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Please do not condiscend to tell me to take it down a notch. I kept many scorpions when they were all legal to keep, in the 70's you could keep everything, and then went out of country and saw what they can do. Easily contained? How many people per year endanger the exotic pet trade because...

Someone mentioned that I should not post messages because I live in TX. I have also lived in CA, LA, OK, FL, TN, England, NY, Canada (briefly), Africa, Venuzuela, Korea, China,Vietnam Japan and Surinam, Egypt and then Iraq. How obtuse. When the internet 1st came around, we all shared...

Look for thick tree stumps below thick branches, small tree holes and look at the broad leaves, you may discover a new Avic species. Also, look for clearly defined rounded holes near tree trunks and low, grounded branches, and near marsh lands, for the large terrestrials. Good luck.

Do not handle these X's. Fair humidity and lots of food, they will eat it. Again. do not handle, when you get it, you will know why.

Everyone, going forward, should not dispense general advice in a forum such as this. If someone in upper New York or Canada have a humidity question, why does someone from CA, NM or AZ respond? Entirely different environments and additional requirements will be necessary. Very simply put, a...

Correct, speed has absolutley nothing to do with it. You will never be faster than a determined spider, so simply focus on venom. The slowest such animals are the most dangerous, that is why they can be slow. A fast spider with minimal venom can not be compared to a slow spider with...

Regarding scorpions, I will only add that I have kept everything from a Deathstalker to an African Emperor. The Emperor was hesitant about stinging, as was the Desert Hairy scorpion, The others, from the Mid-East and Africa, were as venemous as a cobra. I had been bitten by a rattlesnake years...

With all due respect, your question is a bit odd. If you want an active, stinging scorpion, you have to go with the smaller, deadlier species, mid-east or african. Their bodies and pincers are small, so they sting more readily, but pack deadly venom, so not safe for the family. If you want an...

The only spider you listed with medically significant venom is the Usambara Baboon. They are fast, defensive and aggressive, as most African species are. The rest are fairly docile, but most of these have urticating hairs and should rarely be handeled unless necessary to do so, as with all...

The most dangerous tarantula has not been found yet, but forget about speed an jumping, it is all about the venom. Following that standard, the Brazillian Wondering Spider and the Australian Funnel Web should be taken into account. Aggressiveness aside, the Black Widow, Hobo, African 6 eyed...

I am glad you are addressing the topic of size, to bring some reality into the tarantula world. However, please associate your knowledge and resulting competencies with those measurements. People purchase a sturgeon based upon statistical size and maintain it, but it will never grow to it's...

Nicole, You have a very good point. However, avic's tend to form the base of their web (the strongest part) in the middle of their home, and the top and bottom are less important and are replaced nightly if disrupted by lid opening. The height and security, as well as the type of web that...

Further, I highly doubt that you have a hybrid at all, and if the store you bought this from advertised as such, both they and you should assume that you do not know what you have. Tarantula cross breeding is virtually unknown, and assume that if you purchased a juv or adult, they do not know...

If you are talking about a baby aborial, please do not place it in an upside down jar. If you wish to use a jar, keep it upright and poke some small holes in the lid and place your substrate at the bottom, to hold the humidity and spray that lightly a few times per week. Put a small, thin...

What pet shop and how large is the spider. If an juv or adult, please provide a physical description and the size of the habitat that you are keeping it in, and your geographical location.