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Or wave around a couple of fingers to get its attention. Depending on your working distance though, don't be surprised if it suddenly "disappears" only for you to realize/discover its walking around on your lens filter! :wall:

Could be an A. urticans... Looks like it may be getting near a molt as well.

Heard that about the crocs... Also that the goannas (that also predate croc nests) were running into issues as well due to consumption of the canes. It's all really just sad, when an introduced species like that causes so much havoc. :(

A sad situation, indeed as that is a wonderful place, full of some very unique wildlife. I recall seeing some of the little buggers when on a visit there and out photographing one night while in Jabiru. :( Someone said that crows seem to be able to have no problem with them since they have...

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I can't recall offhand if there is a more current revision of the genus than this one... Gertsch WJ, Ennik F. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin, American Museum of Natural History 175: 265-360...

Haven't looked at the genetalia of any Loxosceles in some time so I cannot recall the complexity, but as in some groups it may be easier to id from the males than the females....think it was down to clearing the epigynum and spermethecal structure for the females, but I could be wrong (as it has...

Well for now at least...:D

Count me in on that one. I have 3 species of Ceratogyrus at this point (C. marshalli, C. bechuanicus, and C. brachycephalus) and while they are a bit nervous/skittish, I haven't seen what would count as defensive behavior (yet...but then I don't handle the little monsters. One C...

Yeah as I recall bearded dragons can be quite the little (or big) pigs...that is why I prefer my Uromastyx dispar malienses..."vegetarian" lizard. Not that it doesn't eat a lot at times, but it's easier on the wallet with the greens and also you can eat them as well! Well you COULD eat the...

That's Loxosceles deserta I believe you are referring to... http://spiders.ucr.edu/images/colorloxmap.gif Rick even mentioned that introductions of Loxosceles reclusa, though rare are possible (esp. if items/people come from known L. reclusa territory in the Midwest). We've had similar...

Yeah, that is what the information on Univ of Ca-Riverside site was saying. The majority of the bites don't cause a severe reaction, and that there are other possible causes of necrosis, but the recluses get blamed, time and time again, even in areas where they are not known to be native and...

Agreed. I lived in Brown Recluse country for 3 years and even had them beneath my graduate office/lab desk at times. The big danger usually came from putting on clothing/shoes with one hiding in it...and a bite could occur. But if you saw it, then you could go in for some minor...

Not quite the threat one might think... http://spiders.ucr.edu/myth.html http://spiders.ucr.edu/necrotic.html

Sorry, I just found that last part rather {D Seriously though, I've had some really good dealings here (online with people who post here) and at local shows. You can usually tell (esp. at shows) the people who know what they are talking about and are being honest with you and the ones that...

I would have to go with T. blondi (though P. metallica is a close second, though for different reasons). The whole (well most of the appeal) of this spider is due to its LARGE size. But what do you get...a BIG, sort of drab, defensive spider that will kick off very irritating hairs at...

I had to chuckle at BOTH the earwax feeding comment and the "neither of them was poisonous"... I recall a few years ago when I was working at a Natural History Museum, this story about a woman who went into the ER with an odd ear ache...well the doc took a look and pulled out a (live)...

Getting in line For some of those slings when they are old enough to ship. I have 3 "sub-adult" (well at least not adult male) Liphistius that were sold as L. murphyorum but most likely are juvie L. malayanus (have to wait for a few more molts to see if there is a size increase and color...

I don't think Joachim Haupt's monograph on the group contains information like that, but it has ecological information (but someone with a copy may be able to confirm this...as I haven't gotten one yet :( )

NO LIE, and despite everyone's BEST EFFORTS to get them to change (even some of the "independently owned" local chains.... I knew of one guy/gal who worked in the "herp room" (where they kept the inverts as well) who knew something of what they were talking about (but then they always talked...