Tarantula angered by flash?

[Meribre]

Hello,
I'm relatively new to this forum. Can anybody tell me how tarantulas usually react on flashes? Do different species react differently on a flash, i.e. did anybody observe an agressive response (e.g. from Poecilotherias etc.) while others might just run away? Or are T's totally indifferent to flashes? Hope my question is not too stupid :8o

Any advice is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers
Mario :razz:

 

[Code Monkey]

Anger? Never seen it. The majority ignore ignore the flash completely and if you get any reaction at all, it's a run and hide response.

 

[Nick_schembri]

I never got any response to flash from any of my T's (only 5 species)
They seem indifferent to it

 

[weyman93]

My chilean rose hare got spooked when I tried to take a pictur of it. It reacted differently than usual. she kind of jumped back.


is that normal? any advice would be great


thanks.....

 

[Scott C.]

Either no reaction, or a quick scrunching of the legs is all I have experienced.

 

[Windchaser]

I have never had any reactions to a flash.

 

[Meribre]

Hi
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. It appears that the T's are less worried by a flash than I initially thought, which means that I will be less worried when taking pictures of them in the future

Cheers
Mario :razz:

 

[jdcarrel]

Hi
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. It appears that the T's are less worried by a flash than I initially thought, which means that I will be less worried when taking pictures of them in the future

Cheers
Mario :razz:

Well since Ts have such poor vision, it only makes sense that they wouldn't react much to the light. I haven't ever had any of mine react either.

 

[Meribre]

@kornordie

Well since Ts have such poor vision, it only makes sense that they wouldn't react much to the light.

....which I wasn't aware of until these nice forum colleagues brought me up to date (still learning).

Thanks anyway,
Mario :razz:

 

[ilovebugs]

I've never seen any reaction to a flash of my rosie's. though I generally avoid flashing them while they are molting.

 

[wicked]

I have never gotten a reaction from my Ts because of a camera flash but once I shined a flashlight into my Brachypelma auratum's jar to check on her and she kicked hairs at me. She was in premolt so I guess she was just feeling snippy.