where I removed the "auxiliary webs" from in front of and behind wild Nephila spider webs to see if they do (as has been suggested) protect the web from damage. My data was really limited (we only had a few days in the rainforest and then there were a few other confounding factors.) but preliminarily did support my hypothesis. There were other theories about what the "auxiliary webs" are for, too, that I don't remember off the top of my head. But they totally fascinated me!
When you were zoomed in on her, I noticed that on her back legs, the hairs look like feathers. Very nice! Thanks Petko! Hope all is well with you and your family. 💛
I have about 14 of these female Nephila in my back garden ^^ (Im from South Africa btw) and I have watched the generations of them grow for about 5 years now ^^ the males tend to hang around in the females web until she is ready to breed. Then they all try their luck until they get eaten one by one XD poor little buggers. She then lays one or two beautiful golden egg sacks and so it goes on. The great circle of life
I love your videos and how they have given me new perspective and joy from creatures I never could have thought I would enjoy. Thank you for sharing your passion
Argiope species usually feed on wasps and bees, especially Argiope bruennichi (famous wasp spider); that is why they create these unusual patterns on their webs, to confuse them (influence on their vision memory). When you tried to give her a roach, she in some cases actually got scared and responded how she would with predator: excessive webbing and shaking her web. And she dropped it because it is 2 big 4 her, they cant eat that much larger pray in scale as tarantulas can. They usually dont eat roaches, they roam on the ground in most cases, and Argiopes build their webs on higher ground to catch flying insects. Congrats on Nephilas :)
Very cool. I wonder if some of the babies are just hidden really well or escaped and you will start finding them as they grow bigger. I just hope there's no way for any of those species to hurt or kill any of your beautiful Ts. Great video Petko xx
She’s so beautiful 😍 I’m so happy for you, that you finally got a pair! And the correct ones this time lol 😆 How is the newborn life going? Is she letting you guys get any sleep yet? They grow up so fast! My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter moved in with me at the beginning of December and I can’t believe how fast my granddaughter has grown, she’s 4.5 months old. I bet your daughter is going to enjoy the Dark Den as much as you do!
I live in Australia and had a huge Golden Orb-weaver Trichonephila edulis communal web a while ago with one large one and many smaller ones. I wished I could catch, package and send them out to you but we're not allowed to export from Australia to other countries which is such a shame because most people just kill them in their yards. It was very frustrating to see you looking for communal orb weavers and I had multiple communal webs in my yard. I'm so glad you finally found yourself the spider you've been looking for.
I spend a ton of time lately watching your videos, I think you are the most entertaining of all the people I have seen. I don't own any of these kinds of animals myself, but I find them extremely interesting and your channel has allowed me to both learn a lot about them, and experience how cool they are. Your accent is actually really cool too by the way. Really enjoy your channel. You are one of the few channels I have subscribed with the full bell notification turned on.
The spider with carpet like web could possibly be some Tegenaria species, given the patterned legs. Definitely member of Agelenidae family. The other spider you said is completely black may be Steatoda species.
Hm. This spider looks a lot like the juvenile golden orb weavers we have in Korea aka the East Asian Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata). It was the red marking on the tip of her abdomen and irregular web that look very similar. Trichonephila clavata also spin these massive irregular orb webs as well; I’ve seen them even intersecting with neighboring spiders, almost making this massive communal web. They call them banana spiders over here for their bright yellow abdomen once they reach adulthood(not to be confused with the wandering spider).
My advice for breeding them is to give the female a bit of food to focus on. That always seemed to help with the nephilids I kept. Also, from the nephila I have seen here in Japan, it isn't all the time, but it is also not unusual to see a multi-layered web.
POV The roach: Hey guys whats that big thing picking me up! Ahhhh! Not the spider please! Nnnnnnooooo! POV The Spider: Yes food is raining from the sky!
What is in the enclosure that is small enough for the baby spiders to eat?? Isopods?? I think you mentioned flies but is there enough of them to keep a lot of babies alive?? I obviously do not keep spiders as pets so I’m just curious.
maybe you dont have enough small flies in your enclosement ... those tiny cups need to have a constant supplie of food ... doing that again you should start a fruit fly swarm inside. Its also easy to sustain like coakroaches
Interesting, you have a sheetweb spider in the bottom of that enclosure. They are really interesting spiders and they don't make a sticky web - hence why the roach can just walk over it.
Just be careful if there are any spider species in the latrodectus (widow spider) genus or any closely related as they can catch other insects and spiders many times their size and aren't afraid to tackle large prey.
Are there species of orb weavers that grow much larger then that? Cause it looks just like these spiders that would make their webs on traffic signs but they were huge. Like every one was too scared of them to do something about it huge.
