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    Where to find Dysdera crocata?

    I went out into my front yard and found one like a week ago. It was under a garden border stone at like 10 pm. Maybe try checking under rocks and logs at night if you can?
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    Strange thing hanging out from Amblypygid abdomen?

    She finally started moving around her enclosure, and I'm thinking that those might be the remnants of an old egg sac? Does anyone know if it is normal for that to kinda hang around?
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    Strange thing hanging out from Amblypygid abdomen?

    So I received my D. medius from tarantulaspiders.com today, and my female seems to have this weird thing hanging off her abdomen. When I first took her out of the shipping container I thought it was just some substrate stuck to her underside, but now I'm not so sure. Can anyone weigh in on this...
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    Alternatives to Cork Bark in Amblypygids Enclosures

    Thanks for the info! :D it isn't particularly cold where I live, so I'll look into ordering some soon. Do any any of you have a preference to which species you keep with your whips? (I also went outside and abducted some isopods to keep in a spare kritter keeper, just out of curiosity.)
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    Alternatives to Cork Bark in Amblypygids Enclosures

    The lids still function fine even with the holes! The lid doesn't form a vacuum. Instead, the bottom of the lid expands or contracts where the rubber rubber sits to form the seal @Ghoul Oh my gosh I'd love to have two big ol' Exo Terras for my whips, but the cheapness and size of the storage...
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    Alternatives to Cork Bark in Amblypygids Enclosures

    I really liked the enclosures displayed in this thread, so I decided to try them out for my first ever whips (soon to be a pair of D. diadema). I did find the Rubbermaid containers that Aquarimax and others found at Target, but I wasn't pleased with them because they are kind of oddly shaped...
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    Introduce Yourself

    Hey there :shame: I'm a 23-year-old biology student from east Tennessee. I've never personally kept arachnids, but my mother has, and I've become obsessed with Amblypygids. I hope to own a D. diadema someday soon, but I want to do as much research as possible beforehand, so here I am. I'll...
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