I don't know if it is because of loneliness or other needs, pet breeding has gradually become popular in recent years, most people like to raise some cats, cats, dogs and dogs to accompany themselves and make themselves happy, so the pet economy has also developed and flourished. Of course, some people are unusual, there are snakes and some uncommon species, and spiders are actually one of them, some people will ask, spiders have something to raise, in the outdoors can not live well, but in fact, it is not as easy as said, raising spiders is also a science.
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If you want to use spiders for experiments, you must first prepare enough healthy spiders for experiments. Although spiders can be collected in the wild at any time, not necessarily a sufficient number of spiders can be collected every time; and it is not necessary to collect suitable and just needed spiders, because the types, sizes, developmental periods and health of spiders are different, which often affects the accuracy of experiments. Therefore, simply raising themselves for experimental use, but also observing the living habits of spiders in the breeding process, is very important for improving future breeding methods.
Raising spiders may seem like a very simple thing to do, but to really raise a group of healthy spiders, it's really a college question. For example, bird-catching spiders are popularly kept as pets. Of the about a thousand known bird-catching spiders, at least two hundred have been used as pets, and some monographs on bird-catching spider breeding can be seen on the market.
Bird-catching spiders are not small, brightly colored and most importantly, most of them have a lifespan of more than ten years, and being a pet does have some advantages. But at the same time, its claws are quite large, if you are accidentally bitten when breeding, it will be very painful, sometimes need to be sent to the doctor for treatment, is a kind of pet with latent danger.
There is also a point to pay attention to, after the bird-catching spider has become a popular pet, there has been a serious overfishing phenomenon in its place of origin, so the country of origin of the bird-catching spider has issued a number of relevant laws in the protection of wild animals, listing a variety of bird-catching spiders as protected animals. If you blindly follow the trend to catch or breed, it is likely to violate the law, so everyone should be cautious about breeding, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
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There are also many spiders available for breeding around us, in addition to bird-catching spiders. For example, the spiders in the house represent cancer crab spiders and jumping spiders; the hunting type represents tarantulas; the knotted web type represents the spotted bride, and the Spider Naturalism introduces their feeding methods one by one, but it is too long, so let's briefly introduce several of them.
First, the breeding of jumping spiders
The length of the jumping spider varies greatly depending on the species, with the largest being two centimeters long and the smaller being only two or three millimeters long. It gets its name from not only crawling, but also jumping, and it's interesting to observe its movements. Because the spider is not large, it can use the test tube in the chemical experiment as a feeding container, put some water moss at the bottom of the tube, and plug the mouth of the tube with a sponge. Due to its small size, newly hatched cockroaches, crickets, etc. are not suitable for food as jumping spiders, and some smaller flies or bullettails that inhabit the soil must be prepared to feed.
Second, the breeding of tarantulas
Tarantulas have a wolf-like predatory behavior, and their biggest feature is that the female spider will carry the newly hatched nymph on her abdomen to protect it, and they are also known for their maternal love. Tarantulas are small and medium-sized spiders, so they can be raised using small cages.
Plastic containers are preferable because many species of tarantulas cannot climb onto smooth surfaces such as glass. Tarantulas are flexible, and care should be taken not to let them escape when opening the lid.
They are often active in wet places such as riversides, rice paddies, and grasses, and are natural enemies of rice pests such as planthoppers and leafhoppers. Lay a layer of aquatic grass on the bottom of the feeding box, keeping the slightly damp feeling closer to their original living environment.
Spray some water if necessary to quench their thirst. The size of the food raised is corresponding to or slightly larger than that of the cricket larvae, and by the adult spider stage, an average of two crickets are fed every four days, which is sufficient if the spider stage is fed every two days.
3. Breeding of the spotted bride
Spotted brides can make large round nets, and live in darker, damper and damper environments in the wild, but when feeding, a slight lack of ventilation can easily lead to death, which is not a good spider to raise. The brides sometimes form large nets with a diameter of more than two meters, so they need a lot of space to keep. The average life expectancy of a spotted bride is one to one and a half years, and the life expectancy is relatively long, because it has a large body shape, more changes in body color and markings, and has better ornamental value.
Before rearing, prepare a large greenhouse or mesh chamber for cultivating plants. The spotted brides have poor climbing ability, and it is best to hang some silk mesh on the wall to help them climb. Ventilation is also very important, the installation must have a certain height, otherwise the spider is easy to die due to incomplete molting or the environment is too wet. When they have finished their webs, they spray water on the web once a day, either to maintain the proper humidity in the enclosure and to allow the spider to get water from the web.
The above are several spider feeding methods, I hope to be useful to everyone, pay attention to safety when feeding, so as not to cause spiders to form harm to themselves.