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I recently caught a wolf spider mother with the sac attached to her abdomen. Unfortunately, the mother passed away (no idea why) but I got the sac open and out poured hundreds of little babies. They're nearing third instar now and are doing great. Hope that helps, one way or another.

One of mine...

You must have quite the Blondi to handle that sort of monster.

Mine came out for the first time in months sometime in January. She was still pretty, but unfortunately rather dirty from all her time underground (the last time I'd seen her before then was in August).

That's kind of what I was thinking

Arachnologists typically do use gentalia to identify true spiders, but that doesn't really work quite so well with tarantulas. Which does something to explain why tarantula taxonomy is such a mess. I'm gonig to step back, I know Code could do a much better job of this than me.

ultra cute.

For what it's worth, I've always sawed. I have, since then, started leaning towards using bark and flat rocks instead... They look nice enough and are certainly less difficult to implement.

Flat Rocks are gorgeous. I recently picked up a scorplet of the green variety (H. paucidens?) and, like you, I couldn't help but smile. My favorite new addition, definately.

As the "spider expert" said... as though spiders weren't animals. The whole article made me sick. Makes us look like a bunch of crazies. Of course, I'm assuming this is a UK tabloid of sorts as the horrible spider death story appears to be running next to such journalistic conquests as...

Hence the inadequacy of your quote. That picture really doesn't do the spider justice; she looks for all the world like an A. Avic but is completely (or close to it, anyway) covered in red setea. Maybe this is a color morph we're unaware of, but it certainly fails to resemble any A. Avic...

Hey. Maybe this is a dumb question, but I was wondering about the differences between D. Diadema and Varigatus? I picked up the latter recently and was wondering about it. I see both listed as Tanzanian Tailless Whipscorps.

it's bed.

What about My Bloody Valentine, Fugazi, Sleater-Kinney, Radiohead, Dismemberment Plan, Wilco, Sebadoh, the Flaming Lips, etc. etc.? Also, I know you have a picture of the spider, so post it. Jerk.

Tarantulas can't eat Hissers unless the roaches have just molted (and still soft). You'll know a Hisser is safe for eating by the white coloration that follows a molt.

Tarantulas A. Anax (?) Kitty A. Seemanni (f) Puppy A. Avicularia (m) Captain Spalding A. Versicolor (?) The Icebox B. Smithi (?) Wild Cat C. Cyaneopubescens (?) Doctor Spider G. Aureostriatum (?) Orange G. Rosea (f) Charlotte G. Rosea (m) Rufus T. Firefly H. Lividum (f) Subterranean...

Kind of unrelated but it's an apophysis question and I don't want to start a new thread if this one is already up, so... Are T. Apophysis spiderlings less / just as / more fraglie then / as T. Blondi younguns?

Whoops! Sorry for the miss info, thanks for the correction. I guess, then that red is the way to go.

I use blacklights but am thinking about switching to red. I'll tell you why: Firstly, either are safe for spider eyes because, as I understand it, they can't see the extremes of the visible spectrum (red and violet). So all they provide is heat, basically. The difference between them...

My blondi was my most active spider up until a week or so ago. Always creeping around climbing the walls and moving dirt around. Pretty fun to watch. Here recently, though, she started pushing the substrate up into the mouth of her flower pot hutch and spends all day just hiding out there...