I've heard their venom is quite potent, or have I been misinformed, lovely species from what I've seen, this is why I like scientific names as the A. geniculata and the N. chromatus can sound quite similar, when folks say "giant white knee" e.g.
you have indeed been misinformed.
Thanks @cold blood, what other sp. would you put their strength of venom being similar to?
Most other new worlds.
That's some beautiful pictures on some beautiful spidersThe pictures speaks for itself <3
Good job!
The only NW genera that have venom that would be comparatively worse than a bee sting are Psalmopoeus, Tapinauchenius and possibly Ephebopus (I could be wrong on this last one but heard they had stronger venom than other NWs), all of which still have weaker venom than S. nobilis which is the most venomous spider in the UK (they're quite common in the south, probably too cold for them up in Scotland) and that isn't anywhere near as bad as the papers try to say they are every bloody autumn.
Puncture wounds are the worst. The whole "it's just like a bee sting" statement that you hear all the time is referring to the venom only.
That's because I wasn't sure how long @forfun has had the two Psalmopoeus (or how long he has been keeping the other species he has, all of which are beginner species). He also expressed some uncertainty about whether he was ready for Pokies.
It wasn't a knock on you. He mentioned it and you said what you said. Nobody addressed Pokies after that so I thought I would. It's all good.
No worries. I just wanted to explain my reasoning for "writing off" Pokies (and possibly why others didn't recommend them either).
Thank you.That's some beautiful pictures on some beautiful spiders