You beat me to it. I was going to say the same thing about how widow spiders like to hide underneath things. Many years ago I had several black widows (4 Lactrodectus hesperus from California; 1 L. mactans from Texas) housed in the tall 32 fl. oz. plastic condiment containers and solved the...
This is an interesting question. Apparently they do pass customs, since Typhocleana seladonia is in the United States. It is common knowledge that Brazil does not allow the collection and exportation of their flora and fauna for commercial purposes- like the pet trade- and there are articles...
I have checked the World Arachnid Catalog for the order Uropygi in the United States and iNaturalist and there have been no recorded observations of a Mastigoproctus species anywhere in the state of Tennessee. We would need more than a childhood memory to take the claim seriously. As for...
The original question asked about the hobby, not about the usefulness of tarantulas in general. Tarantulas most certainly have the potential of being beneficial to people, and they most certainly are beneficial to the ecosystems they occur in, but keeping them in captivity has none. Collecting...
A bit of an overreaction to order new supplies. Go ahead and cancel that order, pluck out the mushrooms and toss them out of the window, then go about your business as usual. It just so happens the conditions that benefit the species of tarantula you have are also ideal for fungal growth...
I've pondered the question posed in this thread for years and came to conclusion that the tarantula keeping hobby has absolutely no benefit to global society. This is primarily because tarantulas don't really "do" anything that would be of benefit to people by keeping them in glass or plastic...
Don't do this. If one needs a post deleted, just report it to make sure we moderators see it and evaluate the request. Not all posts qualify for deletion.
Slight correction. The "sp." followed by a genus name simply means a species of that genus. Its usage does not imply that it is unknown to science awaiting classification (undescribed). Psalmopoeus sp. "Whatever" just means that the one who uses it is referring to a species of Psalmopoeus...
I did some reading on how the term "power feeding" is used in the snake keeping hobby and the general consensus is that it is roughly defined by overfeeding a snake using a variety of methods- the more common of which is simply feeding 2-3 times a week as opposed to once a week- with the...
Feel free to tag me in any post at any time. I'm always willing to share what I know or refer you to an article that would answer your questions. It's just in this instance you asked a series of questions that were already answered in the very same article you posted so I wasn't sure if you...
Your questions were answered twice in the text of the article; once in the introduction section and again in the discussion section. I'm not sure what more you need to know.
What makes a Theraphosa stirmi impressive is its mass, not its legspan. By legspan a Theraphosa species is on par with the other giants of the genera Pamphobeteus, Xenesthis, Lasiodora, Poecilotheria, Omothymus, Phormingochilus, Hysterocrates, Phoneyusa, etc. At this time the largest spider...
What does it matter what anyone thinks? They either key to the species Monocentropus balfouri or they don’t. Whoever has these things needs to keep the adult molts and send them to several different individuals with the skills to identify them properly for verification. Until then, who cares?
You are probably remembering one of my posts, but my male and female pair never looked like your's though. The closest species to what my "Diamondback" spiderlings grew to look like are what are being called Aphonopelma sp. "Dragoon". As spiderlings mine were just a drab uniform brown. I know...
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