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Yes, that's just a cricket. I did look through bugguide and some other resources, but my unfamiliarity with identifying American desert scorpions blurred all the specific terms and variable photos together to the point I don't trust my judgment of them without more experienced eyes.

Hello! Friends are considering keeping these that they've found in Arizona. I read the descriptions of possible species, but have little experience with wild ones so things like (very variable) "stripes," "triangles," and "a little narrower" aren't clear in real life to me, and wtf even does...

I can't tell from the video I'm watching on the phone, but does the float move? Does she not mind that?

Yes. Of course. The Maserati out front was bought with my Monsanto shill bucks over an herbicide that's been off patent over 15 years *rolleyes.* I had thought you were looking for reasonable discourse. Good day.

Turns out they were both females after all.

Well, there are a few problems with that. First, the aquatic toxin in the one you picked is primarily the wetting agent. The detergent. Which you are also adding to your mixture, making it also deadly to fish and other aquatic organisms. Nothing should be applied where water can carry it further...

Sodium can also accumulate in soils where there isn't a lot of rain to wash it out (not a problem where I live, but many other places). Vinegar is very phytotoxic, works quickly, and completely biodegrades. Only the newer systemic herbicides will get rid of deep rooted resilient weeds in one...

About 2pm same day:

The porteri going into molt turned out to be a different one than what I thought. This one was not missing legs. I forgot I traded her out for a suspected male a few years ago since I'm not collecting this species. Finally molted after 2 years-ish, and now that I think of it maybe even longer...

Finally! Miss grumpypants pissant porteri. The worst tempered Grammostola I've ever had the misfortune to be acquainted with. I moved it completely away from everyone or the hairs would have been all flicked off. But then, if I had eaten maybe once or twice in almost 2 years and had 2 legs...

Here's mine:

I can't really tell on my phone, but maybe Scotophaeus blackwalli? I have pics of mine somewhere in here...

Terrestrial The Grammostola desert nursery. Keeping it simple. I've used a gold colored clay from the forest, leaving little roots and moss bits in (and oven baking to kill off anything living in it). It's too heavy to use in large amounts, but in these smaller amounts they love it. It's not...

I need to add for my own tracking that this is G. p. #2. I haven't gotten a good pic of G. p. #1 yet.

Around 2.5 inches. I'm no good at this yet. I understand the diagrams, but need to study more pics to "get" it in real life. I hope the pic is good enough in resolution.

G. pulchripes first adult and last juvenile colors side by side Two young G. pulchripes, same age but one molt apart. First hint of adult colors at about a year old. They have grown slowly because where I have them it gets very cold in winter and very hot in summer. They didn't eat for long...

LOL @ Polypropyleneaceae! Do you have a closer pic of the creeper (and location)? It looks like it could be a fern too - there are some Pyrrosias and others that look like that.

Besides needing rain or distilled water, another problem might be that you've got a temperate species, and since it's summer where you are, it could get too warm for temperate Sphagnum inside :( Edit: Just noticed Louise already said that, sorry!

Cool, good luck - there are some crazy looking ones out there now.