Ogre-faced babies (Deinopis spec.)

cacoseraph

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In the hobby?
i would be most surprised if no one keeps them. you might have to put out feelers and wait a while

i know the local bug ppl around me keep damn near every interesting bug we find. try to figure out husbandry and what not.
 

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Caco,

If you happen to know where in Florida they're located, I'll be willing to volunteer for the hunting expedition! I have a few friends around here who would be more than willing to accompany me so I'm sure we would find something.

We did the Vagans trip a few years back and got 11 nice females.
 

cacoseraph

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Caco,

If you happen to know where in Florida they're located, I'll be willing to volunteer for the hunting expedition! I have a few friends around here who would be more than willing to accompany me so I'm sure we would find something.

We did the Vagans trip a few years back and got 11 nice females.
very cool man!


i will see about my local group's interest (i expect a few ppl (our "true spider folks") will definitely be interested. perhaps we can exchange local species. i am currently searching for a sub/social true spider to start a massive colony cage. Anelosimus analyticus. we also have all kinds of other crazy stuff here :)
 

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I used to live in Cali, up till I was 7. I don't remember much about the insects and arachnids there, so yeah, trading is always cool!

Here's a link I found...looks like (by other research) they are in Martin County on the east coast of Florida. I'm on the West Coast, so it'll be at least a 5-hour trip and most likely an overnight stay. Well worth it though if we find some!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/21/213529/286
 

cacoseraph

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I used to live in Cali, up till I was 7. I don't remember much about the insects and arachnids there, so yeah, trading is always cool!

Here's a link I found...looks like (by other research) they are in Martin County on the east coast of Florida. I'm on the West Coast, so it'll be at least a 5-hour trip and most likely an overnight stay. Well worth it though if we find some!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/21/213529/286
from what little i have read, these are probably going to be difficult to find, even in range. i would definitely wait until we have some actual locality info to go off of

i'm going to add my research to this thread here http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/about672.html
 

Benegg

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Hi,
last year i kept one of this great genus, it was a male and he died at his second maturation moult:-(
Here is a foto of it when he was juvenil:


Looking forward to keep them again and hoply breed them;-)


cu, Benedict
 

P. Novak

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These are some crazy looking spiders. I could stare at the pictures all day! :clap: :eek:
 

Blaster

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Nice photos Yareus! Are these WC females? They look kinda sub/adult, maybe gravid?! Would be cool. :)
Greets,
 

Yareus

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Thx Blaster! She isn't WC. I think it's sub/adult. I just have this female, she isn't gravid.
 

Venom

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Lol! Only on an bug hobby forum can you see a thread titled "Ogre-faced babies" and get excited. {D
 

Blaster

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Well, if she's really not WC, then the sac is infertile (unless we have a parthenogenetic species here, hehe). And Your spider is probably adult by now. ;-) Hey, the sac looks cool anyways.
Cheers,
 
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