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ispid
12th of November 2008 (Wed), 15:55
A couple shots of some young tarantula spiderlings I've hatched. C & C please. I'd really like to improve my macro photography & am quite new to the whole world of it.

http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSC_0011GR_slingscrop.jpg

http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSC_0002GR_slings.jpg

http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSC_0017-2Pmslings.jpg
Lawrencemull
12th of November 2008 (Wed), 21:15
Just curious, are these from one mother? How many does one produce at a time?
LordV
13th of November 2008 (Thu), 00:45
Good ones but appear to be a bit soft - what aperture and lighting used for these ?
Brian V.
ispid
13th of November 2008 (Thu), 08:47
Unfortunately I've lost the raw files for the molting Chilean Rose Hair spiderlings (first 2 pics), but I do have the Orange Baboon Tarantula spiderling (bottom)
f/5.6
1/125 s
ISO 100
18-135@135 mm

To answer your Q's Lawrence, these are from 2 mothers, the first two pics from one & the last pic being from another. The number of offspring varies greatly between genus/species, these two happen to be species that produce fewer (by invert standards) but larger offspring, about 100 - 250 of them. They emerge from their eggsacks large enough to take house-fly sized prey. Some species of tarantula can produce as many as 1000 - 2000, but their young are considerably smaller.

Here are a couple (poor quality I know - photography wasn't the priority of the moment) pics of the breeding parents. The females are the larger ones. Certain species of tarantulas (these are two good examples) are among the few invertebrates that truly thrive in captivity, requiring less care than most house-plants.

http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSCN7315.jpg
http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSCN8333Pm1.jpg
acchildress
13th of November 2008 (Thu), 20:04
Fantastic! All I ever get to see are adults. Great pictures.
ispid
19th of November 2008 (Wed), 10:21
Thanks!
Same ones as the first pic, a few molts prior. These are "newborn" eggs-with-legs G. rosea.
http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSC_0726GrEWLcrop.jpg
http://www.pentrenchant.com/spiders/spds/DSC_0726GrEWL.jpg
REXTi
19th of November 2008 (Wed), 18:30
thats pretty cool stuff.