ArborealLotus
Arachnosquire
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Found another spood. This one happened to scuttle with intense velocity across my bed as I was getting into it yesterday. No joke.
Startled at the presence of other life forms in my sleeping quarters, I rapidly enacted a capture of the gorgeous animal.
Here is: the Eastern Parson Spider, known to frequent the indoors.
From what I read: Is a delightful ambush predator and ground dweller, feeding not by web but by sheer hunt / takedowns - not so unlike tarantulas! (24hrs in, I actually have yet to observe the the spider lay silk). Safe enough to simply allow to wander the home, or if desired, can gently move it back to the outdoors.
Or, for enthusiasts like myself, can be homed in an enclosure to get to know the wee beast.
Moves VERY quickly compared to others I’ve kept. Once in the catch cup, it hunched down JUST like the tarantula behavior I’m familiar with where they crimp with knees drawn in, seemingly to protect their carapace. It was aware there wasn’t a way out and froze.
Once upon some dirt, relaxed in the temporary enclosure as I plan a more suitable environment. I honestly haven’t seen it move around the enclosure myself, but have merely blinked then saw it on the opposite corner from where it was.
If YOU have ever kept a Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, please insert your experience!! I’d love to know what you have observed!
This was the immediately available shelter. I will update once in a larger home.
I find that true spiders are more active than tarantulas, and while a T sling of this size (~3/4” / ~1.5cm DLS) would delight in such small quarters, true spoods are quite different. (Indeed, the comparison of a baby 3/4” spider to an adult 3/4” spider is not perfectly fair lol.)
To be continued...
Startled at the presence of other life forms in my sleeping quarters, I rapidly enacted a capture of the gorgeous animal.
Here is: the Eastern Parson Spider, known to frequent the indoors.
From what I read: Is a delightful ambush predator and ground dweller, feeding not by web but by sheer hunt / takedowns - not so unlike tarantulas! (24hrs in, I actually have yet to observe the the spider lay silk). Safe enough to simply allow to wander the home, or if desired, can gently move it back to the outdoors.
Or, for enthusiasts like myself, can be homed in an enclosure to get to know the wee beast.
Moves VERY quickly compared to others I’ve kept. Once in the catch cup, it hunched down JUST like the tarantula behavior I’m familiar with where they crimp with knees drawn in, seemingly to protect their carapace. It was aware there wasn’t a way out and froze.
Once upon some dirt, relaxed in the temporary enclosure as I plan a more suitable environment. I honestly haven’t seen it move around the enclosure myself, but have merely blinked then saw it on the opposite corner from where it was.
If YOU have ever kept a Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, please insert your experience!! I’d love to know what you have observed!
This was the immediately available shelter. I will update once in a larger home.
I find that true spiders are more active than tarantulas, and while a T sling of this size (~3/4” / ~1.5cm DLS) would delight in such small quarters, true spoods are quite different. (Indeed, the comparison of a baby 3/4” spider to an adult 3/4” spider is not perfectly fair lol.)
To be continued...