Galeodes deserti

[psyconiko]

 

[Malti]

thats a beautiful evil little beast...

 

[psyconiko]

They are funny to watch,they carry little rocks with their beaks and put them aside....I LOVE them!(I have 2)

 

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Neat!

 

[hibiscusmile]

:huh: interesting!

 

[Peter Clausen]

Carry rocks? Don't forget pulverize crickets!

By coincidence, I took this video yesterday:

 

[psyconiko]

Very nice!Is it native to the USA?

 

[Malti]

Very nice!Is it native to the USA?

I know its found in Afghanistan/Iraq as most soldiers use it as a "plaything"...

are they breedable in captivity?

 

[psyconiko]

There is more than a thounsand species of Solifugae.

You could even find some small ones in the Mediterranean area.

But I have heard that the ones from the desert are almost impossible to breed,but I do not have lots of infos about it.

 

[Peter Clausen]

Mine is from Arizona, USA. They have only bred in captivity a few times, but as far as I know nobody has reproduced more than one generation of our Eremobates spp. in captivity. The one in my video is huge by USA standards at 3 inches (7.5cm).

 

[dragon]

Solifugids are incredibly cool! Unfortunate that, as Peter mentioned, captive breeding has not proven very successful. As I understand it, WC specimens have not lived long in captivity. But whether that is due to improper husbandry or something else is still speculated.

 

[psyconiko]

It molted a week ago.

It took it 2 weeks to molt!!!!I thought it was dead or mismolted.But it seems very well.

I put it in a pretty large terra half desert sand half dirt.

35°C to 40°C during the day 40% humidity(cannot go lower unless I plug and let heat my soldering iron next to it-perfect for drying out the ambient air)

At night I give a big spray to reach 80 to 90% humidity.Also I moistured the ground because I noticed it would try to dig hole for shelter.It seems to drink too!!

I t is able to climb verticaly.

A few days ago it started to bend its abdomen in a very akward way,I rread somewhere that it has to do with mating maybe??

I really need a hand on this one,could some one help me to give this beautiful spider the perfect conditions?( I have another one that is currently molting).

Thanks!

 

[psyconiko]

Digging.

 

[psyconiko]

I got a new species called Galeodes granti.

 

[psyconiko]

Another species from Turkey.

http://youtu.be/2ZiX0c1oV7A

http://youtu.be/svCFHijDN5s

 

[OctoberRainne]

Making it a future goal to photograph one of these,wayyy too cool,are there risks to touching or keeping them though?

 

[Peter Clausen]

They can give you a pretty nasty little nip, but they aren't venomous. I know that Orin has raised them for at least a couple instars from eggs.

 

[OctoberRainne]

Good to know

 

[psyconiko]

http://youtu.be/8jLroJYTnVQ