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Hello, I currently live in washington DC, but am going to be away for the summer (back to Toronto). I was wondering if anyone in the area would be interested in babysitting my Androctonus mauritanicus for the summer? Its a male that has matured recently, he comes out at night, and is quite...

so, as many of my friends in Canada know, I sold my entire collection of 200 or so arachnids, and moved to the US to start my masters, and said that I was leaving the hobby for now... after 6 weeks or so of buglessness however, i gave into temptation, and made an order for my one of my...

All I see is hair. Please help me sex this!

I'd just like to note: Given that legitimate nature documentaries often contain animals engaged in lethal conflicts, (and no, they don't sit around for days waiting for two hungry or territorial scorpions to walk in front of their camera, followed by a shrew, they ARE staged), I think the issue...

I myself have somewhat anally been seeking out bloodline information on all of my animals. In this way, I hope to avoid inbreeding, and have some useful information to pass on when I sell the offspring of my animals. Furthermore, and granted this is a different matter, if such practices...

sorry for the mini-hijack, but I too am curious about this point... I know T's being nocturnal are supposed to shun sunlight, but I do have a P. rufilata which voluntarily partakes in what i can only call "basking"--it hangs out in direct sunlight, when it could easily hide somewhere darker...

Hey, I'm currently visiting south beach miami, and was wondering if there were any indigenous tarantula species in this area... there's not an awful lot of wilderness around where i'm staying.. mostly just palm trees and stuff by the beach. hm. if you know about scorpion species...

Hey, I'm currently visiting south beach miami, and was wondering if there were any indigenous scorpion species in this area... there's not an awful lot of wilderness around where i'm staying.. mostly just palm trees and stuff by the beach. hm. if you know about tarantula species...

sorry to go off topic... but on the same page they have a vid of a girl eating what appears to be a damon variegatus.. somewhat worthwhile to watch! {D cheers! :D- munis

interesting! thanks guys! :D - munis

hey, as my t. falconensis are approaching maturity, i'm noticing that some have more bulbous, and some have more slender chelae. is this a basis for determining male, and female genders (respectively) as is the case for b. jacksoni for instance? thanks! :D- munis

heh... yes these guys can survive at least a month without any food or water! i was using the word "infest" in the "rapid proliferation" sense of the word, and in order to grow and breed, they do indeed need food! ;) cheers! :D - munis

I think the main advantages of b. lateralis are as follows: - the newborn nymphs are small enough for even the smallest slings - non-glassclimber - active, and non-burrower, makes them easy to locate by T's & scorpions - males (as in many roach species) climb up, making them suitable prey for...

i can't remember for sure, thought i'd ask... my 6" x. immanis seems to have chipped her fangs a bit, they're down to about 2/3 of their original length. naturally, she's strong, so she can still manage to puncture and consume even medium-large prey like b. fusca, so i'm not really worried...

well... i could always do things "to be safe".. but in my case relocating my collection would be a significant undertaking. moving my 65 gallon communal scorpion set-up which weighs a good 200 lbs, for instance! then again, i am in favour of erring on the side of caution usually. man...

Hey, I know paint fumes are merely unpleasant for humans, not particularly toxic. The deal is, i'm getting my house painted in the near future, and wondering whether it might be necessary to move my whole collection off-site for the duration of the painting! My collection consists of...

I was wondering if there were some general guidelines for determining if a species benefits from winter cooling? I know that middle-eastern and north-african scorpions generally need it. Is it the case that all desert and semi-desert species can benefit because they come from areas that...

i have a 5th instar that has a body length (not including tail) of no more than 3/4 of an inch... so yours potentially could be 6th instar and close to adulthood.. that said, its taken it about 9 months to get from i3 to i5. :p cheers! :D - munis

species with yellow banding: regalis, ornata, striata, fasciata, rufilata, a little bit: metallica species without any yellow banding: subfusca, miranda, formosa, pederseni, smithi i hope that's right! ;) cheers! :D - munis