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    Breeding solfugid(Rhagodes sp.)

    Is it possible they can store sperm from before maturity? I have no idea, just a thought that occured to me if it's WC
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    Lighting and tailless whip scorpions

    The vast majority of D. diadema individuals come from savannahs with intense sunlight. Do they avoid it like the plague? Absolutely, but to me that suggests that LED lighting ought to be fine as long as you give them a place to avoid it. All you have to do to simulate sunrisw is hook the LED's...
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    Tailless Whip Scorpion eating too much?

    This is really surprising; IME they basically don't eat past satiation, and will frequently refuse food for no reason at all. Also weird that you found it outside; must be an escapee or release, I guess.
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    Breeding solfugid(Rhagodes sp.)

    Looking great as usual!
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    Blue amblypygi

    Wow! Is this a shot from the wild? Where did you see it?
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    Harvestman ID

    Catalina State Park, near Tucson, AZ
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    Nice specie of carnivorous plant to start a hobby with - help please

    I was gonna say--lots of tropical Drosera don't need dormancy. Capensis is great, but there's also adelae, aliciae, spatulata, etc. Also, I think pygmy Drosera need dormancy in the wild, but possibly not in captivity. Nep. ventricosa, alata, and their easy hybrids are good picks too. If you're...
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    Spider ID, southern AZ

    Any guesses? 2-2.5" legspan, thought maybw Sparassidae because it reminds me of an Australian huntsman (the angle is bad, but its front legs were longer than its back and all were splayed to the sides).
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    Plants for a southeastern biotope green anole/green tree frog bioactive enclosure? Beginner-friendly ideas?

    I know, I meant with bright LEDs. But even then it'd be rough, especially since you have no good way to provide winter dormancy. What about tillandsia? You'd also need artificial lighting, but Spanish moss is native and could be pretty neat if done right.
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    Plants for a southeastern biotope green anole/green tree frog bioactive enclosure? Beginner-friendly ideas?

    I wouldn't be worried about a flytrap in that regard, but I would be worried about the light level, as well as a complete lack of winter dormancy. Same story for sundews, butterworts, and bladderworts, although I'd bet the latter don't care as much. English ivy isn't native to the deep south...
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    Black widow in house--how to remove safely?

    This turned out to be spot on--checked the same guitar case and she was back, having completely reconstructed her web from scratch. Just took the whole case across the street, where there's a storm drain she might want to set up shop at (cool, dark, probably decent prey). She was pretty...
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    Black widow in house--how to remove safely?

    Ok good to know. I pretty much entirely destroyed the web and moved the case around a bit, but she might move back in there.
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    Black widow in house--how to remove safely?

    Went away for a week, and apparently a black widow decided to take up residence in and around my guitar case while I was gone. Unfortunately, I didn't react quickly or cleverly enough when I noticed, so she (tentative sex) ran behind the bookshelf. When I actually looked behind and under it...
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    How does your garden grow?

    No pics? :bigtears:
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    Jumping Spider Paralyzed by Wasp; Possible Recovery?

    Very lucky, I'm kinda surprised. Hopefully it recovers full mobility.
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    Breeding solfugid(Rhagodes sp.)

    I would have had a heart attack twice :embarrassed:
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    Culturing of Dalquestia formosa

    These are really pretty! Hope you get something working :)
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    Availability, or rather lack of availability of the underrated spider, Dysdera crocata

    Both Montreal and Ottawa seem to be quite a bit warmer than Groveton. Can't hurt to look, though, especially since a lot of what creates those inaturalist range limits is just where people are, not where species are.
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    Availability, or rather lack of availability of the underrated spider, Dysdera crocata

    I think it works ok to tell where charismatic flowers are common, but it's hugely limited by whatever people feel like submitting, and I can promise you that that isn't Dysdera. In fairness, Nashua's far enough south and close to the coast that it's probably decently warmer than Groveton in...
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    Availability, or rather lack of availability of the underrated spider, Dysdera crocata

    On top of what everyone else said (I've seen them in the woods in the wild in MA), they're not particularly big or colorful, and their behaviors are fairly standard. I wouldn't trust inaturalist on much of anything. I'd probably ask a scammer first when it comes to the range of Dysdera in the...
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