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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    So I've got 3 mature males. One of them is still in his shelter, the other two began wandering last week in search of a mate. I observed no mating but it is very possible it has already occurred. One male is missing his pedipalps, which suggests to me a mating possibly occurred especially as...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    UPDATTTTTE! As I've been away, I have not had the ability to closely monitor my trappies as before. Upon arrival back into the states I found a few open holes, lids back - some spiders changed location and it appears at least 2 are mature males. One is in it's hole, apparently freshly molted...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    Tony, I am not a spider breeder - I am GIS guy with a full time job who's lucky enough to have someone to care for my spiders when I am required to go internationally. I have never been heavily involved in arachnoboard, just with these spiders and amblypygids. Seeing the baseline care that...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    YOOOO so real update coming soon - I had been in France for a while. I still have a bunch and, in my absence, I suspect several have matured into males. However, whether they have successfully mated or simply been consumed I do not know because I do not seem to have many very large female...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    I have been pretty inactive since being in France but I will soon post an ad and an update thread as many of the slings are now larger and developping color.
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    Spiders of Europe

    Hello all, Can anyone leadme to some good information on spiders of France, preferably a book? Ive seen a few good threads here. For your viewing pleasure, an unidentified mygalomorph I keep seeing after heavy rains. The chelicera look pretty pursewebby
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    Exactly what Ive noticed! Sorry guys, the work in France lasted weeks longer than expected. My brother informs me that hes seen some male activity and expects one or two may emerge soon, so I will attempt breeding again even though I have FAR too many on my hands right now. I miss my babies...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    They mostly do build that way, yes, but if there is anything like a wall or a root or log in the way they may build their lines tactically around or over it. Does yours build trip wires? The substrate looks good and it's building a happy home, trip wires, etc. I'm sure it's good to go. I...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    She is beautiful. Can you share with me her setup here or privately? I'd like to see her trap. Your substrate looks good and you are right about the clay - hard to gauge moisture. Mine have been to clay heavy and I am still working on my substrate. How well does your substrate hold form? Do...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    They are certainly entertaining. I'm selling some but even my non invert friends (musicians, rugby players and what not) love them and have taken some of my little 10gal colonies to watch when I am overseas! They call it "carnage" when they feed them and sometimes even pick me up crickets...
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    Still looking for a pairing?
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    Good Spider For Beginner? Is Nephila Madagascarensis?

    These spiders get enormous and build enormous webs. I've seen geckos in their webs in the wild - adult Phelsuma lineata day geckos. If you could do a giant enclosure it would be an incredible display.
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    I keep a few inverts as a hobby and occasionally they reproduce! As a result, I occasionally have things to sell or distribute. Anything I sell or distribute is treated with extreme care (regarding packaging, the environment, and the well-being of each individual) and attention to detail. Any...
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    some arachnids from Eastern Madagascar (2016)

    I'm lazy with my inverts. I've been seeking IDs for small collembolans and things for the frog work. I have the contact of some malagasy invert experts, I'll shoot pics over and share all my inverts with any IDs I can find. I love the comments I'm getting about them - it makes me wish I...
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    some arachnids from Eastern Madagascar (2016)

    Misaotra betsaka, thank you very much!!! #6 was in my jacket sleeve - so that was a pleasant discovery. If only I had a photograph of the incredibly frightening and massive Scolopendra centipede on my ceiling... but I still have the nightmares! I have not sought IDs myself so I will be doing...
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    some arachnids from Eastern Madagascar (2016)

    I believe you are correct on the ID on that one. I am not sure whether D. menneus overlaps in range or not. I honestly did a terrible job photographing invertebrates... probably because if I started, I'd have lived behind the camera. There is too much to photograph. Fungus too. The huntsman...
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    Display enclosure for huntsman spiders? Substrate? What do you use?

    You can easily make some very good, functional, and realistic backgrounds for these guys too. If you choose the right substrate to decorate the wall (or great-stuff, or silicone used in creating a fake background) with, it could make them easier to view
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    some arachnids from Eastern Madagascar (2016)

    very interested in an ID on the first. I saw several of these in both 2011 and 2016, only mature males. I suspect the females and immature do not have this coloration. I never saw any spiders resembling this one. I did see some mygalomorphs that resembled Ummidia trapdoor spiders from the...
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    Substrate for Liphistius ornatus

    Any followup with this? I've been trying new stuff out
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    CB Liphistius ornatus - 2 year summary and videos

    Thank you, Tony. Working on a care sheet / notes on my experience with keeping that I hope will be useful for those keeping Liphistids in the future! When weather warms I'll begin shipping some out
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