Whatever it is, it is waaaay cool, and they said it was friendly. Isn't it great that these people were really interested instead of freaking out? It came to me via a FaceBook friend.
I'm still alive :-)
Gonna go have at least TWO Blue Hawaiis to ease my pain :-)
we don't have any highly venomous spideys here in IL that I know of.. or at least none that would spin a HUGE beautiful web every day.. but I don't think an Argiope would bite me?
We do have lots of bats...
I live in Rockford, IL.. and went out ( at 7:30 a.m. on a cloudy day) to my truck to bring in some things I had bought yesterday..
I have yucca plants on either side of my front sidewalka nd most mornings there is a large web spun across th ewalk between them. It's always empty.
TODAY I...
Yuck
You can get mites off of roses witha Q-tip and vegetable oil. It smothers the mites.. I don't know if it can hurt your bug, but it probably woudln't.
Ask first if they breathe through their skin or anything because I don't keep pedes.
And of course COMPLETLY change substrate!
I just had the exact same thing happen with my B. Boehmei.. she laid in moult position for more than ten days.. NEVER decomposed but finally did start to mold. I would leave this guy in position for a while longer and PRAY.
What can it hurt??
I am SO sorry. I raised MY spider from a tiny...
rump, abdomen,
Personally, I have fat bottomed girls :-)
except for that one immature male Arizona Blonde, and my "possible male" (waiting forever for another moult) G. Pulchra.
THEY have butts.
2 liter bottle
I like that idea, too.. but certainly leave the cap on :-)
I have one fat butt Aphanopelma who hides in the handle of her gallon jug.. she would fit right though the top of a 2 liter bottle.
I plug the handle before i move her so she has nowhere to hide.
Believe it or...
the 3rd (and last) pic
I'll quit adding to this thread soon because now I know it's a lost cause.
I really did try.
I really appreciate all of the answers, opinions and support.
No one else I know understands how terrible this really is; my "friend" laughed at me. She has no idea...
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