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Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Update: I now have two spiders in captivity. I found another one earlier that was identical to the other one and decided to include it in my experiment.

Well, the two spiders I have in captivity at the moment are minuscule. The purpose of this experiment is to see how fast these spiders grow and if they’re of the same breed as the gigantic spider I found on my bathroom ceiling.

I’m not exactly sure how that monstrous spider got inside my place. There are two possibilities that I can think of: either it came in through the air duct or it was the offspring of another spider and has been successfully hiding in my place for some time.

Thanks. I hope so too. :)

I shouldn’t have any problem finding and catching crickets, but they would have to be fairly small crickets.

I wish I could catch a few flies, though.

Maybe I’ll get lucky.

Thanks.

But they’re literally so tiny I don’t think a camera would be able to even capture a recognizable image of them without me removing them from their enclosure.

I might take some photos to see how well the spiders show up.

I decided to take this photo while they were close together. That’s a cotton ball which they’re resting on and next to that is a bottle cap.

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It seems they’re enjoying the moist cotton ball I stuck in there.

Whoops, I forgot we had to get a mod’s permission to have pictures posted.

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Yes, I decided to name them Subject #1 and Subject #2.

Actually, I just made up those two names. I’m not sure what to name them.

Any suggestions?

I’m actually afraid they might die because they’re not feeding on the insects I put in there with them.

Great suggestion. Now, how I am going to be able to remember which one is Scarlet and which one is Horatio is going to be the most difficult task I do believe.

There’s a PetSmart within close proximity to my place so it wouldn’t be any trouble for me at all. Thanks, that’s indeed useful information.

As do I. :)

Thanks for the advice.

I ended up releasing them because they were not eating anything I offered them. Not only that, but I have a lot on my plate right now with work and getting ready for school in the fall; therefore, I figured it would be best for me to just free them.

Of course not. I put them outside where they surely belong. ;)

I saw another spider today - identical to the ones I released- crawling up my wall as I was sitting down and eating my lunch. I watched it for a few minutes, but never once thought about getting up to do anything with it. After I’d gotten distracted by something else for a couple of minutes, I looked back at the wall where I remember the spider was crawling, but it was too late. He had already disappeared.

They were put outside.

I have decided to forgo performing any more experiments of this nature. I just need to get a tarantula. :-)

Sorry to disappoint. I had high expectations for my experiment but it just wasn’t going as I had planned. It was fun while it lasted, though.