Spider - Food or Friend? YOU Decide !

[Digger]

Found a common field spider in my bathroom this evening. That simply is not allowed. So I coaxed her/him with a Popsicle stick (which she bit) into a small feeder container.

He's/She's about 1cm in body length and very dark brown with no marking that I could see. Her face is flat in front covered with large chelicerae, typical of field, wolf and some tunnel web species.

Should I put her in Scott's cage (Scott is a newly-captured Scutigera coleoptrata) and see who devours whom? Should I give her to one of the mantids (I'm always very reluctant to give any venomous feeder to my pets). Or throw the spider outside??

Her fate is in YOUR hands!

 

[Mime454]

Mantids really like spiders.

 

[ToeChecks]

put it outside do the humane thing. thats what i would personally do. or raise it as your own. but don''t kill it!!

 

[Digger]

Toe - She's been identified as a female Tegenaria domestica. Decided to keep her away from my mantids due to the small but real risk of a bite. I'd never forgive myself. I also have Scott, a newly-acquired Scutigera coleoptrata (house centipede) who would probably be very thankful for a spidey dinner. I take it your an arachnid defender?

 

[jamurfjr]

If you're running low on feeders or wish to vary Scott's diet, use it. Otherwise let it go. I like spiders and don't kill them unnecessarily, but they sometimes get eaten too.

 

[ToeChecks]

yes i am i have 4 tarantulas and they are all amazing i also have a centipede. a giant asian red headed centipede to be precise. i guess i just love all insects haha. do with it what you wish. but there are many other things you can feed you centipede

 

[Digger]

Toe,

The Tegenaria domestica lost the hunt.

This morning I found the spider shriveled in Scott's cage. Scott was on the side of the condo belching rudely and licking his fangs. He was noticeably fatter. Frankly, I was a little surprised seeing the size of the spider. A true demonstration of how efficient these house centipedes can be in keeping your home pest-unfriendly.

 

[glock34girl]

Toe,

The Tegenaria domestica lost the hunt.

This morning I found the spider shriveled in Scott's cage. Scott was on the side of the condo belching rudely and licking his fangs. He was noticeably fatter. Frankly, I was a little surprised seeing the size of the spider. A true demonstration of how efficient these house centipedes can be in keeping your home pest-unfriendly.

So his name is Scott Peterson then huh?

 

[Digger]

GG,

Don't know who Scott Peterson is. No "Scott" was quickly derived from Scutigera coleoptrata. Come to think of it, "Scoot" would have been the perfect name - Much closer to "Scut" and they run like lightning.

 

[glock34girl]

GG,

Don't know who Scott Peterson is. No "Scott" was quickly derived from Scutigera coleoptrata. Come to think of it, "Scoot" would have been the perfect name - Much closer to "Scut" and they run like lightning.

Scott Peterson = convicted killer