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Tarantulas and Spiders
I had one girl for over 20 years before she passed away. Over the past year I have really got back into them. Even raise my own roaches for feeders :p
I have also kept Wolf spiders, jumpers and Widows (only males, never found a female)
Anyone else into these 8 legged creatures?
Male Southern Widow
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/6a9e2a8a.jpg
Suntiger
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/ane6usam.jpg
Adult male Pinktoe, never found a female for him :(
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/amuteqyt.jpg
My hair kicker. GGB
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/3ygetute.jpg
Baby GoldenKnee
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/u5emabyv.jpg
Can't remember who this is
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/mezutu2e.jpg
Have a ton more.
Would love to see yours and your setups!!
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I keep tarantulas!
I love them so friggen much!!!!!
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i like spiders...not in the house loose though...but i live in the mountains with no pest control....wolf spiders and i do not get along...
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They are addicting!
Wolf spiders are pest control :p
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/qejy6any.jpg
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Very cool! I have pictures of an Aphonpelma hentzi sling that I used to have (wife killed it last time I deployed to Iraq) but I don't have access to the pictures right now. Great photos and I love spiders! I have saved I don't know how many camel spiders, wolf spiders and orb weavers from other soldiers so far on this tour. Always catch and release for me!
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I knew there had to be a few spider people here, ill get some more pics up.
Now the camel spiders might freak me out a bit. Thank you for your service !!
Avics are really cool. I wish mine turned out to be a female. That's a cool little jar too.
I'm picking up 6 more OBTs today :)
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My wife is the bug person in our house. She has had 2 male rose hairs for a couple years. She just got a Fringed Ornate sling and an OBT sling a couple of weeks ago. She also has several species of roaches she is quite proud of. Of course the dubias for feeders, death heads, orange heads, six spots and a couple others. She also has some beetles she calls blue death feigning beetles. When they get scared they "die" for a few minutes. Only problem is, she has them so tame they won't "die" anymore!
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Thanks for sharing!
That one next to the dime looks like a crab spider. And look at those glowing eyes!
I have one OBT at home thats around 2" now. The webbing is amazing. I'll get some pics of it and the new ones.
I catch and release most of them but keep a few each year. When my females lay sacs, I'll keep them until the babies are ready to leave the mom.
I tried to do mantids this year but turned out to be a disaster.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/8usyjavy.jpg
Here are a few random pics
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/yny6usad.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/emy7e9er.jpg
Lynx, these are pretty cool.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/paje3yne.jpg
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Originally Posted by Tfpets
My wife is the bug person in our house. She has had 2 male rose hairs for a couple years. She just got a Fringed Ornate sling and an OBT sling a couple of weeks ago. She also has several species of roaches she is quite proud of. Of course the dubias for feeders, death heads, orange heads, six spots and a couple others. She also has some beetles she calls blue death feigning beetles. When they get scared they "die" for a few minutes. Only problem is, she has them so tame they won't "die" anymore!
Post some pics!
Oh found this pic on my phone, bored at work.
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/juja5aza.jpg
Can't find a ton if info on it. Lots of different common names.
My male Avic avic before he passed away.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/05/mu2yqyne.jpg
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This is one of her larger male death head roaches. Only pic I have right now http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1...s/IMAG1065.jpg
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Man that thing is huge!
Roaches used to gross me out but I really enjoy raising them.
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Those things sure put the webs out!
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She has made a round tunnel around the top. It's super thick and she can get from one side to the other in no time. :p
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Found some cool little jars called Lock-Ups. They interlock and stack. Transferred the OBTs into them.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/08/e7a5eruv.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/08/upa6enap.jpg
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Those look nice, where'd you find them?
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Hobby Lobby.
They had a few different sizes.
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I love them! Though never really had a chance to be around them. I want a T someday but my mom doesn't approve, it's mostly the venom issue of someone getting bitten, even though I wouldn't want a species with potent venom.:rolleyes:
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Plenty of time to learn about them then. :p
They are on a different level from the snakes but awesome all the same.
Read some of the crazy bite reports, I wouldn't bring any spider into the home unless everyone living there can respect it, and understand what they can do. Some are so freaking fast, they seem to teleport.
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I really love those cute little fuzzy eight-legged creatures. Avics have always been my favorite. I started getting back into them and currently have a female avic. metallica.
When I was younger, 9-10 year ago, I was very into them with my dad. He was the one whom had the HUGE collection, bred them, and got me into them. I loved helping out and had a few of my own. Idk if anyone remembers Chris from Krazy 8's....but we would go to his house often and my dad would help out behind the booth at shows sometimes. One of my favorite memories is going with my dad and brother to the big ATS meeting in AZ (I think it was in '03)...being bored and going along the perimeter of the hotel and catching lizards with an awesome experienced keeper, going to the middle of nowhere in the pitch black (catching T's, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads). Great memories.
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Sounds like good times!!
Post some pics of her if you have any.
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Mods, can you move this to the invert section?
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here is my avic avic! Not sure on sex yet, it's a little young...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...IMAG0224-1.jpg
And here is the set up. It's an exoterra nano. Still waiting for webs...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...IMAG0232-1.jpg
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I wish I had a ton of those nanos.
Good luck on her being a girl :)
Thanks for posting.
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They are the perfect size! I'm hoping it's a girl too *crossing fingers*. I think my next t is going to be a GBB...the local pet store has a sling that I'm just dying to get my hands on ^_^
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Feeding Night v-v
Couple of pics. I'll try to get some more.
