My friend found this 2” tarantula yesterday on South Mountain in AZ. May be lighting but it doesn’t look like chalcodes to me. A bit late in the season for those, anyways, right? The palps do look a little bulbous, but I don’t have a different angle pic. Could this be mareki?
@Ungoliant To be honest, I’m not entirely sure :oops: This was before I discovered AB and knew any better so she’s from Petco and not a breeder. I think rosea, because right after her molt, she definitely had pink coloration on the carapace but now she’s just grayish...
Anyone else going to Repticon Phoenix this weekend? I’ll be going on Saturday morning probably. Come say hi if you are!
I need more IRL spider friends (most of the people around me just sorta tolerate my excited bug ramblings :hilarious:).
@OliverWhatever here's an in-progress pic of the stamp :) It took several hours overall, but it's hard to estimate how many because I worked on it intermittently over the course of a few weeks haha.
@Leila Haha whoops. Fail. Ok I left several of the old conversations in my inbox so hopefully that will allow me to receive more DMs. I did get the alert that you sent one but for some reason it won't show the message itself even though I've cleared out some space...
Thank you!
Like @Rittdk01 said, the molts won't rot or smell funky since there are no internal gooey parts.
I start by putting them in a sealed container with a thin layer of warm water to rehydrate them (if it's not a fresh molt) and leave for a day. Once the molt is flexible enough to pose...
Make them into cool displays! A nicely mounted molt makes for a great gift (for the right kind of person, that is).
Framed genic by tetracerus posted Jul 30, 2017 at 2:25 PM
@EulersK What a nice-looking pair! Hope the second pairing attempt goes well! Keep us posted :D
Side question: Is it just the picture or are they the same size? The one time I tried (unsuccessfully) to pair my female, she was much larger than the guy. Admittedly, I haven't seen too many other...
Update: Shortly after placing her back into the tank, she wiggled into her burrow. Every few days, I checked to see if she showed any signs of dehydration and dripped some water into the burrow on the side closer to her mouth.
I can't tell you when exactly she passed away but her legs never...
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