In the begining of this year I bought the Maraca cabocla species. I got a MM and a Mature female. I was the only one with a Mature Male at the time and I attempted to breed my pair. She had no interest. I tried again and she killed him.
The 2 breeding attempt videos can be found in my YouTube channel.

That really devastated me. And I had hoped for a miracle. A month after the death of the only Mature male, she started to make holes everywhere. She finally decided to go into her cave and sealed it shut with a wall of substrate.

Patiently I waited and today is day 31 and I had to see whats the deal. I documented it all because there isn't any info on this species in captivity. Heres the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbeaQAbNzCA

And here are the pictures of the eggs with legs.




Heres what one of my females look like. Reddish carapace with Jet black legs and abdomen with a dark bronze colored ultricating hair patch.

Heres a clearer picture of them

Heres a 2nd instar sling and Mommy with her new suit.

Heres a picture of the Maraca cabocla at 2nd instar but after eating a bit and finalizing its colors. Already has its black legs. Real good eaters.

Yeah I was worried about feeding these lil guys. I feed them Drosophila Hydei fruit flies. The one pictured ate 3 in one day!:eek:

There were about 320 inside the sac.

They are born assasins. Vicious eaters.
Heres a video on their progress. Watch full screen to see slings better. This is 13 different 2nd instars feeding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR3L0tFTURA

One of the lil ones molted to 3rd Instar early this week. So I took it out and got some shots of it. It was so calm and never tried to run away. This is the size when they will start selling.

This guy is my prized specimen out of all the babies. I personally had it seperated from day one and kept a close eye on it. Its vial is specially marked and is one of the many chosen to stay in my possesion.
Its also the first to molt to 3rd instar! The coloration is there as well.











[SIZE="4"]Just look at those Beady big black eyes![/SIZE]

Every specimen brought into the US was wild caught. Currently there are 4 females and one male (immature) and I have 2 of those females. If you watched my vids, I did show my two attempts with breeding. The second was a failure with the female attacking the male and killing him.
Than with the video showing when I pulled the sac, I explained in full detail how the female was already gravid and therefore a possible cause for her killing the male.
I think it was pretty amazing that she was gravid during all the trips from Guyana to Florida to California. And when I put her in the custom enclosure and she felt secure, she ate like crazy and shortly afterwards locked herself in the cave.
I kinda felt she was gravid after she killed the male because she kept making holes all over the place. I fed her lots with this hope and then I had my miracle. Out of all the specimens wild caught, there was only one Mature female and I got her. She was missing two legs but I didn't care. I just wanted the adult. The other femlae I got was a juvie. She is now an adult.

Watch all my documentation on this species in my YouTube link which is located in my signature.

A picture of Mommy with a male B. dubia

3rd Instar munching on a cricket.

24hrs after.... (The crickets head is larger than its carapace!)



Whose got a big Booty?

Another mommy pic.

Heres a video of the little war machines stuffing their faces with up to 6 crickets!:eek: They move so fast but I tried to get footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc055r10Dc

Heres One at 4th Instar. molted yesterday and transfered to a cube today to get better look at its progress and habits.



Heres a crappy picture showing how much it has grown. I took it quick before it movedm so its a bit grainy. 1 1/8" Legspan!!

After its first meal and darkening of its colors, the above spider looks just like Mommy! 4th instar.

5th instar 1.5" legspan. Loving the red on thes guys.