Synergy, judging by the pictures ONLY, they both look breedable.

Franna, it depends on the species. Some are very light sensitive, others less so. In nature, it is more common for males to venture out at night in search of females, mainly to avoid predation. It therefor works well to mate spiders when the light is dimmed and the male becomes "confident", as it would in the wild. I have mated some at mid day without issues. Others would not move before the "sun sets" and therefore would be unlikely to mate during the day.

Don't switch the light on, use a torchlight.

franna29 wrote: Hi guys,

How important is the night cycle? Do the T's need certain amount of darkness for them to breed succesfull?
How bad is it for your T's if you would go into the room were they are kept in the middle of the night and switch on the light. Would this influence the female negatively to the point that she will not produce a eggsack or maybe influence her health negatively?

Thanks

More importantly IMO, make sure they get seasonal cycles.

Ceratogyrus wrote: What size is she?
But she looks good for a first attempt.

Haven't measured yet, but approx 11/12cm. Which is quite small considering how big they get.
Will wait a while still. She is feisty, might just lose my male in the process

That should be do-able for breeding.

Scarab wrote: Synergy, judging by the pictures ONLY, they both look breedable.

Thanks. I think I will wait a bit with them. Especially the Psalmopoeus.

SynergyZA wrote:

Scarab wrote: Synergy, judging by the pictures ONLY, they both look breedable.

Thanks. I think I will wait a bit with them. Especially the Psalmopoeus.

There are no statuatory rape laws when it comes to adult male spiders mating with sub adult female spiders, so no worries.