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  1. arachnoid

    SF Bay Area Tarantula Society Meeting

    Couldn't make it:(
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    Bugging Out - One more chance

    Thank god for On Demand. Really jazzed since finding out the shop is a bit over 15 minutes away!
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    Biggest most impressive pede in hobby?

    I remember when I first saw this pic, easily the most impressive centipede I have ever seen, even if it appears defanged. I heard these black centipedes used to be more common in the trade some time ago. Now I only hear about them in stories about the Galapagos or some island off the coast of...
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    SF Bay Area Tarantula Society Meeting

    This is great! Getting more into the hobby again only to find this and find that Ken the Bug Guy is only 17 minutes away! I'll try to make it next week.
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    Newbie! Lasiodora parahybana 1st timer.

    Swifty's freebie I ordered a 2" L. parahybana from Swift's and for a freebie I got a 1/4" one as well. Not only is this my 1st experience with this species but it's also the 1st time I've ever had a T smaller than 2" (the freebie.) Being only 1/4", I'm almost certain it's husbandry...
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    Why did you get into spiders?

    My 1st T was a B. smithi that was mislabeled and (lucky for me) priced as a $19 G. rosea. Don't really remember what came after that but it included an H. lividum, P. murinus, A. versicolor, G. rosea, and another P. murinus. All of these in one way or another have passed on so I've been...
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    Another reason to hate petco.

    Well if there is one thing you can love Petco for is when a goof up is made and the next thing you know, you're walking out of the store with a 2" B. Smithi that was labeled as a $19.99 G. rosea.
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    Thelcticopis modesta (orange huntsman)

    For the good of the hobby, wouldn't it have made better sense to give a quick and simple answer and then tell him about using the search function next time rather than berate him and insult his intelligence from the outset?
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    scolopendra cough medicine

    Um, so about them scolopendra farms... http://www.903china.com/doce/jj.htm Really need to look for it but I could've sworn there was a documentary showing a centipede breeding farm and the benefits of scolopendra venom.
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    Just got back from the Philippines

    The orb-weaver (banana spider?) was at the public market in Tagaytay above the vendors. There was alot of them. From my understanding the ones in the jungle get huge. Those huntsman spiders turned out to be very common. I saw them in every town. I wish I had the opportunity to see a...
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    Bird eating centipede

    Ultimate Invert Predator I don't care what the T. blondi guys say, you just can't compare an active forager to an ambush predator.
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    Just got back from the Philippines

    Just got back from the Philippines. Saw some cool things. I have no idea what species they are. Sorry for the crappy pix. This was an orb-weaver. These things were huge. Biggest orb-weaving spider I've ever seen in person. It's legspan is easily the palm of my hand This thing was...
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    "Halloween Pede"

    I did a scolopendra search @ amazon and came up with this interesting book. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007JBNUA/qid=1136865417/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/104-9840752-9415923?n=507846&s=books&v=glance Anyone ever read it?
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    "Halloween Pede"

    Man I have to say this pede ranks up there with the Malay Jewel (I would use scientific names, but give me a break how many subspinipes are there?) Does anyone know the availability of this species? In the USA?
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    "Halloween Pede"

    please ID this scolopendrid It's Scolopendra55's avatar and I just couldn't believe the coloration of it.
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    scolopendra eating raw meat

    My S. subspinipes (Malay Cherry-Red) ate a bite-size (human-size that is!) piece of a Subway roast beef sandwich. I just recieved it in the mail so I had it in an empty 10 gal while I prepped it's tank. My buddy shows up and puts the last of his sandwich in the tank. I didn't even know what...
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    New pede "Black-tipped"

    Steven, you have a pede collection only I can dream about :worship: You're the first person I've seen with one of these Malaysian black tip bronze pedes. It wouldn't surprise me if next week you have a 14" Malay Jewel! Absolutely awesome pede man and please keep sharing!
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    Vietnamese Scorpions???

    Anyone hear the story of the 11" swammerdami caught sometime around WWII?
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    who do you fear the most ?

    Easily my 8.5" Malay Cherry Red subspinipes. All my pedes are fast, aggressive and quick-reacting but NONE are as fast, quick-reacting, and SUPER aggressive as my Malay. Feeding time, picture time, or anything involving the removal of the tank lid is quite an adventure. It actually died...
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    California Pede

    It's cool knowing there's polymorphas out and about so close but I wonder how close their range is to the Bay Area. My lady's family is from Sac so maybe I'll go pede hunting next time we visit.
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