Tarantulas and Spiders

In her new home. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/12/a8uhyzas.jpg

And the hitch hiker
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Bean beetle cultures I started 2 weeks ago...... Epic fail! All 10 dead and I only see 3 eggs in one of them. I'm trying 1 more time but this time I'm going to put 75 beetles instead of 20 in each culture. My original 2 colonies are producing like mad! My slings have been eating every 3-5 days and there's easily 500-1000 beetles in both containers.

More of what I don't need! Tiny spiders.

That sucks Damon. You think they just do better in higher numbers?

I have no clue but it won't hurt to try that theory. Lol

Wow, you guys have been doing lots of shopping since the last time I was here! :) Congrats on the lats, Rich. I like those so much better than dubias. I don't have anything to share that you all haven't already seen, but I have here my little Chaco that I started with, and my N. chromatus I'm guessing had JUST got done molting when I caught her.

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Thanks, I wish they would hurry up and get here. Why do you like them better?

I love catching them in fresh skin!

I got in some Cyclosternum fasciatum in today. They are very very small.
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I like them better because they don't play dead or burrow. The babies are a good size for slings, too. But honestly, they initially won me over because I dug the way they all swarmed around like crazy when I unpacked my first box of them. :P

That's the main reason I want them, for the baby spiders. I also need another species to work with because my dubia supply can't keep up with demand. Word is catching on :)

I hope they get here today.

If they work well i'd probably get some from rich and try starting colony of my own. Since i already have the dubias going to feed T's i'd like to get just a couple adult pairs and see how fast they reproduce. Would be a cool experiment.

What's funny is I was looking into getting some B lats and Rich announced he was looking for them. Great minds think a like. Lol now if I can just find some ill be set. I've got a dubia starter colony coming next week. Almost got another hisser colony but they climb and Monica was like no not again! Non climbers only.