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Wilma loves her food

Look how fluffy she is!!! I've never seen a spider quite as fluffy as Wilma. Hairy, yes. But Wilma looks like a little dust bunnie, she's absolutely adorable.
I am going to have to keep a very close eye on this one though, because she LOVES food. In one week, she ate 3 fruit flies and 2 green bottles, and then caught a third green bottle that had accidentally ended up in her enclosure when (presumably) the caster got mixed up in her substrate and not noticed. There hasn't been a single prey item that she has let pass her by. So I will have to watch her very closely to prevent over feeding and the same issues that faced Winnie.
In this photo, she actually has THREE fruitflies in her fangs at once. She tried to catch a fourth, but it got away.
Now that she is settled into her enclosure, her personality is coming out. She loves to eat, loves to explore, and she panics a lot less than Winnie did when she is handled. In fact, she likes to explore my hand, has tried to climb up my sleeve, and she likes to look at me and wave. One day I'll be quick enough to catch a photo of that. Sometimes, I start to forget that she's not Winnie, but then she does something that's pure Wilma, and I remember again. She's just the sweetest little spood...
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