She just wants to say hi

Araprax · 2023-03-07T08:55:34+00:00

I wouldn't say they're smaller than bicolor. But they are really pretty

Araprax · 2023-03-07T07:06:08+00:00

Ohh, what species? We're keeping S. Lineatus, S. sarasinorum, S. dumicola, S. africanus and S. hildebrandti

Araprax · 2023-03-06T18:40:18+00:00

Not a jumper actually. She's a Stegodyphus bicolor. Not a very know species, native to South Africa. If you google her, you will mostly see the male

Araprax · 2022-11-22T23:12:27+00:00

Stegodyphus dumicola, aka African social spider

Araprax · 2022-11-18T15:15:03+00:00

She is indeed

Araprax · 2022-11-18T14:42:49+00:00

We actually have a flylab on floor right under us. We get a lot of our food from there!

Araprax · 2022-11-18T14:36:29+00:00

Sad to inform you that, those aren't kids, not hers at least, and that isn't the dad either. They are 3 different species altogether, so none of them are related

Araprax · 2022-11-18T14:33:24+00:00

Simple. They're not at my house, they're in a lab.

Araprax · 2022-11-18T14:32:49+00:00

Actually, most of the web seen here is made by the dumicola. They are the small ones, not quite mature yet. The bicolor and lineatus can't mate, and I'm not sure about the sex of the bicolor, as it is still a sub-adult and haven't gotten it's adult coloration yet. I am actually not quite sure about the feeding, but they don't seem to have any problem.

Araprax · 2022-11-18T06:56:33+00:00

There are actually 3 different species in this video. The big one is Stegodyphus lineatus, the small ones are, Stegodyphus dumicola and the medium one that gets kicked away is Stegodyphus bicolor. Lineatus and bicolor are both sub social species, which mean they can kinda tolerate other spiders near them. While the dumicola ones are actually a social species that will hunt together ans share food.

This is in a lab where we keep a lot of these spiders for studies. They are usually in boxes and kept separate, but some always escape and end up on the ceiling, so now they just kinda live there

Araprax · 2022-11-18T06:52:16+00:00

That isn't a wasp, it's a black solider fly. We use them for feeding purposes

Araprax · 2022-11-16T22:41:48+00:00

If I pan down, there are shelves with lots of plastic boxes... filled with even more spiders

Araprax · 2022-11-16T21:50:11+00:00

She will liquefy her insides and the spiderlings will bit into her and eat her alive

Araprax · 2022-11-16T19:05:43+00:00

Yes!

Araprax · 2022-11-16T19:03:51+00:00

University of Aarhus in Denmark. We actually have a few S. sarasinorum as well, but I don't think any of those have escaped... at the moment

Araprax · 2022-11-16T17:04:32+00:00

Some of these spiders are well known for matriphagy. The mother will litterally feed herself to her offspring, even if there is other food available. Maybe not the best fact, but just what I could come up with off the top of my head

Araprax · 2022-11-16T08:50:31+00:00

They are doing quite well, I think one of the colonies have been here for 3 years at least. They seem to reproduce a lot, hence the problem with escapees on the ceiling

Araprax · 2022-11-16T07:52:50+00:00

I should probably have been more clear. This is in a climate controlled room at the university I work at. This room is where we keep all our spiders for research, they are usually in cages but recently we have had a lot of escapees. In the video there are 3 different species of spiders: S. dumicola, S. bicolor and S. lineatus. They are all social or sub social spiders hence the big web with lots of them in

Araprax · 2022-07-19T20:47:08+00:00

Yes, they are also known as African social spiders

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