Momma Banana Spider Continued!

It has only been a week since my last post and I have a very interesting update on the infamous momma banana spider!

I went back over to my friend’s house 3 different times since my last post. The first time I visited, we noticed the lady spider (last time I checked, non-pregnant spider) was HUGE again! This time, even BIGGER than before when she was pregnant at her biggest! Her legs were even longer; she seemed like she had a mini growth spurt or something.

Anyway, my first guess was that she was pregnant again, but we immediately disregarded that assumption since it had only been less than a week since she was last laying her eggs. My friend and I came to the conclusion that she must have grown simply from eating a lot considering my friend feeds it moths off his front porch pretty often (ew, I know).

The second time I visited, we went to go check on Ms. banana spider only to find ANOTHER huge egg sack!!! We were in disbelief... twice in one week?! Here is what her new egg sack looked like:

 

This girl was working hard at having babies! As much as I hate insects, it was really hard seeing that egg sack knowing my friend would eventually have to destroy it just like the last one. Anyway, the third and final time I visited, the time had come. My friend was afraid if he waited any longer, they would hatch and take over his porch where his kids play. So he decided instead of smashing it with a shovel like last time, he would cut it open with a knife to actually see what the inside looked like...boys, sigh.

 

As weird as it sounds, I personally think that is a really cool picture and I'm glad I got to capture it to show all of you. What we found was amazing! There was a bright red colored webbing that made up a sack within the outside sack. Inside of that, there were hundreds of bright yellow colored eggs! It was very interesting; definitely not what I expected.

I also just got word that Ms. Banana spider is currently back down to her regular weight and size. I really hope she doesn't decide to get pregnant again or else I will have to convince my friend to relocate her somehow because I am definitely not getting close to that thing! I guess we will see what happens...