Tarantulas and Spiders

I would have hooked you up Damon. My females get huge!! After you get them going, maybe we can trade a few to add some new blood.
Anytime Mike, if I ever get them in :/

B. lats reproduce faster because they drop their egg case. So they can get knocked up sooner.

If anyone wants hissers let me know. Im kinda doing bad at sending richs out :/ waiting on my card with all my money!got money but cant use it so I've been sitting on my hands waiting for 3 weeks for damn thing.

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B. lats reproduce faster because they drop their egg case. So they can get knocked up sooner.

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Yea dubias suck them back up and are livebearers, right?

I definitely wanna try them.

Sorry nicky, i wanna stick to non-climbers too lol. Plus, two roach colonies is more than enough for me. If the B. lats breed better and i like them more than the dubias then i'll probably just get rid of the dubias. No real need to keep two types.

Hey guys....check out what we got in at work ;)http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/14/3u8a3a8a.jpg

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Hurry up Nick, it will be snowing soon :p

Yeah Mike they hold on to them. I'm thinking dubia are still a better feeder. They look meatier, but I haven't seen the B. lats in person as they are still not here.

Have I ever told anyone how much I HATE USPS?
USPS might as well be HSUS, that's how much I hate them. I wish they would just shut down instead of loosing billions every freaking year. 2 day Priority sent out on the 10th. What a freaking joke.

Crystal, those things are kinda freaky. Did you get one?

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Hey guys....check out what we got in at work ;)http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/14/3u8a3a8a.jpg

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Ohhhh, weird. What is that???

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Ohhhh, weird. What is that???

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I think they're calling vinegaroons...?

Looks like a tailless whip scorpion Idk enough about them to know if its a vinagaroon or a diff kind. Still creepy so I like it lol

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I think they're calling vinegaroons...?

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Woah. Those things give me the heebie-jeebies. I have 3 fears: scorpions, wasps/bees, and ticks.

These things are basically scorpions. Lol

I love wasp and bees!!! I really want to keep a wasp colony and if I had land I would do hives.

Freaking hate ticks because I get about 50 every year :(

I wouldn't hate bees so much if I hadn't had a near death experience when I was 11. I got stung twice and had to be rushed to the hospital because my airways closed up. I'm terribly allergic.

I think beekeeping is very cool, though. I watched a documentary on the vanishing bees. Very interesting stuff.

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Woah. Those things give me the heebie-jeebies. I have 3 fears: scorpions, wasps/bees, and ticks.

These things are basically scorpions. Lol

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Scorpions scare you but T's don't lol?

I like wasps and bees. I think they're cool.

Ticks are just annoying.

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Freaking hate ticks because I get about 50 every year :(

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Come on over for a Frontline and Advantix sponge bath whenever you want, shhh dont tell damon! ;)

I drink Frontline on the rocks.

You guys kill me!

Kat black 181 if you are allergic to bee stings is it wise to keep Ts? I've heard its a very similar reaction.

I read that its a different size protein in the venom. It was a pretty good article, wish I would have bookmarked it.

I can't believe I forgot to share. My bigger Chaco molted and I'm 95% sure its a female :)
I tried to get pics but my phone kept dying.

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Scorpions scare you but T's don't lol?

I like wasps and bees. I think they're cool.

Ticks are just annoying.

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You guys kill me!

Kat black 181 if you are allergic to bee stings is it wise to keep Ts? I've heard its a very similar reaction.

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I don't keep tarantulas, but I do look at this thread a lot. I think spiders are absolutely beautiful. :-)

Ticks scare me because of lyme disease.

Bb

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/14/vu6ara3y.jpg
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I don't keep tarantulas, but I do look at this thread a lot. I think spiders are absolutely beautiful. :-)

Ticks scare me because of lyme disease.

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I've had lyme disease i survived lol

You should get a tarantula!

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I've had lyme disease i survived lol

You should get a tarantula!

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I saw that documentary... Under our Skin. Woah. Lyme disease is scary stuff!!!

