Tarantulas and Spiders

I wouldn't mind have a trap door but I could just label an empty cup and pretend I have one :p

L. difficilis molting.
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Cool little Jumper at work.
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Originally Posted by CrystalRose

My freshly molted B. vagans female. :)

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how large is that girl? i've got a MM coming in :D

I really dig that flat rock you're holding and the hentzi are pretty cool lil scorp :D

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Originally Posted by John1982

I've kept inverts for the better part of my life. Got my first rosea when I was a kid. Had that girl for 10+ years then gave her to my niece who loved her for the next 10 years or so until she finally passed after ~20 years in human care(she was an adult when we acquired her - almost certainly wild caught). She was a sweetheart but the only cool rosea I ever owned, the rest have been demon spawn.

I'd like to get back into inverts some day but I'll probably stick with old world tarantulas. When I was younger the hairs never phased me but over the years I've become more sensitive to them. I had a small crawshayi that I sold when she was around 2 inches and still kick myself over that one. She was a terrible display animal but the most fun during feeding time.

Never took many pictures but I have a couple of the last batch of inverts I raised. The tarantulas were probably 2nd or 3rd instar when I got them - itty bitty. I typically kept my inverts bone dry for all but the biggest humidity lovers - they got corner and hide mists daily.

Brachypelma boehmei
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Lasiodora parahybana(this girl got to nearly 6 inches in her first year)
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I know this is a spider post but scorpions are fun keepers too, if less exciting.. :D

Heterometrus sp.
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Hottentotta trilineatus
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Hadogenes troglodytes
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Centruroides hentzi(find these crawling all over my wood pile)
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps46fc882f.jpg

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Originally Posted by H.o.F.R

how large is that girl? i've got a MM coming in :D

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She's probably around 5 inches or so now. I haven't really measured her since she molted but she gained a good amount of size. :D

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Originally Posted by CrystalRose

She's probably around 5 inches or so now. I haven't really measured her since she molted but she gained a good amount of size. :D

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Breed her! Baby vagans!

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Yeah the hobby is running super low on vagans :p

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Breed her! Baby vagans!

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I've only been keeping T's about a month. Not sure if I'm ready for breeding yet lol.

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Jumper!

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And a few hours later, scorpion!

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Awesome Jumper. Is that scorpion missing its stinger?

We went Widow hunting today. Found a bunch in a 1/2 mile stretch.
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Click Beetle
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And I think this is a queen ant maybe? No idea.
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