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    Comment by 'jim777' in media 'lasiodora difficilis????'

    I know this is old but this looks exactly like mine
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    Anyone going to the reptile show at Oaks?

    I missed this one but may go to the one in November. Is there typically a charge to get into these shows?
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    Fainting chalcodes? Playing possum? What in the world?

    Awesome, I love "T behaving oddly" stories :)
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    New G. pulchripes keeper

    Slings can be stressful, but I think that's why we buy them; they need so little from us once they get a bit older (as Cavedweller said)! Great first choice, and welcome to the hobby :)
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    A series of videos for beginners

    I thought that was great :)
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    Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This - Need Help w/T's Dying...

    My versi used to jump from the highest point in its enclosure into the water dish at the bottom. Freaked me out the first few times, like it was leaping to its death or something. Avics are just fun like that :)
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    HELP sling food

    Little slings will still scavenge, so like Hobo says a leg or other piece of a larger cricket will work. there isn't a lot of nutritional value to fruit flies so avoid them if you can, but they won't harm the T if you can't feed them anything else for a little while.
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    Time to say goodbye

    Sorry you are losing Darla, but it's great you have another lined up. They really are beautiful girls, very tough to let go!
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    Crickets? Roaches? Worms?

    I've got a dozen T's, and every other Saturday I buy 30 crickets and divvy them out. Costs $2.14 with the 7% tax and I usually get double what I pay for :) There is no upside to me to be had from breeding anything, and as noted I have 10 more T's then you do. I would just buy crickets when...
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    "Purple Pink Toe"

    "Guess the Avic" is a tough one to play! I've got an immature A. azuraklaasi that has nearly that same coloring, for what its worth.
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    Comment by 'jim777' in media 'LP or AG? AG, right?'

    Just to add, I am not upset this isn't what I bought, as the LP was $4 bucks at the time and the A geniculata was about 6 times that much. Just didn't expect it. I thought the colors would change as the T matured, but there you go.
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    LP or AG? AG, right?

    Got this lovely T from Jamie about 18 months ago, and paid for an LP. I thought it looked odd for an LP, but being new to them didn't care much. Now that some time has gone by it seems very clearly to be an A geniculata, right?
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    Collection Types

    My collection is strictly NW, and will stay that way. It's a deal I made with the Mrs, so there it is :) I tend to go 50/50 on arboreals and the big terrestrials. But my heart is with the Avics, if I had to put it that way. An A. Versicolor was my first sling, and I've just loved the Avics ever...
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    A horrible loss

    Really sorry John; a terrible, Terrible loss.
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    First T!

    Looks great, Congrats!
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    I must not have a sense of humor

    In regards to the original story, I'm saddened by it, but those things do occasionally happen. Certainly easier to understand coming from a 5 year old then those idiots who buy rosies and leave them on co-workers desks as a joke and what not. My father taught me as a small kid that spiders were...
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    I saw the Dance !

    You will often hear the "head" section referred to as the Prosoma, and the bulbous back of the T called the Opisthosoma.
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    A.Geniculata Max Size??

    That is a big girl, congrats! :)
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    Dead tarantula

    I have a small cherry tree on my lawn that I planted with my son about 10 years ago. It is a dwarf tree, but a nice little thing. We keep the base covered in mulch, like a one foot high little hill around it. When one of my T's dies, I take it and place it on the top of the little mulch hill...
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    Avicularia Identity

    I really have no idea, but I've seen the occasional brownish A. bicegoi before. I've seen brownish A huriana's too. If it's wild caught I guess it could be any of many.
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