Tarantulas and Spiders

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Im at work..hubby just brought me in a huge momma wolfy!! 2" legspan at least, carrying a sac about the size of a hazelnut. Hope the babies hatch this time! Pics tonite...

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Lol most guys bring flowers or lunch

3skulls, I finally went to Hobby Lobby and found that grass.

I realized I've never been there, that place is amazing! I don't think I'd have been that impressed before bc I was never into fake plants but holy crap they have so many and they're so real! I was in there like "omg I could make the coolest tarantula enclosures!!"

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Yeah they have some good stuff there.
I'm sure I get some strange looks at times when I'm shopping in the plant department :p

Crystal, sweet! Hope they hatch for you. Just watch out or you'll end up with them all over your house :o

I haven't been able to get pics, but we picked up an H. maculata and a C. marshalli today. Both are around a half inch.

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An H. mac?? Wow please be safe with that one. I'm still working my way up and building my skills before I get one. Been on my wish list for a long time.

Get some pics. I'm jealous.

You guys are lucky...we dont have a hobby lobby around here.

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Oh I will. The guy at the reptile store I got them from told me the craziest story. This like 15/16 yo kid called them and said he has a rose hair he got from Petco and it's not friendly, it just runs away when he tries to handle it. They said they'd take it. So he brings it in and it's a HUGE H. mac! The dude asked him how many times he tried handling it and he said around a dozen. Craziness.

It's still tiny right now so the first transfer won't be scary. I plan to just not have to rehome it more than once or twice lol. But I'll be very careful.

I will for sure, I just have to move them from their vials, they have them all webbed up.

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I still can't believe that story nicole! Now obviously one story doesn't account for all individuals but that really shows how they'd much rather retreat than bite, like OBT's. I read that they can be very offensive too though, so that kid was lucky lol. I read online that featherleg baboons are even worse than Hmacs.

I wanna get some ceratogyrus species, I'm waiting a bit though to decide exactly what else I want too... ;)

Me either, dude, me either lol

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If he was keeping a H mac set up like a rosea, I'm sure it was very stressed and not of good health.

Petco's gonna get sued getting in species like that and mislabeling them.

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PetCo just has to out up a disclaimer and they can do what ever they want ;)

C. darlingi have started working on their new homes.
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P. pederseni have started to molt :)
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My LPs are not nice. They love to go after the tweezers.
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B. albop. I never catch this girl out. Love these guys.
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Omg.....checking out Ts, and after i get my metallica, Im definately gonna check out A.purpurea....gorgeous! It seems theyre rare tho...im bettin theyre gonna fetch a hefty pricetag.

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Those are cool.
It won't be anywhere close to the P. metallica price tag :p

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Omg.....checking out Ts, and after i get my metallica, Im definately gonna check out A.purpurea....gorgeous! It seems theyre rare tho...im bettin theyre gonna fetch a hefty pricetag.

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ive seen a few .5" slings listed on AB for under $50. I think Ken the bug guy has P. Metallica as a freebie if you spend $500 or more lol

I raise P. metallica babies to feed to my toads.

Only 500$ an its a freebie! Lol spendy, the mn group I talk to had someone who could get a package deal on p.mets think in the end they ordered enough that people paid 75 per

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Even at 75, its hard for me to spend that much on 1 spider. And I LOVE spiders :p

Is there an online database anywhere that lists all species (or a lot of species) of T's with links to pics and a description?

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Is there an online database anywhere that lists all species (or a lot of species) of T's with links to pics and a description?

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Yep Google. Lol Wikipedia but not a lot of info on most subspecies.

I have a Tarantula app but the database is still very small.

Best place is swift inverts. Lots of species with pics.

Oh and Creature Addiction has a huge list of like 7 spiders. They are some really cool people.






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Looks like Swifts doesn't have as many as they used too. His place burnt down a while back. :(

I just watch T groups and look up info on cool T's I see.

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Yea i'm just saying having it in one database that could be sorta alphabetically or by items like:
arboreal, terrestrial, fossorial, green, blue,green, purple, aggressive, not aggressive, hair kicker, new world, old world, under 4", over 6", easy to mate, difficult to mate, from brazil, from mexico, from zimbabwe

Like each T has a description. Within the description have "tags" in it, or at the end have a short list that touch on all the tags real quick. Then a person can do an advanced search and check off what they want. Like if they want: arboreal, blue, new world, good webber, 8"+. A versi would be like a 80% match since it meets 4 of their 5 requirements. Just think it'd be something really helpful.

Sorry, I'm ranting...

ITarantula

They just started but it is a start.
I'm pretty sure that's their goal.

$14?! Is it worth it?

Whoa!! No. I only paid 2.99 I think.

Wth is up with this lol?
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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Yea i'm just saying having it in one database that could be sorta alphabetically or by items like:
arboreal, terrestrial, fossorial, green, blue,green, purple, aggressive, not aggressive, hair kicker, new world, old world, under 4", over 6", easy to mate, difficult to mate, from brazil, from mexico, from zimbabwe

Like each T has a description. Within the description have "tags" in it, or at the end have a short list that touch on all the tags real quick. Then a person can do an advanced search and check off what they want. Like if they want: arboreal, blue, new world, good webber, 8"+. A versi would be like a 80% match since it meets 4 of their 5 requirements. Just think it'd be something really helpful.

Sorry, I'm ranting...

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Maybe you could make/start one Mike???!!! Thatd be awesome! You know exactly what kind of stuff people need too! And eventually could start charging for it....theres your extra money maker, bro!!

