Does your Parahybana smells "different"????

[Fran]

(I must say my buttcrack smells really good since I put dehodorant on it)

Tom! You have to smell your big Parahybana, I so smelled her scent!

 

[barabootom]

(I must say my buttcrack smells really good since I put dehodorant on it)

Tom! You have to smell your big Parahybana, I so smelled her scent!

I don't have that great a sense of smell and I don't get my face close enough to distinguish a subtle T smell verses a musky peat moss smell or freshly dropped bolas smell or a dying cricket smell. I'll have to investigate this further. I do believe all T's have smells. I have had MM's (from across a room) make sperm webs within 24 hours of a female's molt. They had to smell something.

 

[Miss Bianca]

I don't have that great a sense of smell and I don't get my face close enough to distinguish a subtle T smell verses a musky peat moss smell or freshly dropped bolas smell or a dying cricket smell. I'll have to investigate this further. I do believe all T's have smells. I have had MM's (from across a room) make sperm webs within 24 hours of a female's molt. They had to smell something.

very interesting..

 

[Fran]

I don't get my face close enough to distinguish a subtle T smell verses a musky peat moss smell or freshly dropped bolas smell

hahaha

It is really interesting And yeah, everytime I go to sniff her im really scare im gonna get a good amount of hairs up my nose, and that wouldnt be what I call funny

 

[Lucky Eddie]

Nope.

My one is sooooo far down its hole, I couldn't smell it if it was wearing Chanel No 5.

 

[BCscorp]

You dont smell the T itself...its the enclosure. If you wanna try to up close sniff a LP go ahead.
I can smell it the second I open it up and its not bolus etc, its a distinctive smell that is not unpleasant at all.

 

[jbm150]

To update, I think I figured out what mine was. I found a tiny area where a few mold spots were growing on the substrate. It was hard to see unless I looked very closely. I pulled a bit of the substrate out and sure enough, the smell seemed to be coming from that. I just rehoused with all new substrate not days ago. Kinda sucks

 

[BCscorp]

weird...I did a thorough check through the substrate just to make sure it wasnt mold etc and didnt find a thing. Now she is mad her ground webbing is all messed up.

 

[cacoseraph]

Never noticed any odor from L. parahybana but widows, L. hesperus in particular, seem to have a distinct odor. Not bad at all, really. Kind of sweet, spicy, and musty at the same time. I've actually smelled the same aroma from different kinds of wood. Kinda strange.

i smelt that. always figured some kinda decay product. it's vaguely appealing whatever it is... smells like widows mmmmm











some thing to consider... human chemical senses (taste & smell) are highly variable and probably somewhat subjective (as all our senses have autofilters that may or may not be self configurable). for example, about ~10% of ppl produce some chemical that i find absolutely foul! it is not a hygiene thing... they just make a product that does not jive with my sense of smell. the interesting thing is that the few ppl i have talked to about this had NO idea what i was talking about. the ironic thing is that typically i have a "bad" sense of smell


as i kinda said, i had always assumed i was smelling decay products... but my centipedes smell different than tarantulas... and some tarantulas smelled different. when i had hundreds and hundreds of individually caged bugs plus thousands of roaches my room had an interesting melange to it. kinda smelled like the best parts of the way a zoo smells (at least to me. i like a lot of the biological process smells that others seem to find offensive)













and i definitely know who i am going to bring with me to hunt LPs.... Fran of the Super Nose! (that reminds me once again of training dogs to hunt bugs... if i ever get out to live with my mom i am really tempted to try to train up her beagle to help me hunt purse webs and trapdoors )

 

[Fran]

and i definitely know who i am going to bring with me to hunt LPs.... Fran of the Super Nose!

Im scared to go with you hunting man

I imagine me being munched by a giant arse centipede or bitten by a Phoneutria and you would sugest to stop the whining and go have a beer

 

[killy]

Further evidence that my Ts hate me - they are absolutely odorless - the closest I've come to being seduced by pheromones is the day my versi projectile-pooped me ....

 

[paul fleming]

I have a 10" AF and she does not smell of anything......my sense of smell may not be the best but the Mrs. has a very good sense of smell and she has said ....she smells nothing......

 

[Fran]

A 10 " AF? You mean Adult female L parahybana, im guessing.

 

[paul fleming]

a 10 inch leg span female Lasiodora parahybana ...
AF is an adult female
10" is 10 inches.....leg span......that's what we measure spiders in....leg span
and I thought we were talking about that species of spider...

Anything else you want me to teach you fran ????
ps.....you edited your post too

 

[Fran]

Jesus Christ man. What the heck did you take today?
It was a simple question, at that moment I didnt remmember that
AF was Adult Female.
But thanks for the lesson...:?

 

[cacoseraph]

a 10 inch leg span female Lasiodora parahybana ...
AF is an adult female
10" is 10 inches.....leg span......that's what we measure spiders in....leg span
and I thought we were talking about that species of spider...

Anything else you want me to teach you fran ????
ps.....you edited your post too

if you want to get all snitty, mr. spitty you should make sure you are being precise and accurate


for instance... do you mean to use same side leg span or diagonal leg span? it makes a difference





oh, and in point of fact... the scientific community generally uses BODY LENGTH *not* legspan... granted the hobby tends to use legspan... but if you are trying to be all up in someone's face you might as well, you know, be right

 

[paul fleming]

Jesus Christ man. What the heck did you take today?
It was a simple question, at that moment I didnt remmember that
AF was Adult Female.
But thanks for the lesson...:?

Sorry man....apologies......one of those days
Here she is Fran if you want to see but it is a handling pic.....thats all I have..
paul

 

[paul fleming]

if you want to get all snitty, mr. spitty you should make sure you are being precise and accurate


for instance... do you mean to use same side leg span or diagonal leg span? it makes a difference





oh, and in point of fact... the scientific community generally uses BODY LENGTH *not* legspan... granted the hobby tends to use legspan... but if you are trying to be all up in someone's face you might as well, you know, be right

I think you will find I am dead right and spot on with my information earlier my friend
And.....we are in the hobby and not budding scientists ;P

 

[Fran]

Its all good


Really pretty,I almost can smell her from here

 

[Fran]

Its really obvious what I am about to say, but if somebody want to get a better chance to smell their particular smell, just move her to an empty enclosure, like a 12 gallon or a an empty plastic cage.

Theres no way you can mistake the dirt and plants smell of an enclosure with the T smell Totally different.