I'm not very well versed on T keeping. Lol

No worries you have a ton of tech support right here! Get one or 50. Lol

Haha listen to damon if you keep looking youll get one. And as far as hissers climbing goes I never see mine on the glass of the tank. I put petroleum jelly around the rim ages ago but haven't seen them ever climb an the adults are big they seem to lazy to climb.

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I love wasp and bees!!! I really want to keep a wasp colony and if I had land I would do hives.

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Not so much a fan of wasps, but my dad keeps honey bees. What's really cool is he used to have an observation hive in the shop (only 2 layers thick) so you could pretty much see everything. We'd also go down and look for the queen. She was quite noticeable because of her size. That hive isn't there any more because it costs too much to heat the shop room through the winter for them, but it was cool while we had it. :)

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No worries you have a ton of tech support right here! Get one or 50. Lol

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50?! I don't know about all that... LOL

I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

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I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

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Do they bite you???

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Do they bite you???

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No. I don't really hold any of mine. The only time i'll hold them is during a transfer or unpacking/packing them. And thats only if i feel like the T is calm enough and is a species/size that wouldn't hurt lol.

I don't own them to hold them, i don't have a reason to interact with them really. I like them for 3 reasons:
1. Some are just really cool looking and really pretty. I'm simple minded so i like shiny/pretty/fast moving things! :p
2. I like watching them eat. Same way i like to watch my snakes eat. Its cool to see them hunt/ambush/overpower their prey. I don't feel too bad for the roaches because they live a great life with the goods i feed them.
3. I like observing their antics. They're very immature like a bunch of little two year olds. They make messes of their enclosures building randomn forts and tunnels, they snatch their food like a kid would grab a cookie, and they'll bite you if you get them too worked up. Some are calmer, some are more hyper. Just depends on the kid. I mean T... :p

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Not so much a fan of wasps, but my dad keeps honey bees. What's really cool is he used to have an observation hive in the shop (only 2 layers thick) so you could pretty much see everything. We'd also go down and look for the queen. She was quite noticeable because of her size. That hive isn't there any more because it costs too much to heat the shop room through the winter for them, but it was cool while we had it. :)

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That's awesome.
On cool mornings I go out and look for wasp. Here are a couple of repost.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/3yvadydy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/hyhusyga.jpg

Don't you get stung a lot??

Never been stung when i know they are there. Last time I got stung was from a Yellow jacket that went up my sleeve when I was on my bike.

On cool mornings they are slow. I used to have a ton of pics but moved them all off my phone. It's like holding a T, you have to be calm.

B. lats are in. If dubia freak you out at all, these guys will give you the creeps.
They are fast and very roach like. The dubia don't seem like a roach at all compared to these.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/a5uhyde2.jpg

I opened the box and they were everywhere before I knew it.
I'll have to figure out how to sex them. Not sure if I have any adults yet.

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No worries you have a ton of tech support right here! Get one or 50. Lol

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That's awesome.
On cool mornings I go out and look for wasp. Here are a couple of repost.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/3yvadydy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/hyhusyga.jpg

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Um, WOAH. Too close for comfort.

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That's awesome.
On cool mornings I go out and look for wasp. Here are a couple of repost.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/3yvadydy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/hyhusyga.jpg

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Never been stung when i know they are there. Last time I got stung was from a Yellow jacket that went up my sleeve when I was on my bike.

On cool mornings they are slow. I used to have a ton of pics but moved them all off my phone. It's like holding a T, you have to be calm.

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I'd like them a lot more if they didn't sting, for they are pretty neat insects. Don't think I'd ever like Yellow Jackets, though. They have killed off entire hives of our honey bees before and they are mean little bast... buggers.

Yeah that yellow jacket that went up my sleeve tore me up. It took a min to get pulled over, my gloves off and my jacket off. He was stinging me and biting me.

Chaco in her new skin
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/qu5a4yta.jpg

One of my Medium sized OBTs
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/vusagyma.jpg

C. fasciatum
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/15/y8yqate6.jpg

Ooh, an Orange Bitey Thing! That's a pretty spider! I remember someone joking around that that is what they called their OBTs. :P

Just did a quick search about OBTs.....is their bite really that painful/dangerous??

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Just did a quick search about OBTs.....is their bite really that painful/dangerous??