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Whelp.... Made my first mistake, thankfully it wasn't with a worse species.

My irminia must have escaped. I guess the 1/8" holes were too big for him and he musta escaped. I legit just emptied out his whole cup looking for him because i was gunna move him to a smaller vial that i bought off amazon and he wasnt in there! I setup a small "bait trap" on the shelf i keep them on and left a dead roach in his cup as well. If he shows up, awesome, if not, well he's probably dead lol. The *only* chance he's got is that its summer so my room is always pretty warm and i have the windows open on nice days so inevitably bugs get in. Maybe he'll catch a bug or two and survive til i can find him lol. :oops:

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Maybe you could make/start one Mike???!!! Thatd be awesome! You know exactly what kind of stuff people need too! And eventually could start charging for it....theres your extra money maker, bro!!

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I wouldn't charge for something like that. I'm not even sure how to make something like that lol.

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Whelp.... Made my first mistake, thankfully it wasn't with a worse species.

My irminia must have escaped. I guess the 1/8" holes were too big for him and he musta escaped. I legit just emptied out his whole cup looking for him because i was gunna move him to a smaller vial that i bought off amazon and he wasnt in there! I setup a small "bait trap" on the shelf i keep them on and left a dead roach in his cup as well. If he shows up, awesome, if not, well he's probably dead lol. The *only* chance he's got is that its summer so my room is always pretty warm and i have the windows open on nice days so inevitably bugs get in. Maybe he'll catch a bug or two and survive til i can find him lol. :oops:

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Man i'm sorry to hear that! that really sucks. hope you luck out and find it!

Thanks Damon, me too. :/

Lesson learned!

Learning lessons always sucks! hope for the best bro

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I use a 1/16th inch hole punch to make my holes for sling cups. Rich had a post on here about not using pre punched cups for slings and even had a pic of cups that he had taped over the holes. I went hunting for a smaller hole punch after seeing that. anywho best of luck I really hope you find him and not on the bottom of your shoe.

on the subject of a database for T's. not as in depth as what you are looking for but here's a couple text based data bases that you may find interesting.

http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/...NERIC.IND.html

http://exoticfauna.com/tarantulabibliography/index.html

Damn Mike that sucks.

Yeah an hour after I had the P. pederseni in their cups, they were all trying to get out and one did.

About 30mins after that I found him and had to make little band aids for 160 holes. :(

Look high and in tight spots.

Kinda hard to tell in the pic but...the C. darlingi has dug out a huge burrow. These guys are freaking sweet :)

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That looks awesome!

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If i find him he's going on major LOCKDOWN. Maximum security. I'll name him Houdini. Lol

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If i find him he's going on major LOCKDOWN. Maximum security. I'll name him Houdini. Lol

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LMAO! I had a snow corn I named Houdini that little snot escaped from just about everything. I had him in a 6qt shoe box with a lid inside of a 15 qt with a lid and shoved into a rack. he was in there when I went to bed around 11 pm and was gone by 6 am when I got up. I found him 2 days later in the rat room hiding under the trash can.

It's crazy how some thing can escape.

Get a red flash light out a couple hours after lights out. Might come out looking for a spot to web up.

I had 3 LPs run off last night, caught them all but... After that I knew it was time for bed :p I was getting sloppy

Good luck Mike!!

Why a red flash light?

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Whelp.... Made my first mistake, thankfully it wasn't with a worse species.

My irminia must have escaped. I guess the 1/8" holes were too big for him and he musta escaped. I legit just emptied out his whole cup looking for him because i was gunna move him to a smaller vial that i bought off amazon and he wasnt in there! I setup a small "bait trap" on the shelf i keep them on and left a dead roach in his cup as well. If he shows up, awesome, if not, well he's probably dead lol. The *only* chance he's got is that its summer so my room is always pretty warm and i have the windows open on nice days so inevitably bugs get in. Maybe he'll catch a bug or two and survive til i can find him lol. :oops:

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OMG Mike that really sux BIG TIME. I hope you find it :( Id be really upset if I lost Tigra.

yeah! my chaco #3 molted tonight! so friggin cute!

Im wondering if mine is. She sealed up the entrance again

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Ok...so heres pics I promised. I also got some really good shots of Tigra right after I transferred her to her new terrarium. I figured Id take that opportunity, since I wont likely get another good shot of her for a looong time.
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This was Tigra's old cubicle...
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The momma wolfy I just recently caught:
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Her mini terrarium....this is like a 5"x5" cylinder, so you can see shes pretty big.
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She ate well for me tonight and is still guarding her egg sac, so Im hoping Ill be able to see babies this time!

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Im wondering if mine is. She sealed up the entrance again

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2 of mine are still hanging out and about they dont even have a burrow dug at the moment. the 3rd the one that just molted has a cool tunnel dug all the way across the bottom of his cup. I have them in a very low traffic area though so maybe they are feeling a little more secure.

Crystal thanks for the pics! I cant wait for my P irmina's to get that size! they are only about 1" maybe 1.25" and I rarely get to see them :weirdface

Jeez Damon, how many irminias did you get?? :P Yeah, Tigra seemed to make herself right at home in her new terrarium...making a web burrow right away, even showing me how resourceful she is, incorporating some of the plant leaves for the top of her burrow. I provided her with a small ceramic cave tilted on its side against the glass, and halfway in the dirt. But, she was like ,"pssshht. I aint usin dat." Oh well. :P Im sure once she molts a few more times and gets bigger, that cave will look more inviting.

Guys, don't forget to vote for the T (#5 I think) entered in HOTM......gotta support our peeps!