Spider Biology

Around the moulting process

In this article the molting of a tarantula larva is shown in a video and the molting process is described

Around the Spiders reproduction

The sperm of the Theraphosidae is described.

In this small article we show how an unfertilized spider egg looks like

Here we show how a fertilized spider egg looks like shortly before hatching

In this article we describe the development of a spermatheca during ontogeny using the example of a Haplocosmia sp.

In this article we describe the observation that praelarvae and larvae seem to be able to eat food.

In this article we describe the first observation of "Love bites" in Thanatus vulgaris

Around the mouth parts

In this article we describe the visit of Prof. Dr. Volker Herzig to our laboratory to extract venom from our spiders.