Venom
Centruroides suffusus
Number of posts : 2834
Age : 2020
Location : Chicago
Registration date : 2008-02-05
 | | Subject: Would you consider them gravid? 2/26/2008, 8:50 pm | |
|    One just had a brood, but it still looks inflated. Compared to the male, they're all fat.  So why is the recent mother fat again? | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Would you consider them gravid? 2/26/2008, 10:21 pm | |
| It's possible that they're gravid -- some females double-clutch, but it's also possible she ate a lot when you weren't looking. | |
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*Connie*
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705
Age : 40
Location : England
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Would you consider them gravid? 2/27/2008, 12:50 pm | |
| I would say she had given birth to one brood and has another inside.
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redknee
Tityus
Number of posts : 662
Age : 48
Location : Sw. Georgia, Home of the Hentzi King and the C. hentzi army
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Would you consider them gravid? 2/27/2008, 1:17 pm | |
| definately a fat female
their different reason for her being fat.
all the possiblities were already mentioned
they do look extremely healthy even the male | |
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