they suspect that liphistiids don't have potent venom, they prefer to play dead than to bite. I'm also not afraid of any spiders biting me, Ive held poecis without any trouble.
they suspect that liphistiids don't have potent venom, they prefer to play dead than to bite. I'm also not afraid of any spiders biting me, Ive held poecis without any trouble.
While I'm not as fiercely anti-handling as some on this forum, you cannot extrapolate past experience of holding mygalomorphs such as Poecilotheria to the handling of non-tarantula mygalomorphs such as this L. jarujini; that sort of mindset can lead to you taking unnecessary risks and having a very bad day due to a bite (don't write off allergic reaction to venom either) or a specimen jumping to it's death at the end of the line (though I notice you are holding it close to the substrate, well done).
That said, I'm curious as to what environment you found this specimen in? Was it burrowed into a near vertical surface or...?
While I'm not as fiercely anti-handling as some on this forum, you cannot extrapolate past experience of holding mygalomorphs such as Poecilotheria to the handling of non-tarantula mygalomorphs such as this L. jarujini; that sort of mindset can lead to you taking unnecessary risks and having a very bad day due to a bite (don't write off allergic reaction to venom either) or a specimen jumping to it's death at the end of the line (though I notice you are holding it close to the substrate, well done).
That said, I'm curious as to what environment you found this specimen in? Was it burrowed into a near vertical surface or...?
I do realize the risks, and I usually hold my spiders close to the ground over a blanket or close to the substrate. my spiders have been held a lot so they are quite used to the idea of it, I have held my poecilotheria vittata since he was a sling, he doesn't seem to mind it in the least. My real monster is my Phlogiellus sp. Chiang mai.
While I'm not as fiercely anti-handling as some on this forum, you cannot extrapolate past experience of holding mygalomorphs such as Poecilotheria to the handling of non-tarantula mygalomorphs such as this L. jarujini; that sort of mindset can lead to you taking unnecessary risks and having a very bad day due to a bite (don't write off allergic reaction to venom either) or a specimen jumping to it's death at the end of the line (though I notice you are holding it close to the substrate, well done).
That said, I'm curious as to what environment you found this specimen in? Was it burrowed into a near vertical surface or...?
I do realize the risks, and I usually hold my spiders close to the ground over a blanket or close to the substrate. my spiders have been held a lot so they are quite used to the idea of it, I have held my poecilotheria vittata since he was a sling, he doesn't seem to mind it in the least. My real monster is my Phlogiellus sp. Chiang mai.
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