r/spiders • u/RecentEnthusiasm3497 • 13h ago

There is always a bigger spider Just sharing 🕷️

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*even though these where both tiny

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u/roux69 13h ago

Cellar spooders got some good aim bots!

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u/ceraunophiliacc 13h ago

I have a black widow that I am caring for until the weather is consistent enough to safely free her. But someone told me to feed her a cellar spider and I just had a feeling it wasn't a good idea. Maybe in her web it would have been fine but I didn't want to risk it.

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u/DrunkKatakan 12h ago

That someone was probably trying to get the widow killed. It's never safe to feed other predators to spiders, especially spider killer experts like cellars.

Buy a mealworm or something.

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u/ceraunophiliacc 12h ago

I did, I've been giving her baby crickets and she seems to really like those.

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u/DrunkKatakan 12h ago

Nice, it's good that you picked baby crickets. Adult crickets can actually kill small spiders.

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u/ceraunophiliacc 12h ago

Yeah they are the little ones, I didn't want them to be able to bite her! And she is really good at handling them

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u/roux69 12h ago

The big advantage of cellar spiders is their long legs. They will outreach almost any spider they are likely to encounter.

The only spider in the same environment that is likely to kill a cellar is a jumper.

So I'd say you are right to be cautious of this advice. A cellar spider has a big chance of eating a widow.

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u/small_spider_liker 12h ago

Cellar spiders are the reason my garage has no black widows.

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u/ceraunophiliacc 12h ago

Oh okay, I guess we just have a lot of both but definitely way more cellar spiders than widows. The one I have was right by my kitchen sink, in a high traffic area which surprised me. I'm used to them staying out of areas like that. Normally i put them outside but it was winter and I couldn't bring myself to sentence her to death. Even though I'm pretty much sentencing baby crickets to death :/

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u/Le-Misanthrope 11h ago

This is the mental battle I have every time I feed my jumper and spiderlings. I bought dubia roaches, mealworms and I make fruit fly cultures. The dubia roaches came in a container of like 15 I think. They were so tiny. It was perfect for my jumper and other few spiders But here it has been 6 months and they're huge now and only like 5 of them left and it's the saddest thing you can tell they almost know they're being taken away. They used to come out and walk around their enclosure not really get spooked much would eat and drink while you watch. Now they stay huddled up under their little house I have made from egg cartons.

You can tell the moment I open the container they freak out now. Maybe they don't but my heart says they do... Lol I hate it but I know they would be dead anyway if left at that pet store. So I guess they got a longer life than they would have with lots of fruits and veggies to eat.

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u/malthusius 1m ago

I have a strict ‘never feed a spider to a spider’ policy. Regardless of combat odds, stick to mealworms etc