Bought solfugids at the EBV!

[arachnoid]

Went to the East Bay Vivarium yesterday to check out the pedes and next thing you know there were 4 solpugids on display!! Not to mention 3 different species! G. granti, R. phalangium? (it's black), and Z. lawrenci? (it's yellowish and fuzzy)
Anyways my buddy bought a monster 5" L.S. granti. It has pretty good vision as it will lunge at your hand if you wave at it from outside the tank! It also has a huge appetite (it ate 5 crickets when he took it home!)
I bought a small 1.5" lawrenci. It's extremely fuzzy with an awesome yellow color to it. No where near as aggro as the granti though. Hope it lives long enough!

 

[Elizabeth]

Hey, we were there about a week ago! I only saw two solifugids on display then...The smallest one, with very fuzzy legs, was intriguing. Still, all we got this time was supplies and books. That is a great place to go to, except I get lost on the darn freeway switches! (We ended up seeing Treasure Island this last time.)

 

[Alex S.]

Congrats on the new solifugid, Arachnoid! Zeria lawrenci (family: Solpugidae) is an awesome, unique species of solifugid from southern Africa that is very rarely offered in the arthropod trade. I also visited the East Bay Vivarium, about a year ago, pretty cool store.

Alex S.