Just wanted to say that this is an ex Nephila species. Majority of the genus got moved to Trichonephila few years back. So this is Trichonephila fenestrata.
@@TheDarkDen even small spiders can be dangerous for nephila! Even with adult females, Pholcidae can still be a risk! I've had to find that out myself! 😑
Well I've had Nephilas loose in the room and even lost juvenile females to Pholcidae. The size does not necessarily reflect the place in the food chain!
HEY , YOU SHOULD DO MORE FEEDING CLIPS OF THE SPIDER WHO DIDNT WANNA EAT YOUR ROACH , I THINK IT IS A SORT HOUSESPIDER AND I LOVE THEM, OR YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFERENT ENCLOSURE WITH THIS SPIDER!!!!
Check out Clints Reptiles, he made videos about "alternatives" to Green Tree monitors, Green Keel-Bellied Lizards and Emerald Tree Skinks. If you cant find a Monitor, maybe one of these two species could be more available?
I love watching orb weavers make their webs! Those strands in front of and behind her spiral web are guard strands that seem to be unique to Nephila! She'll add prey carcasses and other random bits to those strands, which are thought to help protect her and her main web from birds, other predators, and maybe windblown leaves and stuff. I'm super excited to see how this enclosure develops, especially with all the wild spiders in there, too!!
I have about 14 of these female Nephila in my back garden ^^ (Im from South Africa btw) and I have watched the generations of them grow for about 5 years now ^^ the males tend to hang around in the females web until she is ready to breed. Then they all try their luck until they get eaten one by one XD poor little buggers. She then lays one or two beautiful golden egg sacks and so it goes on. The great circle of life
"Why are the spiders always hiding in the darkness!?" ponders the owner of The DARK Den.
Lol
ha ha, indeed xD
Time lapse sequence ‘3D printing of web haha’… so funny petko that is what it’s called from now on. Can’t wait to see that new slow motion camera 👊🏻
The wife and I miss one of your sayings. You used to say "What are you doing? What is your plan?". We love that!
So, so interesting, seeing her working on her web, eating, love that! Andthe resolution of your videos is crystal clear!
Thanks so much! High point of Mondays is getting this notification!
just the casually petko:
"It looks like a black widow" ... *poke * *poke *
Bro these videos are great the slow mo and the music and the style of the video I haven’t watched your videos in a couple months but it look even better now
yayyy congrats on finally winning the long journey of getting a true nephila for that beautiful inclosure Petko :P
So fascinating how she clears out the web from the former argiope spider to make her own
I love that enclosure. An absolute insect paradise.
I just wanted to post this. When I started watching you I was absolutely scared to death but after some time I got over it and bought my first tarantula Cindy. A time later I bought my second one shorty. Almost 2 months ago he closed himself off completely and he had his molt.. but unfortunately i found out today that he didn't make it. I've had him for 4 months now and I am very upset and unsure what I did wrong. Shorty was a champ, he ate amazing and always was very active. He was a young male. I thank you for taking me into this beautiful world of tarantulas ♥️
Nephila after eating her roach, "Mmm, good dinner, but I wish there was a little bit more." Spots the leg from the other roach, "Oooh, drumstick!"
So, from my own experience, orb weavers do the unregular webs when there is not enough place or - and I am not sure - when they are expecting to make an egg sack.
Other than that, rest of the spiders are: Tegenaria silvestris - funnel like web, two unknown Theridiidae.
I was thinking it was 'danger detectors'. Basically, to detect an incoming predator to give it a few extra milliseconds to dodge. Since it seems to have worse eyesight than the typical spider.
Omg i love nephilias! This is the spider that stopped me from fearing them. When i was a kid i was invited to enter inside a giant terrarium to see it upclose, it was gorgeous to look at! Of course the step was a difficult leap of faith to do, but i never feared spiders ever since. It's a really great memory to me ^^
I actually did a mini experiment in grad school where I removed the "auxiliary webs" from in front of and behind wild Nephila spider webs to see if they do (as has been suggested) protect the web from damage. My data was really limited (we only had a few days in the rainforest and then there were a few other confounding factors.) but preliminarily did support my hypothesis. There were other theories about what the "auxiliary webs" are for, too, that I don't remember off the top of my head. But they totally fascinated me!
That's so cool! What a great opportunity, to be able to go out and do that kind of research in the field!
What a marvelous opportunity for everyone.
