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One has to consider that there are many companies large and small around the world that are successful in breeding and raising crickets for a number of industries. Crickets don't "just die", rather the amount of effort in their care is underestimated by pet keepers. If there are people out...

Homoeomma spp. have types 3 and 4 as do Grammostola spp. Aphonopelma spp. have type 1 only.

I have no idea why G. pulchra isn't in the USA, but I think I will check some of my old tarantula care books to find out if anything like it ever did. Wildlife protection laws never seem to have stopped traders from getting anything out of Brazil before, so I'm sure that can't be the reason...

But no one as far as I know has ever proved that Grammostola quirogai is present in the hobby through a proper identification. Further, the recent redescription of G. pulchra describes the coloration of both males and females as brownish-black so the color brown isn't a good indicator of...

I wasn't there so I can't know for sure, but these two statements lead me to believe it didn't really bite you. It seems like it was trying to figure out what your finger was by probing (for lack of a better word) or maybe trying to move it out of the way. The fangs of a spider are grasping...

You are correct. However, I have never seen parasites before in my collection which has had both captive bred/ born as well as wild caught individuals. Parasites such as nematodes are very rare.

The point I was trying to make in my previous post was that a label featuring a taxonomic rank up to genus says more about someone's confidence in their ability- or lack of effort- in making an identification more than a determination as to whether something is new to science (undescribed)...

Finally someone posts a picture of this species at this size! I have been waiting for this type of picture for so long now because I was sold spiderlings of this "Diamondback" species back in 2016 and it never obtained the coloration I was expecting. Now I know for sure I was sold a mislabeled...

You could just add the worm dish only at the time of feeding and take it out when the tarantula is finished eating. I've done that many times. There is no rule saying water or food receptacles have to remain in the cage at all times. ;)

Hey Joe. Nice to see you posting in the discussion forums! There is a lot of information that can be received by the choice in scientific name assigned to tarantulas entering the pet trade. Something labeled as Theraphosidae sp. just means some species of tarantula. However, a label with...

Yep, that would be a normal looking T. blondi butt.

I'm not buying this. Lets think this through a little bit. Venoms are toxic when injected into the blood stream; poisons are toxic when ingested or inhaled (for the most part anyway). As long as you don't have an open wound anywhere in your mouth, throat, or stomach you could drink venom and...

Yeah, some of mine do too and some even use the empty water cup (1-2 fl. oz. condiment cups) as a hide. Sometimes mine hide in the water cup when there is still water in it! It is kind of sad to see a large tarantula squeeze itself in such a small container. In either scenario they only do...

You are exactly right and this is why the generalized advice of looking for the hardening of the spermathecae is not a good way to determine if your female tarantula is mature and ready for breeding. As you see in the Psalmopeous species, not all tarantulas have sclerotized spermathecae and...

This question is asked all the time and the answer is so simple. Tarantulas bury their water dish because the water is usually in the way of its excavation activities. It's really that simple. Even in the video you can see it placed the soil next to the bottle cap instead of directly in it...

Turkistan roaches, AKA "red runners", which are popular feeders have the potential to infest in many parts of the USA especially the warm humid south. Crickets also have a tendency to make a lot of noise and have a tendency to escape very easily. Try to explain to a landlord that your spiders...

In the state of Texas, lease contracts contain verbiage regarding all animals and specify insects and arachnids. Texas lease documents require an addendum which lists all animals the landlord approves in addition to how much the pet rent fee would be. In Texas many landlords and property...

@Wolfram1 In response to your "clarification please" reaction, I was just having some fun and being stupid. The joke being Acanthoscurria geniculata is a species classified in the subfamily Theraphosinae and is found in Brazil. So technically it is a correct identification since the OP didn't...

Theraphosinae sp. “Brazil”

You beat me to it. I was going to say the same thing about how widow spiders like to hide underneath things. Many years ago I had several black widows (4 Lactrodectus hesperus from California; 1 L. mactans from Texas) housed in the tall 32 fl. oz. plastic condiment containers and solved the...