L. hesperus -- how long from mating to eggsacs?

So I cohabited my pair of widows for about a day and a half before I found a male-shaped ball of silk by the female. He didn't have the black body that I'd seen in pictures of MM of this species, but his palps were dark, which I understood to indicate that he was mature enough to mate.

Since I didn't see it happen, how long will it be before I know nothing happened and shouldn't expect a sac? I have one more male I can fall back on if I need to, but he's definitely immature still.

*Connie* wrote:

Or did he get killed?

That would be the "male-shaped ball of silk" I was referring to.

Since I didn't see anything, I was wondering how long it takes for a female to start dropping sacs (or rather, by what time I'll know if anything happened or not).

what about ras? he could probably tell you.

well...to me your question is like asking how long is a piece of string hehehe. I dont know spiders.
But I would think a few weeks to show signs maybe?

but to be sure...I would add another for good measure maybe next week and watch her reaction
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Chances are if she an adult W/C shes already gravid, I have a female that I raised and mated once and shes had 6 or 7 sacs already. If I remember correctly it was under a month from mating till egg-sac and then a couple more weeks till the explosion happens.. (Alot of babies running around)

She molted a week after I brought her home, so I wasn't sure if she was too fertile. I originally thought she'd just had a sac when I caught her because she was so skinny and there were slings everywhere.

I should mention that I caught her in the last week of June -- I would have expected sacs by now if she had been gravid.

i don't know how long til she will drop a sac. But i will tell ya this about my Brown Widow, after i have collected her, she dropped a sac 2 weeks later ( or somewhere around that time frame ). And after a week later, she dropped out another sac, there wasn't a male in there with her ( this is new to me). I would say that sac hatched out sometime around a week and a half or lil bit longer.

True spiders are known for dropping out a bunch of sacs without having to mate multiple times -- I have a friend whose widow is on sac #12, so I know to expect a lot. I'm just wondering when.

now that is definately a new one on me to know
very interesting