tyrantuladub
Arachnosquire
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Well, the time has finally come for me to abandon the threads pertaining to an individual invert. My collection has been growing at a decent rate; I seem to be acquiring at least one new addition every two weeks now which is pretty awesome. Hope you guys enjoy!
0.1.0 Grammastola rosea - "Alessa" postmolt:
Still as docile as ever
No, that is not a bite on my hand, one of the many "battle scars" I've acquired from working in Walmart's Lawn & Garden Center. She is gorgeous in the natural light. The metallic pink on her carapace really shows, and her legs and abdomen are a nice champagne pink. Hopefully I can get some good natural light shots to show her off
0.1.0 suspect Ephebopus murinus - "Bones" new digs:
I keep about 2/3 of the screen top covered to retain humidity and the moss is helping. I'll be designing and having a nice acrylic lid cut soon since my dad works at a machine shop and they're always willing to do little stuff like that for free for me. She appears to really love her new setup and is out and about a lot, even during the day. But she wasn't really having the camera in her face today :/
What's that about E. murinus being super defensive again? :biggrin:
Seriously, she put up with this twice today. No threat posture, no skittishness. I gently coaxed her onto my hand with my brush, she walked between my hands for a few seconds, and then proceeded to chill upon me. It was awesome, and I certainly hope she stays this way. I mean, I was still a bit nervous but I just kept calm and just let her do her thing. I think I may have to change the "temperament" info on my tag. That and I accidentally capitalized "murinus" and it's driving my selective OCD absolutely crazy.
0.1.0? Grammastola rosea RCF? - "Orianthi" - Dad's T:
So yeah, my addiction kinda rubbed off on dad haha. He picked me up after work the other day (deer recently totaled my car, looking for a replacement) and had this girl with him. Looks female in person, also appears to be in premolt. She has eaten though, so if it is premolt it's probably very early. She is bigger than Alessa, measuring ~5 1/4" DLS.
Her digs:
Tame as a puppy:
He also wants to get a Brachypelma smithi and/or a Grammastola pulchra, but doesn't really want a T that he can't handle. He's of the "if you can't handle it, what's the point?" mentality :sarcasm:
Well, I also got another arachnid on friday. My invert fund is going to be very tight for the next few weeks as I search for a new car, and my grandparents were generous enough to lend me some money to help pay for what the insurance wouldn't, so I have to pay them back. I only had an extra $20 to spend this weekend, and I was going to go out with friends, but everyone was busy so I decided to just get a scorpion instead. Temporary housing for the time being, but is doing good so far. I have absolutely no idea how to sex scorpions and haven't been able to find very much haha. All I know is I like them and I think they're cool looking. Hopefully I'm doing everything right and somebody will yell at me otherwise haha.
0.0.1 Padinus imperator - "Mathayus" - If you get the reference, you get a cookie
I'm pretty much going off the basic P. imperator care sticky, so yeah. That heat mat I have will come in handy once I get a nice tank set up, which shouldn't be too much longer. The scorp is missing the last two segments on it's rear left leg, but there isn't anything leaking and it doesn't seem to impede movement at all. Scorps can regenerate limbs with a molt too, right? Anyways, that rock in the back right is where Mathayus likes to chill under. I had to temporarily "evict" him for the photo shoot. I hated to do so, but it'll live. I don't go poking and prodding on my arachnids most of the time, and when I do it is pretty minimal:
Needless to say, he wasn't too happy. And after seeing how he grabbed onto the paint brush I'm in no rush to handle. These things look like they really hurt:
And for the hell of it, if anyone that knows what they're doing wants to take a stab at sexing here's a pic:
That's all for now guys. Should be some new slings in the next couple weeks, 3rd instar Pterinochilus murinus and 2nd instar Poecilotheria regalis that I'm super stoked about! Only bad thing about working for Walmart is the bi-weekly pay period haha. Thanks for looking
0.1.0 Grammastola rosea - "Alessa" postmolt:
Still as docile as ever
No, that is not a bite on my hand, one of the many "battle scars" I've acquired from working in Walmart's Lawn & Garden Center. She is gorgeous in the natural light. The metallic pink on her carapace really shows, and her legs and abdomen are a nice champagne pink. Hopefully I can get some good natural light shots to show her off
0.1.0 suspect Ephebopus murinus - "Bones" new digs:
I keep about 2/3 of the screen top covered to retain humidity and the moss is helping. I'll be designing and having a nice acrylic lid cut soon since my dad works at a machine shop and they're always willing to do little stuff like that for free for me. She appears to really love her new setup and is out and about a lot, even during the day. But she wasn't really having the camera in her face today :/
What's that about E. murinus being super defensive again? :biggrin:
Seriously, she put up with this twice today. No threat posture, no skittishness. I gently coaxed her onto my hand with my brush, she walked between my hands for a few seconds, and then proceeded to chill upon me. It was awesome, and I certainly hope she stays this way. I mean, I was still a bit nervous but I just kept calm and just let her do her thing. I think I may have to change the "temperament" info on my tag. That and I accidentally capitalized "murinus" and it's driving my selective OCD absolutely crazy.
0.1.0? Grammastola rosea RCF? - "Orianthi" - Dad's T:
So yeah, my addiction kinda rubbed off on dad haha. He picked me up after work the other day (deer recently totaled my car, looking for a replacement) and had this girl with him. Looks female in person, also appears to be in premolt. She has eaten though, so if it is premolt it's probably very early. She is bigger than Alessa, measuring ~5 1/4" DLS.
Her digs:
Tame as a puppy:
He also wants to get a Brachypelma smithi and/or a Grammastola pulchra, but doesn't really want a T that he can't handle. He's of the "if you can't handle it, what's the point?" mentality :sarcasm:
Well, I also got another arachnid on friday. My invert fund is going to be very tight for the next few weeks as I search for a new car, and my grandparents were generous enough to lend me some money to help pay for what the insurance wouldn't, so I have to pay them back. I only had an extra $20 to spend this weekend, and I was going to go out with friends, but everyone was busy so I decided to just get a scorpion instead. Temporary housing for the time being, but is doing good so far. I have absolutely no idea how to sex scorpions and haven't been able to find very much haha. All I know is I like them and I think they're cool looking. Hopefully I'm doing everything right and somebody will yell at me otherwise haha.
0.0.1 Padinus imperator - "Mathayus" - If you get the reference, you get a cookie
I'm pretty much going off the basic P. imperator care sticky, so yeah. That heat mat I have will come in handy once I get a nice tank set up, which shouldn't be too much longer. The scorp is missing the last two segments on it's rear left leg, but there isn't anything leaking and it doesn't seem to impede movement at all. Scorps can regenerate limbs with a molt too, right? Anyways, that rock in the back right is where Mathayus likes to chill under. I had to temporarily "evict" him for the photo shoot. I hated to do so, but it'll live. I don't go poking and prodding on my arachnids most of the time, and when I do it is pretty minimal:
Needless to say, he wasn't too happy. And after seeing how he grabbed onto the paint brush I'm in no rush to handle. These things look like they really hurt:
And for the hell of it, if anyone that knows what they're doing wants to take a stab at sexing here's a pic:
That's all for now guys. Should be some new slings in the next couple weeks, 3rd instar Pterinochilus murinus and 2nd instar Poecilotheria regalis that I'm super stoked about! Only bad thing about working for Walmart is the bi-weekly pay period haha. Thanks for looking
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