n.chromatus pics

just a few pics of my big female and her date
shes about 6.5" and has an attitude and a half
but an awesome display spider none the less




her bf

i tried pairing them but this was as close as he would get, maybe next time

how did it go?

looks like the male was quite keen to get in to his prize,
I wish you the best of luck with a sac...

Akasha wrote:

how did it go?

looks like the male was quite keen to get in to his prize,
I wish you the best of luck with a sac...

it didnt go well
that is as close as he got
but im confident ill get them to breed
dunno if i really wanna though lol

Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that,
but I would try them again, it is a beautiful spider and we definately
need more captive bred.

Akasha wrote:

Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that,
but I would try them again, it is a beautiful spider and we definately
need more captive bred.

oh yeah ill definately try again
ill get a fresher male if need be
just not crazy about 1000 slings lol

Is she due for a molt do you know? Every time I've had a male who wouldn't go near the female, she was getting ready to molt.

Bird Man wrote:

Is she due for a molt do you know? Every time I've had a male who wouldn't go near the female, she was getting ready to molt.

shouldnt be, definately doesnt look it
if he doesnt take to her after a few more attempts ill give up on it
this isnt one of the sp im dieing to breed (bred em b4, not fun)
but i have a pr so why not ya know?

Yeah, she doesn't look like she's in premolt now to me either, but I just had an OBT molt after molting 3 months ago, and my female C. fasciatum didn't look to be in premolt either, and I got a male and tried to pair them twice, he wouldn't go near her, and she didn't move. Then one afternoon I noticed a black spot on her abdomen, by that night her whole abdomen was black, so now I'm waiting on her to molt before pairing them again.

Bird Man wrote:

Yeah, she doesn't look like she's in premolt now to me either, but I just had an OBT molt after molting 3 months ago, and my female C. fasciatum didn't look to be in premolt either, and I got a male and tried to pair them twice, he wouldn't go near her, and she didn't move. Then one afternoon I noticed a black spot on her abdomen, by that night her whole abdomen was black, so now I'm waiting on her to molt before pairing them again.

yeah i hear ya
i once had a HaploAlbo adult female molt twice in a month , so nothing surprises me lol