When you were zoomed in on her, I noticed that on her back legs, the hairs look like feathers. Very nice! Thanks Petko! Hope all is well with you and your family. 💛
I have about 14 of these female Nephila in my back garden ^^ (Im from South Africa btw) and I have watched the generations of them grow for about 5 years now ^^ the males tend to hang around in the females web until she is ready to breed. Then they all try their luck until they get eaten one by one XD poor little buggers. She then lays one or two beautiful golden egg sacks and so it goes on. The great circle of life
They absolutely love bees btw. when they are fully grown obviously
Woooow man!!!
Such a NICE content! That time-lapse of her eating the roach was AMAZING!
Thanks for your work Petko! ^^
I love your videos and how they have given me new perspective and joy from creatures I never could have thought I would enjoy. Thank you for sharing your passion
Argiope species usually feed on wasps and bees, especially Argiope bruennichi (famous wasp spider); that is why they create these unusual patterns on their webs, to confuse them (influence on their vision memory). When you tried to give her a roach, she in some cases actually got scared and responded how she would with predator: excessive webbing and shaking her web. And she dropped it because it is 2 big 4 her, they cant eat that much larger pray in scale as tarantulas can. They usually dont eat roaches, they roam on the ground in most cases, and Argiopes build their webs on higher ground to catch flying insects.
Congrats on Nephilas :)
he should already know that, but again makes mistakes being not informed properly ^^
It's so cool seeing someone so hyped about a spider that I get to see everywhere all the time and it's awesome cousins the golden orb.
Cool photobomb at 16:41 from a cute reptile above you 🦎😁
Love the thumbnail by the way, great pic. Super funny too, your facial expression is hilarious. Totally spot on. Lol
Very cool. I wonder if some of the babies are just hidden really well or escaped and you will start finding them as they grow bigger. I just hope there's no way for any of those species to hurt or kill any of your beautiful Ts. Great video Petko xx
She’s so beautiful 😍 I’m so happy for you, that you finally got a pair! And the correct ones this time lol 😆 How is the newborn life going? Is she letting you guys get any sleep yet? They grow up so fast! My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter moved in with me at the beginning of December and I can’t believe how fast my granddaughter has grown, she’s 4.5 months old. I bet your daughter is going to enjoy the Dark Den as much as you do!
Fascinating! Thanks For showing these things in slow motion.
I thank u for sharing your videos with the world and u also give us knowledge about animals thanks again my friend
I live in Australia and had a huge Golden Orb-weaver Trichonephila edulis communal web a while ago with one large one and many smaller ones. I wished I could catch, package and send them out to you but we're not allowed to export from Australia to other countries which is such a shame because most people just kill them in their yards. It was very frustrating to see you looking for communal orb weavers and I had multiple communal webs in my yard. I'm so glad you finally found yourself the spider you've been looking for.
that would be an awesome thing to get and observe, yeah!
Regardless of what you put inside... that enclosure is amazing!
I spend a ton of time lately watching your videos, I think you are the most entertaining of all the people I have seen. I don't own any of these kinds of animals myself, but I find them extremely interesting and your channel has allowed me to both learn a lot about them, and experience how cool they are. Your accent is actually really cool too by the way. Really enjoy your channel. You are one of the few channels I have subscribed with the full bell notification turned on.
Ha ha ,she drank up her meal like a capri
Sun drink!!!! Pineapple and roach!!!!
👌👌👌👌
Happy Nephila day for you Petko!
Watching this video after work. Hello from Australia. Love your videos Petko
How cool she made the meal to go 😁🤘
"let me do some pokeing around... It might be a black widow"
"continuous to finger enclosure"
Plz never change ♥️♥️
Cool stuff Petko! Nice haircut too!
Are there any food for the babies? Fruit fly?
I just discovered a big female Nephila senegalensis in my garden here in South Africa. She has a huge web!
The spider with carpet like web could possibly be some Tegenaria species, given the patterned legs. Definitely member of Agelenidae family. The other spider you said is completely black may be Steatoda species.
Hm. This spider looks a lot like the juvenile golden orb weavers we have in Korea aka the East Asian Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata). It was the red marking on the tip of her abdomen and irregular web that look very similar. Trichonephila clavata also spin these massive irregular orb webs as well; I’ve seen them even intersecting with neighboring spiders, almost making this massive communal web. They call them banana spiders over here for their bright yellow abdomen once they reach adulthood(not to be confused with the wandering spider).
My advice for breeding them is to give the female a bit of food to focus on. That always seemed to help with the nephilids I kept. Also, from the nephila I have seen here in Japan, it isn't all the time, but it is also not unusual to see a multi-layered web.
I love this enclosure. I think you should keep adding different insects and create an ecosystem.
wow! that is by far the best time lapse ive seen in a long time and its actually somethinm interesting keep it up!
I'm so jealous of all the cool critters you have😭
8:30 could it be a Steatoda sp.? Let us know if you manage to spot it, I'm curious
Some absolutely awesome clips here! Thank you!
