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My widow, Charlotte just made an egg sac 2 nights ago, and lately I've been noticing small black dots appear first on the floor on her tank and now on the egg sac itself. I was just wondering if these are the babies, and if they had died somehow due to humidity/temperature complications? Or maybe those are the widow droppings? I've been overfeeding her a bit (6 meals in a week >.< )How small exactly are thes spiderlings gonna be?

>>My widow, Charlotte just made an egg sac 2 nights ago, and lately I've been noticing small black dots appear first on the floor on her tank and now on the egg sac itself. I was just wondering if these are the babies, and if they had died somehow due to humidity/temperature complications? Or maybe those are the widow droppings? I've been overfeeding her a bit (6 meals in a week >.< )How small exactly are thes spiderlings gonna be?

The babies are the size of a pin head.. usually a pale tan or tan with slightly red-tinged color depending on the species you have. If the egg sac was laid only two days ago, then it's not babies you are seeing.. takes a couple weeks for the eggs to hatch.

If you have your spider housed in a container that has small holes (like window screen), the babies will be able to escape quite easily.

I always like to remove egg sacs from my widows and put them into a large sealed jar/container with no air holes to prevent escapes after hatching. Large clear plastic pretzel/snack containers make for good nurseries..gives the babies room to spread out from each other.

Below are some northern widows I hatched last year. I had the egg sac in a 2oz condiment cup when they hatched, then moved it all over to a large UTZ snack jar.

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Wyvern

The Invert Collection:
* (1) Aphonopelma anax - Texas Tan
* (2) Avicularia geroldi - Blue Pink-toe
* (1) Brachypelma auratum - Mexican Flameknee
* (1) Brachypelma emilia - Mexican Red-leg
* (1) Brachypelma smithi - Mexican Red-knee
* (1) Cyclosternum fasciatum - Costa Rican Tiger Rump
* (2) Grammostola pulchra - Brazilian Blacks

Hey phwyvern thanks so much for replying to my first post. Since then my widow has made 2 more egg sacs, making a total of 3 egg sacs.
I recently moved her and her egg sacs in a smaller container

It is completely sealed off with a cork covering up the hole in the middle of the cover

I also took a sewing needle and poked a lot of holes thru the top cover as hown below:

Now, since these widow babies are pinhead sized , will they be able to get through? Aren't air holes needed for widows and their babies? Also, should I seperate her from her egg sacs. It is very difficult to get her away from the egg sacs because she's always guarding them. I have one more question and it deals with fertilization. Does making egg sacs neccessarily mean they are fertilized with young'uns? Thanks again.

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