FALSE WIDOW HANDLING AND FEEDING! [] Spider Bed and Breakfast 4

[@stevekon11]

Thank you for the video ,it wasn't until watching it that I knew I had a Steatoda Grossa . I agree they are amazing creatures quite classic design and interesting to watch.I have not released mine yet ,having too much fun feeding her other spiders like the agile ones that crawl around on my ceiling which she loves to feed on.

[@stephenbianco2146]

I live in Oregon and have a False Widow I named Missy. She has been living under my sliding kitchen window for over 4 years now. She is quite shy and now that she is older doesn't come out as much and her webs are quite thin and erratic. She used to always come out to grab a fly or other insect I put in her web, but now she doesn't seem to want to feed as much. Her web is a graveyard of insects that have finally died in her web without her coming out. I imagine a great deal of her behavior and lack of activity now is due to her age. In the wild they can live 1-3 yrs., so she is living longer in captivity more or less. I had thought often to catch her and keep her in a terrarium so I could observe her more, but her hideout seems to work so long as no one opens the window. This spring she came out from overwintering and put up a nice web which I put a rather large moth into. She was on it in a flash and spent 20 minutes dispatching it and fed on it for 2 days. But, age affects all creatures including spiders, so no doubt she is in her final stages of life.

[@SpiritsEnchantments]

I just caught one in my bathroom and I thought she was so pretty and interesting. We have her in an enclosure until we can let her go in the spring. Right now it's been between 11 degrees and 20 degrees F. I think she's has a better chance of survival after this frigid air passes.

[@jeffreyharvey1469]

I am actually doing research on their growth, development and reproduction. I have several thousand of them. They are absolutely wonderful!

[@isabelarteaga7327]

👋👋👋 do you know if they are dangerous to smaller animals, like my poor sweet inocent dog 🤭. I've been feeding them cause they nest in my bathroom, but I didn't know they were this kind of spider. I love them tbh 😬, but I'm a little concerned now...

[@jeffreyharvey1469]

@@isabelarteaga7327 they are not dangerous. In fact, the females are very timid. My students working with them are not afraid at all.

[@CozmicPlayer]

do you know what they eat?

[@djrevvy8449]

"more eight legged creatures weekly" Has 7 legged spider 😂 Great video I've just found 2 at my work this evening

[@WingedRage]

I just found your channel. Liked and subscribed. I recently converted a fish tank into a sanctuary for one I found. Her markings are different tho. She almost has a creamed coloured skull on her belly. I look forward to seeing more content.

[@rue.eterna5094]

As of right now, I live in california where they are most common. I have a pretty dirty room due to mental health issues and the pandemic, and noticed that my false widow population grew a lot. I have been known to squish them,, sadly,, but I've learned to just admire them from afar unless they're physically on me or something. I have multiple different subspecies of them I believe, I've seen the more black looking ones and also the more orangish cream ones. They all share the same physical body shape and behaviors outside of their color and patterns. I see them year round, might be because my weather (san francisco) generally doesn't dramatically drop or increase during change of seasons. 80 degrees max in summer, 60 degrees mostly year round, 40 max in the winter. They love to sit around in my windows lol. I used to have arachnaphobia that excluded tarantulas, but these spiders along with jumping spiders have really given me a better approach to them.

[@Ondernemingskamer]

We have a big one like this one in the window of our toilet for about a year now. Are they night creatures? Cause I only see her at night.. My girlfriend is afraid of spiders and luckily doesn't know it's there. I just watch in awe when I see her.

[@renespeed01]

What a beauty! wonder how she lost a leg. I catched a 6 legged wolf spider once at the beach.

[@ArachnobrosUT]

That's amazing! We've been looking for wolf spiders recently! Would it be okay if we give you a shout out in tomorrow's video? We want to identify the spiders in the stuff you've sent us and show how much we appreciate your support!

[@renespeed01]

Arachnobros UT Yeah that would be amazing!

[@joshuahull9982]

​@@ArachnobrosUTI set false widows up in terrariums and keep them for pets. I could never kill them. Females can actually live for a few years.

[@calleehill9460]

Are these in Pennsylvania? Because I'm pretty sure I just had one on my porch 🙃

[@bcpfinishes2791]

There is nowhere to purchase these amazing spiders been looking everywhere

[@corpsep4rty]

Narrative Discourse i found a noble false widow just today. (behind a few ceramic ornaments in the hallway)

[@bcpfinishes2791]

@@corpsep4rty I have never come across one ever or a tru widow. The only thing I have seen here in New orleans is barn funnel weavers and grass spiders and a huntsman in a field. We have a lot of old raised wood houses and buildings with basements. I suppose they could be under the houses.

[@lunity1111]

Jesus I had to keep putting them out I’ve seen about 4 in my flat now and there is another hiding in the skylight everytime I try and get it it runs back in. Pls take them all as I ended up in hospital in surgery from clearly sitting on one in error. I don’t kill them but I defo not what them! Lol in my flat block in general I’ve seen absolutely tons

[@lunity1111]

They are not aggressive tho everyone I’ve caught and out outside just rolled up and played dead

[@aenigmatica8]

It does look just like a widow!

[@ArachnobrosUT]

Doesn't it! It made me jump! Would you mind if we gave you a shout out in tomorrow's video? We just really appreciate your support!

[@aenigmatica8]

:) That's very nice of you, I'd love that!

[@cindybarton8562]

❤🕷❤

[@starstruck2784]

Do you have any care tips on these? I caught a male, and he is VERY fast!

[@jeffreyharvey1469]

I have very many in captivity because I am doing research on their growth and reproduction. They are easy to rear. Mating is very easy. Keep the adults in small cups, where the females will spin webs. Mating is easy - place and adult male with a female and they will usually mate within 90 minutes. The female thereafter produces an egg sac every 2-3 weeks and about 10-15 in her lifetime. The spiderlings should be reared in small dishes (like Petri dishes) with a moist bit of cotton wool and fed on fruit flies. After they reach about 10 mg, they can be fed on small crickets. If fed constantly, the males grow from egg to adult in about 3 months and the females in about 5 months.

[@Jared-by8oq]

@@jeffreyharvey1469 does this work for black widows

[@jeffreyharvey1469]

@@Jared-by8oq yes. In fact, because they are so closely related, the behavior of male widows and false widows towards females is very similar. Males first deconstruct the female web, touch the female with their forelegs and, when they are ready to mate, make a series of rapid body vibrations that send acoustic and tactile signals to the female that the male is ready to mate and receptive. The females then allows males to inseminate them using their palps.

[@-iceraptor-]

it is a false widow

[@Meticulate826]

There are plenty of youtube vids that demonstrate that Black Widows will attack to kill whatever hangs out in their territory. That doesn't mean that it always happen or is even normal for all species, but at least for some anything that doesn't immediately leave their territory will make them attack and not as a warning. Said territory isn't necessarily very large, close proximity to their web in the vids I've seen so it's not like they go around hunting for things to kill. But advising that they will only bite as a warning is potentially dangerous. And it's incorrect.

[@jeffreyharvey1469]

Actually the video is correct. I study theridiid spiders and widows are remarkably placid. A colleague in North America has studied 5 species of Latrodectus for almost 30 years and has never even come close to being bitten. She tells me that widows are very docile spiders and remarkably easy to observe. Of course if someone thrusts their finger into the web the female may mistake it for prey and bite, but otherwise the video is completely accurate. Defensive bites generally only occur when the spiders are threatened or trapped in clothing. False widows (Steatoda spp.) behave in a very similar manner. True and false widows will never bite if allowed to move freely.