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I have 2 A. sp. Peru. 1 has just enough web to sleep in the other has tunnels of web. Both will come down to hunt if crickets and roaches don't climb up to them. Sometimes they stay on the ground to eat. Not all Tarantulas do what most of their species do. I have an Orphnaceous Blue that is said...

Do your tarantulas come out when you are around them? If I hang out around my tarantulas they almost all come out to see whats going on or most likely to see if a cricket is gonna get thrown in. If one isn't thrown in they sometimes walk around and make sure that maybe I threw one in but they...

Its not like they are always on the lids. Your tarantulas don't ever walk around? I'm not asking if it is normal or ok I read that stuff and is why I am wondering why from the reading I've done it seems like falling at all is so deadly. If they are doing it on purpose I'm sure they now what they...

They aren't falling very far and never seen them do it and not land on their feet yet. The A. Chalcodes has done it in the same area every time I have seen it. All of them are on soft coir and the farthest drop is by by the A. Chalcodes wich is about 4inches at the spot it jumps down. For the...

A read a lot of people talking about Tarantulas falling and getting injured to the point of dying. I have 3 different Tarantulas that purposely jump off the lids and land on their feet. These I cut way back on feeding because so many talk about ruptured abdomens. If these Tarantulas are jumping...

I watched a Rose Hair Tarantula Kill and eat a Gopher Snake that was way bigger than it. Weak venom or not it will kill and eat a snake way bigger than itself. This is a fact I watched it happen. The snake was dead very shortly after being bitten and was at least half eaten. Be surprised...

The Tarantula would more likely eat the snake. I seen it done a long time ago. The snake won't eat it because it has no eye lids and the hairs would mess it up real bad. They stay away from each other because it isn't worth the fight to either one. If they did come into fighting the Tarantula...

The wild Tarantulas here in Central California are sometimes found in direct sunlight sitting on rocks or whatever. It isn't to get heat as it will be in the 90s sometimes when Iv'e seen this. who knows why but it could be as simple as a day person liking to take a walk at night every now and...

My room that I keep my spiders in has got to just under 50F many times and Haven't lost any T's in winter yet. My tactic is to drape a blanket over the whole collection like a tent and leave a regular light bulb on inside it. Also blocking the bottom of your door to prevent cold air from...

When I first got my Dubia I kept the container a little moist. The Dubia where adults but would never breed. I now keep them in bone dry coir and feed them mixed organic lettuce and vegetable scraps (all raw). They are now breeding and will be too many very soon. I did the same thing with my...

Ever try a cricket on a string?

I live in Central California and the only widow we have is L Hesperus. All the ones I find look a lot different from the ones in these pics. I have never seen a Hesperus without a full hourglass. Also the markings that are on the backs of these I have never seen on a Hesperus at any stage. The...

I would poke the back of the head of a cricket with a sewing needle. The small amount of damage leaves the cricket twitching longer than head squishing. I rarely have to do this but it worked every time for me. It won't be able to bite or jump away and the twitching should attract the tarantula...

ya it is rehoused in bigger tank with deeper coir. Thanks for the input/assurance. I'll just keep an eye on it and let it do whatever it's gonna do.

Is it normal for Haplopelma Albostiatum about 3 inch DLS to stop burrowing? It is acting like an arboreal now as it hangs out in the corners above ground. I tryed dry and different degrees of moistness for coir substrate. It is very responsive, fast and looks nice. It wasn't ever much of a pet...

I don't know what it was called or what station it was on. I just came across it already in progress flipping through channels. It had Avics on it, a H. Gigas go under water and some other places with tarantulas. I remember them saying that tarantulas realy shouldn't be in humid places yet they...

Desert species probably would like to climb if it senses rain cause deserts commonly flash flood. I was watching a doc about tarantulas and they said tree dwellers live in trees probably because the air isn't as humid as on the ground and the lungs of tarantulas are built for more dry air. If I...

Baby Widows survive in freezing temperatures. Unless its below freezing during the trip I would be afraid the heat packs would harm them. Here when it is at freezing temps you can find the babies on the wall out in the open. The cold would probably keep them sedated and possibly safer in...

If you can leave a bunch of leaf litter or vegetable matter under a shady moist spot and you should get gnats. You can hold a container over them and disturb them into it to land in the container. Then you can shake them off into your cups or whatever you have. If your area has gnats?

I'm no Millipede expert but they do eat a lot of wood. I had 1 large and 1 small in a deli cup. I put a block of old oak already breaking down a bit and it probably took just under a month for it to be gone. Before I let them go back under the trees they had probably ate a pound or so of wood in...