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They're old world so its worse than new world, but not as bad as some other old worlds. H. Maculata, S. calceatum, and the pokies are all probably worse than an obt bite. In the wild baboons eat the "baboon tarantulas" so to avoid being eaten they have to pack a decent bite. OW spiders don't have the urticating hairs like a lot of NW species do. In general, for any animals, i don't think OW's aren't as advanced, evolutionarily speaking. (Don't quote me though lol). Like boas being live bearers compared to pythons laying eggs. I think livebearing is more evolved. I've read that vipers are considered the furthest evolved snakes, but only like 1/3 of the species of vipers are OW. Stuff is just more primitive there i guess lol.

Well anyways besides me dumping my thoughts out, what i also wanted to say was that obts aren't that bad. I got one as my 2nd T. You could get one as a first T as long as its small and you're smart about everything. I really like obt's, got 2 myself. My smaller one just molted today :)

OBTs have a bad rep like Pitbulls :p I had each cup open as I was feeding them and I'm still alive without any bites. They will run and hide like most Ts. Even the one in the pic is low to the ground as if its trying to hide.
Most bites are going to be from someone poking at it, trying to hold it or it getting freaked out durning shipping or transferring.
Give them respect and you'll be fine 98% of the time.


Mike I don't know if I would look at it as more evolved or more as they just evolved different. Some of my sac mates to your bigger OBT have molted :)

In hoping to get 2 female OBTs in next week ;)

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50?! I don't know about all that... LOL

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I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

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I went from 1 to 89+ in under a year but my ocd makes me. Keep 3 of everything. Lol thats just my personal collection. I have over 300 in the tubs going to the expos

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OBTs have a bad rep like Pitbulls :p I had each cup open as I was feeding them and I'm still alive without any bites. They will run and hide like most Ts. Even the one in the pic is low to the ground as if its trying to hide.
Most bites are going to be from someone poking at it, trying to hold it or it getting freaked out durning shipping or transferring.
Give them respect and you'll be fine 98% of the time.


Mike I don't know if I would look at it as more evolved or more as they just evolved different. Some of my sac mates to your bigger OBT have molted :)

In hoping to get 2 female OBTs in next week ;)

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Yea my bigger obt molted like last week. Smaller one this week. My boehmei finally molted too. I can't wait til the hmac eventually does. I want her to turn whiter! No idea when shes due tho

I agree with the pitbull comparison. I've literally sat there trying to prod my bigger obt out into the too of the cup so i could get a decent pic of her and all she does is run around in the cup and keep hiding. Couldn't even get a threat posture from her lol.

Glad to hear about the OBT rep, also. My husband-- who told me before I even decided which T I wanted first "this is gonna be all you. I don't want anything to do with them", has decided he wants one and I'm sure I'll be here alone to unpack it.

I told ya those lats swarmed!! Aren't they cute?? :P The males will have wings. Here's you a pair.. well, trio.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps757019de.jpg

Mike are the H. mac and OBT the only OWs you have?

Hey Kitty, thanks for the pic. I have found that they are harder to feed off then the dubia because they are quick. I go to grab one and 3 are running up my arm :p
So here are my hopes. I'm hoping I can remove the ootheca and hatch out the babies in a small tub. To make it a bit quicker when feeding the babies.
My toads are going to love the B. lats. :)
They wont be replacing my dubia, just won't get big enough for some of the larger Ts. Overall, I'm really excited to be working with a new species.

Its actually a whipscorpion. And i actually almost brought it home until i found out we were getting a pewterfly....:D. Its a very cool animal tho. Harmless, but im hestitant about getting something ive read is "fragile"...

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Mike are the H. mac and OBT the only OWs you have?

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Nah i have a ceratogyrus darlingi and meridionalis and a P. pederseni too. The pokie and darlingis are still small.

I think the rest of mine are all NW's... I think i have like 1/3 OW, 2/3 NW. About. I wanna get a lot more baboons though, they're my favorites.

After richs description of b lats, i'll be sticking to dubias haha ;)

Where do you work that you get these cool types of animals in??

Crystal works at a pet store!