O. aureotibialis eating a dubia.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/27/beryqyga.jpg
My newer find. I'm pretty sure it's a fishing spider. I haven't seen one like this before. Looks really awesome in person.
:chomp:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/27/ezema8y6.jpg
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Next was my adult female Grammostola rosea, 4.5-5"
Tame out of the box
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0731.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0732.jpg
Yes, shes a petsmart T
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMAG0726-1.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0815.jpg
Next was a Cyclosternum fasciatum but he'll get his own post next.
My most recent addition (in my possesion) is a Poecilotheria rufilata, 1.5"
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMAG0391-1.jpg
This is the only good pic I have of it right now, but she just molted and is about 1.85". I'll get new pics later.
I have a .5" Brachypelma vagans coming in hopefully on wednesday.
I also have two scorpions:
First was a Vaejovis spinigerus, he's about 3" fully stretched
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0421.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0422.jpg
Then I got a Pandinus imperator, at about 4" but I don't have any pics.
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3skulls, your OBT looks like chewbacca xD You have sarlaacs pit...why not chewy? hahahah.
also...how/when did your t's start webbing? My Avic. Avic hasn't even tried =/ (3" across, maybe more). Been in her current setup for about 2 months ish...just recently started warming it (gets a little cold at night) to keep one of the corners at 78, which she comes and goes from.
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Cmack thanks for sharing. I love their blue feet. Never got into scorpions.
Haha panda, when she gets older I could put a little C3PO on her back :p
My OBTs and H. lividum started webbing the first night. My P. irminia webbed up her little fort after about a month of having her, she hasn't webbed at all in her new home. I think it's just up to them and if they feel that they need it. Her log goes about 5" into the soil so I think she feels safe enough.
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Originally Posted by cmack91
I want to see more of the Pokie as she grows. I don't have any of them yet but one day I will :)
My little vagans are a blast. They have made cool little tunnels and pounce on roaches.
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Originally Posted by iPanda
3skulls, your OBT looks like chewbacca xD You have sarlaacs pit...why not chewy? hahahah.
also...how/when did your t's start webbing? My Avic. Avic hasn't even tried =/ (3" across, maybe more). Been in her current setup for about 2 months ish...just recently started warming it (gets a little cold at night) to keep one of the corners at 78, which she comes and goes from.
My a. avic only webbed a tunnel for her to molt in and didn't web before and hasn't webbed since. I have a friend with 3 a. avics all about the same size and all in identical enclosures, 2 web and one doesn't.
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Re: Tarantulas and Spiders
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Originally Posted by 3skulls
Haha panda, when she gets older I could put a little C3PO on her back :p
My OBTs and H. lividum started webbing the first night. My P. irminia webbed up her little fort after about a month of having her, she hasn't webbed at all in her new home. I think it's just up to them and if they feel that they need it. Her log goes about 5" into the soil so I think she feels safe enough.
omg please do!! i would probably have a nerd attack xD I don't have a cork hide in there, but she has plenty of plant cover...maybe I should glue a hide to the side for her...
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Originally Posted by ChrisS
My a. avic only webbed a tunnel for her to molt in and didn't web before and hasn't webbed since. I have a friend with 3 a. avics all about the same size and all in identical enclosures, 2 web and one doesn't.
aww...I would be so sad if she didn't web. It was the whole reason I got her xD
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A. geniculata
Just had a molt the other day. Pretty sure 3rd instar.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/29/anequnes.jpg
I had laid out a piece of orange so a fruit fly would lay eggs. He ate a couple of maggots then took his first roach the other day. :)
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Re: Tarantulas and Spiders
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Originally Posted by ChrisS
It kinda looks like the crab spiders we have around here :) Granted I know nothing about spiders they kinda give me the willies... but I still think they are pretty, at a distance.
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How big is she?
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More awesome pics!! Thanks for sharing
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I wish I could take them out for some real photos. Getting pics through webbed up plastic with an iPhone is not always the best :p
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I think tarantulas are awesome but my dad and sister would kill me if I got one!
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Re: Tarantulas and Spiders
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Originally Posted by 3skulls
I want to see more of the Pokie as she grows. I don't have any of them yet but one day I will :)
My little vagans are a blast. They have made cool little tunnels and pounce on roaches.
I got my vagans in and he's awesome! Quick little thing, I wasn't expecting that. Good appetite too, he slams fruit flies lol.
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0491.jpg
He's already molted for me but he looks identical and only grew a micron or two lol.
And a here's a couple more of the rufilata to hold you over.
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0504.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0505.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0508.jpg
Her colors aren't coming through very well on my phone but she's already green. Kind of a pain to get pics too.
Here's the imperator. I don't bother him much, he IS the devil lol.
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0493.jpg
He sits that way 24/7, and attacks anything he can. My friend was holdimg the box he came in on our way home from getting him, and he reached out of an air hole and pinched his finger lol.
Last but not least, here's the fasciatum. I caught him molting this last time and caught a bunch of pics.
When I first got him
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMAG0791-2.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMAG0792-2.jpg
Growth rate
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0006.jpg
And molting
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0433.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0457.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0452.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0465.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0474.jpg
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0480.jpg
And finally out
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0485.jpg
It was so cool to watch, took forever it seemed but what a sight! Everyone needs to see that sometime in their life!
Here is just now, his adult colors are officialy in, and he's just shy of 2"
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMAG0498.jpg
Sorry for the cell phone pics.
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