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Steve has reached his last instar in mid April! I’ve had him since his second before Christmas and wow I cannot believe how big he’s grown. I’m very proud of him. I recently moved him into a personally made 8x8x12 and he seems to be enjoying it. The plants included are cotton candy fern and two variants of baby tears. I can’t believe he was just 1cm big to 3 whole inches!

Umber seems to love her enclosure so far. She laid 1 infertile egg sack which I had to remove carefully. After about a week she willingly took food (:
I will note, in case anyone else has questions on how I removed the egg sack

1. Relocate spider into temporary cup
2. Slowly and surgically remove egg sack with scissors and tweezers, be as gentle as you possibly can
3. Neaten up the hammock like how it was before
4. Allow spider to re enter the enclosure and GIVE HER TIME AND SPACE!!!
   In total I counted ~130 infertile eggs!
   The ivy and spider plant seem to be doing great as well. Lots of microfauna like springtails

Got my first jumper at an expo, she is a female regal, not sure how old. I made the background for her enclosure, it was my first DIY background too and I’m very proud of myself. I may glue more cork to the ceiling of the enclosure to add more anchor points that aren’t bare acrylic.