Widow slings

As per everyone's other request . . .

Here's a couple of the slings that Eddy sent me:






One of the brown widow slings from the eggsac he sent:




And, just for fun, a sling from one of my friends' sacs:

Oh wow it's so much easier to see them like that than it is with my own eyes. These guys are tiny.
-Eddy

Almost forgot . . .

Thats so cool I want a few of those labels

Well, in that case, click here.

You can tell that I cut it in half after printing it.

sweetness.

aww. they're so small!

thanks for shring those pix, just awesome of how lil they are

what do you feed them, pinheads or fruitflies

i see those brown widows here all the time aroung my water well shed
and of course those usual black widows

like those cubes and outstanding labels

I don't have pinheads or fruitflies -- I just headcrushed a first instar B. dubia.

The cubes are actually microscope slide boxes. Works great for slings.

I let them canabalize...

IHeartMantids wrote:

I don't have pinheads or fruitflies -- I just headcrushed a first instar B. dubia.

The cubes are actually microscope slide boxes. Works great for slings.

would like to have a few of those

The slide boxes? A buddy of mine and Lori's from AB works in a vet diagnostics lab and gets her hands on all sorts of goodies. I can ask her if she knows where to find some more.

thanks, i appreciate that

hmm those brown widow sacks I was gonna sent you turned up and I found an adult in my front yard today (THATS RARE FOR WHERE I LIVE). The eggsack hatched and I probably only have 20 out of 1000 that are still alive.
-Eddy

Cool. You should see if you can get a male out of that and breed them.

just learned something new today, didn't know the widows have up to a 1000 slings, glad i am not breeding these

That's why you leave each sac in its own container sealed with nylon. After a while you'll be left with a much more manageable number of slings.

anyone knows where to get one of these? (please don't say catch one coz there's nothing in my area..lmao)
btw im from philippines..here's my email if you have one and willing to ship..btw brown widow is good but black is much better..

i wan one too ... any kind soul that is able to sent me one ?

hey lester where you from, really..malay? sing? or US?

Captain, that's something that you could start a fresh thread for. This one's a year and a half old.

yeah, i will..just though the ones posted in here will be informed..

captain popoy wrote:

hey lester where you from, really..malay? sing? or US?

malaysia work in sg and freq travel to US

I have a Black Widow and I looking for some care for the slings. I found her about a month ago. Very thin and no male present. I fed her crickets, meal worms. Once she got full she deposited an egg sac. I want to know where to get info on caring for them., before they hatch.

Thanks!!!