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For those of you sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for the news, I can happily report that the egg sac of Ijams' on-exhibit black widow spider, Messalina, has hatched.
See: awaiting Messalina's progeny.
I removed the egg sac from "Mom" on Wednesday, July 4 and took it home to observe. It has been in a jar with a tight-fitting lid on my front porch since. I open the jar to air it out daily, misting it as the need arises. Then last Friday, after only 23 days, the spiderlings began to emerge. So far it appears to be roughly 150.
The spiderlings were a big hit last Saturday for Show & Tell at the front desk of the nature center. And now, one week after they emerged from their egg sac, the young ones are doing well. Although there's an eerie silence inside the jar.
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I removed the egg sac from "Mom" on Wednesday, July 4 and took it home to observe. It has been in a jar with a tight-fitting lid on my front porch since. I open the jar to air it out daily, misting it as the need arises. Then last Friday, after only 23 days, the spiderlings began to emerge. So far it appears to be roughly 150.
The spiderlings were a big hit last Saturday for Show & Tell at the front desk of the nature center. And now, one week after they emerged from their egg sac, the young ones are doing well. Although there's an eerie silence inside the jar.
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| Mother and youngsters in separate containers |
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