Hole

[The Snark]

 

[Veles]

Aww,babies!

 

[Wolfspidurguy]

This made me think of the hole by tomska for some reason

 

[The Snark]

Had the yard cut back yesterday. All undergrowth down to the dirt. Found three holes where somebody has been kicking dirt, all within 2-3 meters of where Mom had her babies. No webbing visible yet. Fingers crossed.

 

[The Snark]

Went out and raked the yard*. Make that 7 likely holes, all within 3 meters of mom's. Here's hoping for some serious dirt kicking.

* No snide comments about me being domesticated, please.

 

[The Snark]

15 probable holes... and counting. I'm in heaven.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

This thread is so cool. I love love love seeing this kind of documentation. Beats seeing pictures of tarantulas in captivity any day.

 

[The Snark]

The forehead flattening crowd vs the statistician. The response to the thought of 10 or 15 of the 'sida yai' big blacks always elicits the 'aren't you worried/concerned/dicing/terrorized?' by nearly everyone. (My stock response to 'aren't they poisonous' is I don't eat them).
So run the stats. How often do I go out in the yard barefoot or poke my fingers down the holes? Never. Odds are now in my favor 1,000,000 to 1 against getting chomped. Barefoot at night? RUserious? 10,000,000 to 1. One of them charging out of the hole, climbing up my bod, finding bare skin and chomping: 100,000,000 to 1. Me accidentally stepping on Cheech some unfortunate evening: ~1 in 200?
"No honeybunchers, my concern is in the other direction."

If the general interest runs that people want to see pictures of holes I'll consider taking a few.

 

[BenWilly]

15 probable holes... and counting. I'm in heaven.

You are soooooo lucky to have those in your yard!!

 

[The Snark]

Okay... so holes. Inventory time. Looks like about 15 that have been doing up to date housekeeping. The yard might get a little comical in a few months. Put in some little fences to keep the guys from duking it out?

All the holes pictured have had a typical pattern of dirt kicked out but the loose dirt has no evidence of traffic that a rodent, snake or bug would make.

Cheech

Chong

Gravity sucks (The hole goes straight down)

BHOA Beverly Hills Over Achiever

Serena (She had a huge tennis ball colored seed pod in her hole)

?

Made In The Shade (leaves)

The Troglodyte

E-N-E

Komatsu

N-N-E

George (under a) Bush

?

Gomez

 

[Colorado Ts]

This is a great story.

 

[Twantula1215]

Im digging the nicknames you gave to them

 

[ChaosSphere]

Hey @The Snark, are you planning to update this thread?

 

[The Snark]

I'd like to, but at present we don't appear to have any active holes.

 

[The Snark]

Hey @The Snark, are you planning to update this thread?

Just this one right now. Searching for more. I'm going to buy a 'chicken coup' bamboo basket to put over the hole and surrounding area today to protect it from the birds. Damned Snipes have probably nailed most of the survivors.