Is my black widow gravid again?

[Extrememantid]

Hi,

So I caught a gravid black widow and she laid an egg case 2 days ago, she was skinny and now she's fat and looking gravid again! Is this normal?

Thanks,

Cole

 

[happy1892]

Hi,

So I caught a gravid black widow and she laid an egg case 2 days ago, she was skinny and now she's fat and looking gravid again! Is this normal?

Thanks,

Cole

Do you think she is gravid just because she is fat?

 

[mutrok4040]

Did you feed her any?

 

[Extrememantid]

Do you think she is gravid just because she is fat?

No, she is the same size and is showing gravid signs again!

 

[Extrememantid]

Did you feed her any?

Yes, she ate one small cricket

 

[rs4guy]

Could be, just wait and see.... Don't get bit!

 

[Extrememantid]

Could be, just wait and see.... Don't get bit!

It's hard to wait, lol! She's gonna help me make some money! I'm selling the babies!

 

[happy1892]

No, she is the same size and is showing gravid signs again!

If she is showing gravid signs then I guess she is gravid. I know nothing about this.

 

[Extrememantid]

If she is showing gravid signs then I guess she is gravid. I know nothing about this.

Lol, like me, I just know how to keep them

 

[Extrememantid]

There's black widows every where! I have more black widows than I do mantids, cuz I have 0 mantids and 3 black widows now, lol

 

[happy1892]

There's black widows every where! I have more black widows than I do mantids, cuz I have 0 mantids and 3 black widows now, lol

They are beautiful! Oh, and be careful because their bite could make you very sick! But you probably know that.

 

[patrickfraser]

It's hard to wait, lol! She's gonna help me make some money! I'm selling the babies!

Seriously? I can catch wilds and sell a whole bunch without the drama of mating and raising babies. Is there a market for these? Good luck making some money

 

[happy1892]

Seriously? I can catch wilds and sell a whole bunch without the drama of mating and raising babies. Is there a market for these? Good luck making some money

I think you are right Patrickfraser. But I have seen one for sale for $10 and it was Western Black Widow.

 

[Sparky]

Once they are adults they will keep laying eggs, just like mantids. If she's mated then the eggs will hatch. She will continue to hatch eggs after that but the hatch rate lessens everytime if she does not mate between those times. I had a black widow lay a sack and she was unmated. I knew because I raised her myself and somehow only 1 hatched out of the 4 sacks she laid. It turned out to be male.

 

[Extrememantid]

Seriously? I can catch wilds and sell a whole bunch without the drama of mating and raising babies. Is there a market for these? Good luck making some money

Ya me too, that what I do! I found 8 today! More babies to come!

 

[Extrememantid]

Seriously? I can catch wilds and sell a whole bunch without the drama of mating and raising babies. Is there a market for these? Good luck making some money

I can always still sell the females, but I know lots of people that will take slings

 

[Extrememantid]

They are beautiful! Oh, and be careful because their bite could make you very sick! But you probably know that.

Northern black widows aren't that bad, just some swelling, southern and western are bad though

 

[happy1892]

Northern black widows aren't that bad, just some swelling, southern and western are bad though

And it depends a lot on the person, I have heard.

 

[Extrememantid]

And it depends a lot on the person, I have heard.

That is true in many cases, but I know lots of people that have been bitten by both northern and southern (they keep both) and they barily had a reaction to the northern and almost went into shock from the southern