"False tarantula" (calisogsa) info needed

Andrea82

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Omg!! Now that the Calisoga is all settled in, her temperament has totally done a 180. Like I said earlier, I thought she was docile and slow. But when I picked up the little container she is in currently, she was a scrunched up and I and blew on it very slightly to see if she would move and she flipped out and started biting the hell out of the plastic and the dirt. So I guess she was just a bit stunned from being in transit in a paper cup, but now that she has become more comfortable she is showing her true colors.
Wow....alrighty then :D

Of course such a beautiful spider has a nasty temperament. The prettier, the more the spider is inclined to kill you :shifty:
 

MrsHaas

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When you reply use the icon (link)in the header just two to the left of the smiley face (media) then copy/paste the url from the video host.
I only have the video on my iPhone (which I took it with) and posted on Instagram... I'm not sure my video has a URL. Does it and if it does how do I find it?
 

MrsHaas

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By the way, if my vid turns out not being able to be posted here, ppl who want to see it can always follow me on Instagram (account name: "themurderess") - and search: #jenistarantula

It's quite a sight! Lol
 

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I only have the video on my iPhone (which I took it with) and posted on Instagram... I'm not sure my video has a URL. Does it and if it does how do I find it?
You should be post a link directly to the video in your Instagram.
 

BobBarley

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@MrsHaas I don't know if it'll work because you have a private account, but if you go to your video, press the three dots (at the top right if you are using the app, I believe at the bottom right if you are using the website). Then click share, then scroll down to copy link.



EDIT: I was able to get the embed code of my vids from Instagram on my computer, however Arachnoboards seems to block me from entering the media URL.
 
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MrsHaas

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@MrsHaas I don't know if it'll work because you have a private account, but if you go to your video, press the three dots (at the top right if you are using the app, I believe at the bottom right if you are using the website). Then click share, then scroll down to copy link.



EDIT: I was able to get the embed code of my vids from Instagram on my computer, however Arachnoboards seems to block me from entering the media URL.
Dammit. Well, if u guys want to see, follow me and I'll follow back.
 

Smokehound714

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Your calisoga is a female :) males have funky looking forelegs with a strange curve for clasping the female's forelegs during mating

These also can grow as large as 4" in legspan, you may have a juvie, still!
 

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Very cool spider. So we have these out here in California?
 

Leila

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Wow! She is gorgeous! She looks So much like a tarantula.
Does anyone know what makes the Calisoga different than a tarantula?
 

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I don't know anything specific, but Calisoga is in the family Nemesiidae, and true tarantulas make up the family Theraphosidae.
 

Leila

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I don't know anything specific, but Calisoga is in the family Nemesiidae, and true tarantulas make up the family Theraphosidae.
I did a teensy bit of research today. I found out that the Calisoga cannot climb glass/plastic like the Theraphosidae. I don't know much else as far as their differences go.
 

MantidMaster

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Anyone know where you could buy one of these? I mean, they are hard to find and all, online and outside...
 

BobBarley

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Anyone know where you could buy one of these? I mean, they are hard to find and all, online and outside...
I've never seen them offered. Wonder how hard breeding would be? If I find any around here I'll try my best to breed them and see what happens.
 

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This one of the many true spiders I want to add to my collection, but they're hard to find unless you go out and catch one.
 

MrsHaas

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FYI I'm going to keep her in the large delicup I originally put her in. I'll repost the pics (this it when she first was housed):

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Andrea82

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It looks a little like a mix of a tarantula and a silver trapdoor spider. Fairly large chelicerae as well.
Is it still the little devil's spawn?
 
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