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I was hoping for something more empirical. I'd be much more interested in any study on the flux of temperament over molt cycles. "Personality" is a bit too loaded when referring to something like an arachnid. Additionally, I'm lost on how Pruitt bred only two individuals he determined to have...

Interesting article making bold claims, obviously missing a ton of variables, but never thought I'd see this on my dash this morning. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/funstuff/mc-spider-personalities-1014-20131014,0,1435915.story

Any other criteria? Size? Temperament? My H. incei has webbed so heavily that I can no longer see any dirt in its enclosure. As a bonus, it has created multiple burrow entrances all around the periphery of its deli resulting in an interesting pattern. :)

Yup. 95% of the time the answer to a question like the title is yes.

G. pulchripes (then still G. aureostriata), and I couldn't be happier with the choice. :)

Yay the bipolar incei! Seems the cow has since been tamed. ;) (or was it "tammed"?) That auratum is scary fat. It's not allowed to participate in our Brachy growth race.

Now that is MUCH easier to see than the tiny thumbnail I received on my phone last night. I didn't know you'd named it though rofl. Coldspider. Original. ;) Sorry to hear about X. froidarignee's run-in with the car. Maybe you could cast what's left of her in resin. I sure don't forsee any...

It makes more sense for tarantulas to be less active when it is relatively cool.

I have not, but was able to find this. Hope it helps.

Does she have a water dish? Nice pjs ;)

I asked because a "curl" in the hobby usually denotes "death curl" in which the spider's legs are folded underneath its body. It is normal behavior for Avics to rest in the position you're describing, no need to worry. :) I may be wrong but your last post makes it sound as though you are...

Are the legs scrunced up over its eyes or down under its body? Humidity/temperature requrements vary between species; which tarantula are you talking about?

Ah, well, we ruined the surprise. :(

Generalizations are what we go on when making these types of recommendations. I definitely acknowledge the possibility for individuals within a species to... surprise you. It comes with the territory in T keeping, and is half the fun! ;)

The "proper" way varies within the hobby, but the most "common" way seems to be DLS. Unless the care sheets specified, though, it's anyone's guess whether the author meant LS or DLS. At least we can rule out body length. ;)

According to this article, proteins acting as clotting factors are found in D. melanogaster haemolymph. However, I am not sure of the haemolymph composition of "primitive" spiders and how it may differ from the haemolympg of a fly (or any other insects, for that matter). That said, my...

I never boost humidity for my Brachys (except in the case of very tiny slings). Besides that they are a dry-loving genus, internal humidity is more important than environmental humidity during a molt. Slings get most of this humidity from their food. Any larger, and I provide water dishes...

Both species remain vibrant from sling to adult, despite going through dramatic color changes. Personally I find the C. cyaneopubescens to be a far more nervous spider in general. For handleability I recommend the versicolor.

From my experience, this species is horrible to handle past the sling stage when they actually develop those "decorated" colors. It's around the same time they develop the hairs that stay in you for days. I hope the OP went with the Avicularia.

Depends on what you feed. An adult roach will make for a nice bolus, but you won't see leftovers from a pinhead cricket. At that size you will begin to see colors within the next molt or two.