Wahoo , new dark den . Always a good day when you upload a new vid .
POV The roach: Hey guys whats that big thing picking me up! Ahhhh! Not the spider please! Nnnnnnooooo!
POV The Spider: Yes food is raining from the sky!
What is in the enclosure that is small enough for the baby spiders to eat?? Isopods?? I think you mentioned flies but is there enough of them to keep a lot of babies alive?? I obviously do not keep spiders as pets so I’m just curious.
I'm wondering the same.
without feeding them like every breed needs they die, yes
Can't wait to see more feeding clips from that spider!
maybe you dont have enough small flies in your enclosement ... those tiny cups need to have a constant supplie of food ... doing that again you should start a fruit fly swarm inside. Its also easy to sustain like coakroaches
destroy each web write down where each is then check it in 24-48 hours and get a good count. probably alot ore in there than you think. great video!
So funny she went and scavenge the leg after the main course of roach shake
Just come Miami or almost any part of FL. You’ll be happy hunting them, they are everywhere
Interesting, you have a sheetweb spider in the bottom of that enclosure. They are really interesting spiders and they don't make a sticky web - hence why the roach can just walk over it.
Wonderful content so interesting and nobody else does that!
haha you look so happy on the thumbnail
Awesome dark den one thing dark den if there is a black widow spider in that enclosure be careful as black widow spiders are deadly
Just be careful if there are any spider species in the latrodectus (widow spider) genus or any closely related as they can catch other insects and spiders many times their size and aren't afraid to tackle large prey.
My bad. striped bark scorpion Southeast Texas style. not as totally toxic as Arizona 🦂
Love your content as always
Thank you for this super interesting video 👌🏻
I used to think isopods were filthy little things now I see they are actually earths little clean up crew.
Are there species of orb weavers that grow much larger then that? Cause it looks just like these spiders that would make their webs on traffic signs but they were huge. Like every one was too scared of them to do something about it huge.
Just wanted to say that this is an ex Nephila species. Majority of the genus got moved to Trichonephila few years back.
So this is Trichonephila fenestrata.
the web the roach was walking on was not sticky. those kind of webs are made like velcro and only catch hairy insects.
Wow That is so darn cool you always catch great footage for sure love it thanks so much it almost look like a golden orb spider as it yellow and big..
Thank you for this video!
Your new spider is super cool!!!
Great video, bravo!
Should definitely still try n get the lizard u want for this enclosure
I love watching all of your videos
Funny thing is that's how it goes 1, 2 or 3 Out of thousands
What a smashing spider cant wait for follow ups on her ...
Love the bermudia Bloom right there
I like that enclosure
Orb weavers are so rad!
Is it weird that I'm creeped out by spiders yet I just found this channel and I love it?!?
Thank you.
U seriously have me hooked on spiders now
What a beauty, I am so glad for you.
ou jee, , new haircut :) - thumb up comrade. Hvala for a new interesting video. Hope everything goes well.
Question could any other animals go with the new spider in that awesome enclosure be it reptile or arachnid
Love the synth music when she was making her web. What’s the music from?
Such a cool spider, love their colors and webs can't wait to see it web it all up!
Great video! But I think keeping her with (probably) Tegenaria is very risky. This can fail!
why?
@@TheDarkDen even small spiders can be dangerous for nephila! Even with adult females, Pholcidae can still be a risk!
I've had to find that out myself! 😑
Well I've had Nephilas loose in the room and even lost juvenile females to Pholcidae. The size does not necessarily reflect the place in the food chain!
@@Gabber3490 Correct!
he will soon find out
HEY , YOU SHOULD DO MORE FEEDING CLIPS OF THE SPIDER WHO DIDNT WANNA EAT YOUR ROACH , I THINK IT IS A SORT HOUSESPIDER AND I LOVE THEM, OR YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFERENT ENCLOSURE WITH THIS SPIDER!!!!
All these badass killer spiders, then his hamster THEN BACK TO THE KILLERS
love it petco!!
Love your videos petko.
Regarding the left over roach leg. "Waste not, want not."
Love that tank it's amazing
Congratulations I am so jealous 😭
Great video… and what an interesting spider!!!!
Beautiful inclosures
Congrats for the new spider Petko what did you name it
Check out Clints Reptiles, he made videos about "alternatives" to Green Tree monitors, Green Keel-Bellied Lizards and Emerald Tree Skinks.
If you cant find a Monitor, maybe one of these two species could be more available?
awesome video as always!
Spider experts: what type of spiders do you think inhabited the enclosure?
She ate the roach like tempura.
Lightly battered.
Err, Webbed.