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    ID - Croatian

    that first one is real pretty :) Don't know what it is though.
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    Owners of Huntsman UNITE! *I need your advice*

    This is a good indicator that she is likely gravid.
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    Phoneutria pictures

    This thread is about pictures guys. They are excellent pictures, by the way, thank you for sharing.
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    Comment by 'Irks' in media 'Seen in Malawi - please help me ID it :)'

    Probably Heteropoda genus but the coloring sure looks like Holconia, even though I don't think Holconia live there.
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    Calisoga longitarsus "False Tarantula"

    My friend found one floating in his pool as well, thought it was dead. About half an hour after being taken out of the pool to show me, it sprang back to life. Quite aggressive and fun to watch.
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    Brown Boxing Your Tarantula - Supply and Demand - and getting things illegal

    +1 on fran is trolling Let it go dude. You're not helping your case at all. Just let it go and listen for a while.
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    Regarding recent Phoneutria for sale in USA

    In general I agree, but remember the member who thought letting a gravid huntsman escape through his makeshift saran wrap lid wasn't his fault? And then proceeded to get Sicarius very soon after? There are new members entering the hobby every day, and not all of them have as much common sense as...
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    Regarding recent Phoneutria for sale in USA

    A large fire is obvious and will be reported by someone and your house will be fine, even if you aren't home. Improper gun use carries stiff penalties. Same with cars. And both of those are registered in your name. Improper knife use in your own home will not bother your neighbor in the...
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    Regarding recent Phoneutria for sale in USA

    My 2 cents is this... Would you really want your next door neighbor breeding these spiders?
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    Regarding recent Phoneutria for sale in USA

    You cannot compare the likely hood of being bitten by a widow to the likely hood of being bitten by Phoneutria. Or the danger of being bitten by a huntsman to the danger of being bitten by Phoneutria. They are not even in the same ball park.
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    Invertebrates of Australia

    That Nephila edulis is gorgeous :drool:
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    First widow molt

    A few days after the molt should be just fine. She should be hungry and get it right away.
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    could use a hand to ID this

    looks like some kind of Aranaeus to me
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    Black Widow Bites, Two For One Sale!

    great video :clap:
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    usambara yellow and black spider Help!

    Sure looks like Palystes hoehneli to me too. Not very dangerous, venom is nothing compared to wandering spiders. Mine never indicated they wanted to bite non-food items. It could have come from the Usambara mountains, if there's any truth to the ID you were given.
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    Question about black widow eggs

    Yes, once a black widow has mated once, she can have fertile eggsacks pretty much for life.
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    Help....Black widow living in my car!!

    A long blade of grass works just as well as a bug if you use it correctly. Just imitate a trapped bugs behavior (use correct tension for a prey item, and jerk gently at the web). It takes me less than a minute to capture a black widow if it's hungry and receptive to web vibrations (after they...
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    Is This Steatoda grossa? ID Please.

    immature Lactrodectus female. When it molts again species should be more obvious.
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    Getting rid of Widows

    Huntsman or geckos won't bother a widow in it's web. If it was running across the floor, they'd eat it. Your best bet is manual removal, which isn't too hard. Just lure it out with grass or a bug, or wait for night, then break the web behind it (so it cant get back to it's crevice) with a stick...
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    Getting rid of Widows

    False widows (Steatoda) are what we usually get in the house. Actual black widows prefer the garage. Did it have an hourglass?
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