Hiking Spots

[ArachnoDude]

Hey, anyone know of any good hiking spots for tarantuls in central california? I live in the bay area and want to go exploring durring the summer

 

[sntcruzan]

SF Bay Area Tarantula Society

A Dude,
Well, we at SF BATS are going to be doing just that this summer/fall. Also Chris is going to do some hikes ,too
Fred

 

[ArachnoDude]

A Dude,
Well, we at SF BATS are going to be doing just that this summer/fall. Also Chris is going to do some hikes ,too
Fred

Cool, Can I Come With? (Hows That Thai Tiger And Chili Copper Btw?, A Minatrix Molted woot )

 

[cacoseraph]

and i'm still trying to arrange for a bats/scabies camping trip in 2008

 

[NevularScorpion]

i hope this camping trip is out of state or somewhere where i can see different sp of tarantula. my target right now is A. belhei, A moderatum, A sp new river rump

 

[cacoseraph]

negative Genei

shooting for ~central CA

Monterey or maybe Kings County

heh, monterey means ~king of the mountain i think

 

[NevularScorpion]

do you know what T sp. i'm going to see in that place ?

 

[sntcruzan]

The t's are doing great. Follow our website for hikes,etc.

 

[cacoseraph]

it is likely nobody does, exactly, Genei


the USA/CA Aphonopelma are in dire need of more work. Brent Hendrickson (might have not spelled his last name right) is trying to get a DNA based study going on them. i haven't been able to find a single frickin tarantula to send to him though

 

[josh_r]

genei, A. behlei and 'new river rust' are locally common where i live. if you ever make it out to arizona, let me know and i can show you some of these spiders as well as dozens of other species.

arachnodude, all u gotta do is go look. aphonopelma are very common around the bay area. look around road cuts in the hills. they are out there. ya just gotta look. there are also calisoga longitarsus that are very common. dont confuse these with tarantulas as they are not T's. still very cool tho.

 

[ArachnoDude]

cool, thanks for all the replies guys. do you guys think the tarantulas wont die out with this cold and windy weather?

 

[josh_r]

they will be just fine man. they do it every year the temps inside the plugges burrow will stay much more consistent than the air and surface temps. try looking in march and april.

 

[NevularScorpion]

genei, A. behlei and 'new river rust' are locally common where i live. if you ever make it out to arizona, let me know and i can show you some of these spiders as well as dozens of other species.

arachnodude, all u gotta do is go look. aphonopelma are very common around the bay area. look around road cuts in the hills. they are out there. ya just gotta look. there are also calisoga longitarsus that are very common. dont confuse these with tarantulas as they are not T's. still very cool tho.

I'm willing to go down there on summer to get some of those babies and see their habitat.

 

[ArachnoDude]

anyone have a guess about how deep their burrows are?

 

[josh_r]

anyone have a guess about how deep their burrows are?

the burrows are usually around 2 to 3 feet deep. calisoga burrows from what ive seen are more along the lines of 8 to 12 inches deep

 

[ArachnoDude]

so bringing a shovel a long isnt a bad idea i dont really wanna stick my hand in a burrow

 

[sntcruzan]

They usually come out quick with a splash of water.

 

[josh_r]

in the spring, the best method ive found to get them out is to take a blade of grass and tease them out of their burrow. you can get them about a foot away from their burrow or more a majority of the time. this way you arent destroying habitat

 

[NevularScorpion]

Josh im coming down there on spring maybe we can go bug hunting together.

 

[ArachnoDude]

cool, ill try the gras method but dam its raining a lot lately..