spoods
feeding
i2 slings
2-3+ fruit flies per day
sub-adult
feed every 3-7 days
adults
feed every 5-9ish days
d. melanogaster → d. hydei → house flies → dubia roaches, crickets, meal worms etc.
- drosophila
Drosophila hydei
black
larger
21 days to complete its life cycle
Drosophila melanogaster
yellow
smaller, faster reproducing species
14 days to complete its life cycle.
slow growing fly culture
ingredients
over ripe banana
1-2 tbsp sugar
1-2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
instant potato, cornstarch or other thickening agent
mash banana, sugar, and vinegar into paste and add starch until desired consistency is reached. Sprinkle active bakers yeast on top.
**they grow very slowly with this media**
fast growing fly culture
ingredients
1 cup instant potato
1 tsp sugar
8 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp ground cinnamon
mix dry ingredients together -- this can be stored for later use. Add desired amount to container and hydrate with water and sprinkle active bakers yeast on top.
egg development
First instar – in the sac, when it turns black
Second instar – when they start to leave the nest
Heads bigger than butts until they eat
Can eat up to 3 fruit flies a day
Third instar – first markings start to show
Fourth instar – body starts to elongate and can potentially see fuzziness, watch for aggression and consider separating them
Consider feeding larger prey
Fifth instar – should be housed individually
epigynum is glossy
epigynum is matte
male regal spiders will always have green chelicerae, females can have any color.
males can be identified by their little fists that they need to beat up the beat.