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I have noticed more than once, solare females to be quite outgoing when it comes to mating and sticking close to a male. Presently, my juvenile female is ready to mate with whatever, and she's chasing the male cornutum around. Not only that, but she's trying to mount him too. Not the typical run out in front and raise the tail saying "here I am". Anyone ever see this from a female?
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My six year old female is now scratching and pawing the sand in front of my male, she also bobs here head and like you say actually chases the male some and its not the tail in the air move away, I interpret this as possible mating behavior and have never seen this in mine before, but I am home more so that may have something to do with it, I am cataloging these movements, also we have noticed that Solare males put in to early in the year will relentlessly chase the female in a bid to mate with her (or at least this has been my experience)and I believe actually wear themselves down? Has anyone noticed this. I have seen this in several males over the years. I am about to Flood my cage 1/2 of it with water and dampen the soil and add in a few hides and areas where a female might lay, to help with the monsoon seasonal thing, this is what I did the last time she laid, I have been working with the female, she is eating o.k. but really not been up to par lately, I also have issues with her as she was a runt and her head development was sqewed some in growth so she doesn't look as good as others, and other than that she is doing o.k.
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Though I don't have enough species matched up with mates, I have noticed the previous solare male I had was less interested when cohabitating with the females all the time, eventhough the female solare and even a female cornutum were game and interested in him. I had problems with him following hibernation though and he suffered from stomatitis.

I've been studying this lately and hadn't wanted to speak too soon, but I have noticed that with a few HLs in a slump and going on strike against food items, I got a reaction by using a laser pointer, or varying the prey size slightly. For just a short amount of time I noticed that my cornutum, which were less interested in Pogos, small dusted crickets, or even waxworms for a while, took eagerly to a couple of medium crickets, then got back on ants with a vengance a couple of weeks later. My hernandesi wouldn't touch anything without wings for weeks, but now she is back on crickets.

I have noticed part of the fragility of solare in captivity may be stomatitis infections due to recurring mouth injuries. They're jaw structure and scalation around the mouth seems to be a bit more fragile built and subject to damage from rubbing against tank walls and decor and such. I have treated a higher incidence of solare with mouth abscesses than the other species, and when they're having problems with this, they lose interest in eating much. Might check yours with a jewelers lens for damaged scales or swollen red areas around the teeth and gums.

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Here's some video of how this juvenile female is acting. The little male cornutum is just too young to be interested it seems. He's going to be moved soon though, along with the other cornutum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NRvxI0UY-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z27hBoDivYo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAdQSZXiKI
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Harvester Ants