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Hi, I came home today to find that the eyes of my praying mantis has turned black and cloudy, I've heard this is a sign of some sort of disease or parasite, but i'm not sure of the details. Few questions. I was wondering what caused this? Is there anything that I can do for her? I keep...

I'd say female, no pattern around that area. Not sure what the dot on the less zoomed in picture was about though...

1.personally I prefer the brocklehursti or the nhandu(probably more so the nhandu) cuz their color is a bit more unique, get the nhandu if u already have a geniculata, or want sumthin a bit more feisty. 2.rufilata has one of the more unique colorations for a pokie(imo) aside from subfuscas and...

To add to this, a T don't die in that position very often(unless they die while molting or sumthin), they usually die upright with their legs curled under. And yea, try ur best to not disturb the T while it's molting.

If you want to free range sumthin for pest control, try praying mantis??? They are pretty much native to north america, and are sold at certain places for pest control anyways. I know in canada they can't do much cuz once the winter hits they are gone and there isn't enough food here to...

Hmm, I was thinkng being a little worm, nematodes can't spread by themselves. Try to look to see if there are any small flies(phorid flies) around the cages at all, I've been told that they can spread nematodes.

I have been into Tarantula for a while, but a while ago i decided to get a vinegeroon. I was just wondering how would you tell the sex of these things, and whether sex even matters for these guys(apart from breeding). Do the females live significantly longer than the males like tarantulas? or...

Well think of it this way, why do people have to get the newest electronics, be it a computer, ipod, or cellphone, when in a few years they will become soo much cheaper. Although the thing about electronics is that they usually have newer better models. But my point is, if it's cheap, everyone...

I like jumping spiders, they are an arboreal T with good sight. only thing is that they are usually too small, although I believe there are a few species with a quite potent venom.

ummm... while feeding WC cricket is a bad idea, crickets do secrete a liquid from their mouth as a form of self defence. It's like what their bigger cousin the grasshoppers do as well. So, it's natural.

I kinda like it when my pokies threat me, it's so pretty, except it means they are stressed so... i try to avoid it. I don't find pokies that bad, most of the time they just run anyways, the only times when my pokies gave me a threat pose was when they felt the warmness of my breath. Some of...

that's almost bigger than Zilla's molt then right? nice.

Get a pokie :P

Did u get a chance to measure the molt yet? it be interesting to c how big she is.

Have you been washing ur hand regularly :P Seriously though, my guess would have sumthin to do with scent, or if you have sum weird chemical on ur hand from things like soap. You don't need to touch it for it to "smell" you.

yep, almost certainly a male imo.

I use the word essentially too much >.>

To elaborate on that sathane was saying, the spider silk is a protein, which is what makes up every living organism. Essentially in digestion the proteins are broken down to their basic components (the amino acid, a protein is a folded chain of amino acids). Essentially the nature of proteins...

I believe it is some sort of polymerizing reaction. Kinda like how they make plastic. The liquid is made of monomer which when reacted makes a polymer.

you have no pokies!!! blasphemy!!! :P