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Arachnobaron
- Joined
- May 7, 2017
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It is always the same thing: The cherries in the neighbors garden are ALWAYS much sweeter than the own one ^^.Perhaps there's some truth to the fact that species rarity goes both ways. For example I adore blue death-feigning beetles (Asbolus verrucosus, speaking of scientific names) and I love to show them off. You have no clue how many Europeans have messaged me asking how I came across them. A. verrucosus is apparently like the holy grail of the European beetle hobby because they're so hard to come by. They don't really breed well in captivity, and since the US doesn't allow native animal exports all the ones found in other countries have been illegally exported. But this is a species you can buy for $10 in the US, very easy to come by. So there's something we US invertebrate enthusiasts have that people over the pond don't.
When I was big into insect keeping (before I started Ts) I wanted so badly to keep colonies of Phasmids. Some nice Extatosoma tiaratum or Phyllium sp. would've been my dream. However, because they're potential crop pests they're illegal in the USA. I was (and still am) so envious of the European, Asian, and Australian keepers who could get them so easily. Something that drew me into Ts was the fact that they're 100% legal here in the US, so I knew that any species other countries had I could eventually get.
I realize very little of that was about tarantulas, but I think it was on topic enough in regards to a reply to be relevant.