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Oh Chris, I'm so sorry; I was really hoping she'd make it. It would've been nice for you to have a docile tarantula for a change.

In case anyone was thinking, "A T. blondi needs high humidty," since this was something that I read before I got this T, I was planning on partially using saran wrap or something similar to keep the majority of the humidity in. Little, useless side note.

For some silly reason, I was having a hard time finding tons of information on these scorpions as well too. I'll definitely be eager to hear anyone's advice on care if someone has a moment to share. (Oh no! I rhymed and it was awful.)

Yeah, I'm sorry. I need to re-read things before I post, because I don't always write in a way that makes as much sense as it makes in my head. Definitely! It adds a lot of extra personality to the posts. {D

Cute icon btw, but I have no reason to fib.

I suppose it made more sense to me as I wrote it, because I am the one whose looking at the set up. The books are the lid until I buy a screened lid of appropriate size. Since I wanted the T. blondi to have at least some small amount of ventilation, there's space between the stacked books and...

The regalis got out while I was feeding. I always take note of where a T is (or where they must be hiding if they're not visible) and when I was putting in food, he/she was hidden by a standing piece of bark and I somehow had missed the fact that the regalis bolted. I noticed too late and...

Keeping the numbers low in the dubia bin sounds like a good idea; maybe "introduce" them slowly. Honestly though, I'm getting sick of the smell. People would say that crickets smell and roaches don't....well, the roach colonies smell less, in my experience, but it's still far from pleasant.

One more thing I should mention, don't let the beetles or the larva get loose in your house!! They supposedly kick the trash off of carpet beetles when it comes to destroying things.

Exactly. I have a culture of a bunch of dermestid beetles that I was going to introduce to my dubias in a week or so. http://skullwork.com/images/Larva%20and%20beetle.jpg Most people use them in their cricket colonies. They eat the cricket bodies to keep the smell down significantly.

I have news for you: A 2" P. regalis and an 8.5" T. blondi don't get along as well as you might think. I know, I expected them to be best of friends too, but the T. blondi thought the regalis looked like a tasty snack. Sorry, to be a little more serious, my little regalis escaped its...

What a cool backyard!

Well, they're really beautiful Ts. I hope you get to see her sometime soon!

Ugh, that's HORRIBLE (and great at the same time, cuz you found him/her)! My sweetheart got distracted while feeding his P. metallica and somehow walked away with the lid still off. Thankfully, I noticed before anything happened.

Those are good sized legs for that species. This must be at least a 4" specimen, right?

How irritating, literally. I haven't been suffering to the point of bleeding (that really sucks, Joe), but my hands have itched every night for a long time and I have this sore throat for a week and a half that I can't help but think is a related issue.

I love the ending to this video. Nice dramatic exit!

I've also fed them tomatoes, but they didn't seem to like them as much as other fruits I've tried. There weren't any problems after I'd fed both my dubia and lateralis colonies tomato.

Sorry to post off topic, but your OBT's name is hilarious!

I use scented reed diffusers and have found no reason to be concerned. They don't put out a large amount of scent though.