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Gobbeldygook posted:I need some orbweavers for a bio research project and I'd really like to pay less than $21.50 per spider before shipping the bio supply company charges. I'd like to use european garden spiders, but I don't have the budget to be picky about the species as long as they are all the same species. They can't be any smaller than the european garden spider (6.5-20mm females, 5.5-13mm males) because I will be offering them precisely-measured drops of water to drink and there's a lower limit to how small a drop I can offer. How many do you need? Most American orb weavers die once the weather gets cold, so you're not going to find any wild ones in St. Louis in January. Suggestions: 1. Contact the St. Louis Zoo and see if their insect building has any. If not, check with Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo or the Cincinnati Zoo. I know Omaha usually has Nephila on display and has bred them in the past. They are also pretty lax about their inventory of invertebrates, so they may just give you some if they have a surplus. Cincinnati, on the other hand, takes their bugs very seriously so you may strike out with them. One of the Chicago zoos might have them too, but I don't know who you'd contact. You'd have to pick them up, but you wouldn't have to worry about your spiders being shipped during a polar vortex. 2. Go somewhere that you can find wild spiders! The Florida Keys are only a 20-hour drive. There are Argiope and Nephila all over the place down there, even in January. Depending on how many spiders you need, this may end up being cheaper than buying them, even with the gas money.
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