Nhandu chromatus
Males – Hendrijs ,Three males was used for mating, and she managed to kill two of them.
Female – Hendrijs
Mated – November 2010 - March 2011 (mated 5 times over 4 month period)
Egg sac - 9/8/2011
Egg sac was produced at 28-30˚C with Humidity of 70%+
The female preferred lying the egg sac closest to the heat source, in the open.
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For a medium size egg sac, she produced a huge amount of eggs with legs.
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99% of the eggs hatched, 30/8/2011
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1st instar 13/9/2011
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