bling_my_leo
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I just found a very pretty spider outside. I live in Maine, if that helps any. It is a 1 inch and a half long. It has very pretty leggs. The colors of the legs are brown and off white colored. The pattern on the legs are like a candy cane, one color, then the next. It has a light brown head, with a darker brown or black down the sides of it’s head. It’s butt (lover body) is dark brown, with white, some spots are speckeld like. It’s under side is dark brown with white scattered spots. It has a kinda zig zaggy pattern down the middle of it’s lower body.
I am almost positive this spider is a European garden spider. I googled it, this is what I came up with: http://ms101.mysearch.com/search/red...eg%3D%3D&ct=AR. I am almost positive. But I want everyone's opinion.
I have a cage setup for the spider. I have bed-a-beast on the bottom of the cage, kinda thick sticks going every way, a few rocks. The container I have him in is 16 inches long, by 9 inches deep and 9 inches tall. It has a latching top. My dad drilled small holes into the side and the top of the container. Is this the correct setup for this kind of spider?
I have a few important questions that need to be answered:
1. When do these spiders start making their webs? He (the spider) is just laying on a stick. When do they make 'em, at night?
2. All I have for food items is medium mealworms. Will these be okay to drop in his web when he makes one? Or should I chop the meal worms into smaller peices?
3. Am I missing anything in his setup/
The spider is about 1 inch and a half long, so he may be a male.
Any help with help.
Thank you,
Emma.
I just found a very pretty spider outside. I live in Maine, if that helps any. It is a 1 inch and a half long. It has very pretty leggs. The colors of the legs are brown and off white colored. The pattern on the legs are like a candy cane, one color, then the next. It has a light brown head, with a darker brown or black down the sides of it’s head. It’s butt (lover body) is dark brown, with white, some spots are speckeld like. It’s under side is dark brown with white scattered spots. It has a kinda zig zaggy pattern down the middle of it’s lower body.
I am almost positive this spider is a European garden spider. I googled it, this is what I came up with: http://ms101.mysearch.com/search/red...eg%3D%3D&ct=AR. I am almost positive. But I want everyone's opinion.
I have a cage setup for the spider. I have bed-a-beast on the bottom of the cage, kinda thick sticks going every way, a few rocks. The container I have him in is 16 inches long, by 9 inches deep and 9 inches tall. It has a latching top. My dad drilled small holes into the side and the top of the container. Is this the correct setup for this kind of spider?
I have a few important questions that need to be answered:
1. When do these spiders start making their webs? He (the spider) is just laying on a stick. When do they make 'em, at night?
2. All I have for food items is medium mealworms. Will these be okay to drop in his web when he makes one? Or should I chop the meal worms into smaller peices?
3. Am I missing anything in his setup/
The spider is about 1 inch and a half long, so he may be a male.
Any help with help.
Thank you,
Emma.
