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Avicularia versicolor

"Halley"

 

01/27/2006:  Male placed in female's enclosure.  Male drummed on webbing, female responded.  Over the course of 27 minutes they were seen together a few times and insertions were seen.  Male left in enclosure with female.

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01/28/2006:  Male seen making sperm web in female's enclosure.

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01/29/2006:  Male removed from female's enclosure.

02/26/2006:  Female has moved behind some cork bark in the tank and extra webbing is noticed.

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03/24/2006:  Egg sac production!  The sac is located behind some cork in the tank.

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05/06/2006:  Egg sac taken from female to incubate.  Opened sac - most eggs are dried and shriveled.  Two or three appear to be viable and were separated from the rest.  In the end, no eggs were viable and all shriveled within a few more days.

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08/24/2006:  Female molted.

Days from mating until sac production - 56

Days from sac production until sac was pulled - 43