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buthus
19th-July-2007, 23:35
Nightshots from backyard...
hesperus juv male feeding on ants...
http://www.moflash.net/stuff/img/spiders/hsp_yard-night_m_antfeed_00.jpg

hesp juv female feeding on ants...
http://www.moflash.net/stuff/img/spiders/hsp_yard-night_fem_antfeed_00.jpg


My only "pet" hesp male. Collected from the "wastelands". Huge and lanky...a very old man. Never mated.
Having his way with a mealworm...
http://www.moflash.net/stuff/img/spiders/hsp_m_wastelandsboy01-feed_01.jpg

http://www.moflash.net/stuff/img/spiders/hsp_m_wastelandsboy01-feed_02.jpg
theridiida
26th-July-2007, 13:08
fantastic pics!

i love Latrodectus. sadly the only ones i can have over here are my little dead hesperus specimens. :(
buthus
27th-July-2007, 09:14
fantastic pics!

i love Latrodectus. sadly the only ones i can have over here are my little dead hesperus specimens. :(
Thanks :)
Gigas
27th-July-2007, 11:04
From what I hear ants make up a large part of hasselti's diet
buthus
28th-July-2007, 08:23
From what I hear ants make up a large part of hasselti's diet

Not surprised by that. I often find hesp slings/juvs set up directly above ant trails. They just scoop them up as needed.