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The pic doesn't look like a Phorid, the only species of which you'll see over and again is Megaselia scalaris. It's cosmopolitan. Tarantula keepers find their eggs and larvae in dead crickets and roaches. Also we find them on dead and sometimes living, but ill, tarantulas. The low res pic to me...

It may be fungus, but a higher power image of the chelicerae or microscopic image of the deposit might help. Culture is beyond most of our resources. Prolonged fasting is common-to-normal, but more in 'dry' terrestrials. It's unusual in a specimen like A. geniculata so soon after a molt. The...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273834398_Megaselia_scalaris_Diptera_Phoridae_An_opportunistic_endoparasitoid_of_the_endangered_Mexican_redrump_tarantula_Brachypelma_vagans_Araneae_Theraphosidae

The box I prefer for shipping to CA in the above weather conditions uses 3/4" styrofoam panels and a layer of bubblewrap with a reflective coating. I used the thick box to hedge for warm temperature recordings in this first trial. Ken uses this type of box and I've experienced plenty of his live...

Winter shipping can be a challenge. Some say it is as much as art as a science. I have long wondered about cargo hold temperatures on airplanes as well as what happens at midwestern hubs with respect to packages and temperature. The following should be interesting and I hope helpful to shippers...

I've learned more from you than vice versa. Glad to contribute where I can. I'll keep an eye on some slings I have here.

Possible that a color mutation occurs with other mutations--depends on the amount of DNA/number of genes altered in the mutating event. For a single gene mutation, also possible for the affected metabolic pathway leading to loss of color also leads to altered metabolism of something else, like a...

Unfortunately, when you talk about the new C. sp. electric blue, you may also be talking about legal/illegal importation. Last year, when I inquired about legal importation from the vendor who “found” electric blue, here is the response I got (the only thing edited is John Doe): From...

Brilliant Chris. The biologist's observations have just opened up an entirely new horizon for people who, like you, wonder how far tarantulas can adapt. Thanks for sharing.

Indeed @YagerManJennsen. Do follow Angel Minikov's advice and cut your teeth on something more straightforward. Only two people in the US and five or so in Germany/EU have been successful. Try something like Psalmopoeus irminia, or if you like fancy and expensive, Harpactira pulchripes. These...

Thank you. Makes sense "Avicularia avicularia" might be distributed throughout north and south Guyana (I put the name in quotes since no one knows what that species really is). At present I have two sacs of A. Guyana blue south, adults also a German import, almost ready to pull. Will post when...

Yes, I too am very interested in these @louise f. We know A. sp. "Guyana blue south" is probably Avic. cf. avic, by appearance and size, and some have said the "north" species is probably Avic. cf. metallica. Are your adults bigger than "Avicularia avicularia?" Thanks in advance and...

In general I notice running around in circles when the enclosures are new. In an established enclosure, whether H. mac or S. cal, the most I see is retreat upon opening the lids. My H. mac tend to web vertically, in corners, choosing the corner with bark tilted against it, but at least you can...

Hey John. That looks to be male as I compare to some vent pics Austin S. sent me (I am embarrassed to say I made the same mistake when I gifted him a pulchripes sling). I'm with the above advice, and would add, well-known [dealer] and inexperienced with tarantulas can be one and the same. Good...

I bred this species last year, from a pair raised from imported juveniles. Breeding is not difficult with average room temperatures. No special cooling down period is required. A nice bonus with them is if they molt post pairing, you still have a great chance of getting a sac (hammock)! I'm with...

And in science, there is no such word as "specie." The word you seek is "species," used for both singular and plural.

Our economies are inextricably linked, no question. In the end, perhaps good on you for providing those workers with work. Otherwise they might be out in the streets in the cold. Now they can work in a factory and at least earn a living. I'm typing on a Mac, assembled in China it says on the...

I vote no to all of the above, lol. Those people are working in winter coats! I think that means no heating. We have a 360 billion dollar trade deficit with China and the government devalues their currency to keep prices down. Have you seen the wages for unskilled labor there? Two documentaries...

Yeah, that was my post. Looks like Chile is not quite inactive, but I don't know more than that. As for names, try http://arachnoboards.com/threads/euathlus-and-paraphysa-revision-with-phrixotrichus-resurrection.262651/ A bit confusing to me, but at least, as coldblood says, Paraphysa is...