i have both D.tenbrosus and scriptus in my area. the way i tell the difference that was taught to me by a Misouri entomologist was tenebrosus are darker and scriptus have the same patterns but lighter and grayish almost white. also the individuals that i have found seem to be slightly smaller...
i found two widows today in missouri one is a mature female and the other is what looks to be an immature female. anyways how do you tell the difference between L.mactans L.variolus and L. hesprerus. the immature has three red dots on the top of the abodmen which are bordered by yellow streaks...
hey guys i dont know a whole lot about centipedes but think they are very intresting. anyways i live in missouri and found two 3-4'' centipedes while flipping rocks. i wanna keep them and was wanting to know what kind they are latin and common names and how to keep them. any suggestions or...
does anybody know any good places in saint charles county to go bug and snake hunting. im going tomorrow and cant travel far so im kinda stuck in this county/area
anybody know of any good bug and snake hunting areas in saint charles county missouri im going tomorrow and cant really travel far. not to mention Busch wildlife area is to poluted any more to find anything but deer.
all hots be it viperidea or elapidea can replace teeth and or fangs as need a lot of rattlesnakes have been known to have two and even three fangs in the same place. either way they shed their fangs often to either replace broken or worn out dull fangs. and can have a new fang in the place of a...
i would have to say my most painful bite was by an Agkistrodon p.piscavorus. i had a large female give birth to 16 young so hooked her out of her enclosure and proceded to to hook out the babies. Whie reaching in to remove the water bowl i found out that she had 17 babies and received two swift...
yeah i asked around on venomlist and every body said there was something wrong with me and then stop replying and the only people i can find that have them........ i dont speak their language. go figure.
i would hve to say the old world spp take the cake in my opinion. but P.murinus would have to be my fav. but if new world spp. is what we were talking about id have to say L.parahybana. there huge with with a great temperment.
sweet man my D. tenebrosus just had slings i stuck the aquarium minus her out back in the shade next to the stream where i caught her at and now shes already preparing for another sack. dont worry bout the pics i can only take pics with my cell phone until i can afford a camera.
i would say Dolomedes tenebrosus just because of the coloration and the fact that that would would be one helluva big thin legged wolf spider at two inches at least in my area it would be.
C.vittatus sting
i have to been stung by vittatus both MM and MF neither were bad just hot like i poked by a redhot needle followed by a small white spot, but thats about it. went away within 15-20 minutes.
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