Deroplatys dessicata

[daermon1000]

I paired my two up this morning, the male hopped straight on around 8:30am but did not connect until around 11:00am, he is still connected as I write this post (21:20pm).

Him as he hopped on

Connected

Thanks for Lookin

John

 

[Rick]

Good job.

 

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[SIZE=14pt]wow cool man[/SIZE]

 

[hibiscusmile]

Nice pair!

 

[hibiscusmile]

I have babies of them now, any tips on keeping and breeding them? Is this your first generation?

 

[Opivy]

love them! Really hope to own a few in the future. BTW yours look awesome

 

[daermon1000]

I have babies of them now, any tips on keeping and breeding them? Is this your first generation?

Yes these are a pair I bought at our British Tarantula Society show back in may from a french breeder, I got them at 3rd instar and have kept them first in 1/2 pint pots then pint pots then sweet jars now the female has a large net cage they were misted every other day and kept at between 70*f and 75*f, feed on mostly flying food ie Fruit fly then green bottle's then blue bottles, although the female wont eat them now she takes 5th instar locusts for preference.

I have found these a real easy sp to rear and the breeding went like a dream yesterday no prpblems apart from the males over enthusiasm, had to wait 10 and a half hours for him to finish so I could take him back to his own enclosure safly.

These are a real favourite with me and I hope to keep quite a few of the resulting offspring for a good second gen.

Thanks for all your kind comments

John

 

[Katnapper]

Nice pic and tips to go along with. I enjoyed reading and looking, and wish you the very best in breeding these!

 

[daermon1000]

Got home from work today to find this:-

Am so happy, I wanted to breed these for ages, any tips on incubation for this sp would be great.

Cheers

John

 

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[SIZE=14pt]coolnes man, you know what I think is odd that the leaf shield/pronotum it isn't hard it's soft I thought it would be hard.[/SIZE]

I hope all mine D.D. hatch soon.

 

[MantidLord]

Congrats! Um, who was that in the very first pic? lol

 

[daermon1000]

[SIZE=14pt]coolnes man, you know what I think is odd that the leaf shield/pronotum it isn't hard it's soft I thought it would be hard.[/SIZE]I hope all mine D.D. hatch soon.

Hope yours hatch soon too, I noticed that the females shield is to protecting the males head during mating, its to stop the female seeing the male on her back, my male had is head tucked into the females shield all through the mating process, also known as keeping your head down lol.

Cheers

John

 

[daermon1000]

Congrats! Um, who was that in the very first pic? lol

The mantid pics or my sig?

The mantid pics the top one is the pair just met?

Cheers

John

 

[MantidLord]

The mantid pics or my sig?The mantid pics the top one is the pair just met?

Cheers

John

I mean the hair on the very first pic. Maybe my eyes have gone crazy but it looks like the top of someone's head.

 

[Emile.Wilson]

I see that too Mantidlord, but its not a person, take a closer look.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I thought it was his wifes head :} too! and that is funny, everyone DUCK! INCOMING teeth!

 

[MantidLord]

I thought it was his wifes head :} too! and that is funny, everyone DUCK! INCOMING teeth!

:lol: :lol: Yeah that's what I thought.

@Emile: yeah okay, I see that it isn't hair, it looks like some type of net or something.

 

[daermon1000]

:lol: :lol: Yeah that's what I thought. @Emile: yeah okay, I see that it isn't hair, it looks like some type of net or something.

LMAO its black netting on a white curtain netting for mantid cages, the other half is Blond lol. Started the wrong type of disussion off topic rofl.

John