How did you find Arachnoboards?

[ShadowclawFC]

I learned about this place from my Zoology teacher. We're studying, at the time of this post, Arthropods, specifically subphylum Trilobita and subphylum Chelicerata- Class: Merostomata and Class: Arthropoda.
He's let us hold and feed his young Chaco Golden Stripes, a young flat-rock scorpion, and showed us some others. Then he said he was going to adopt out the young Chacos, and told us about this site. I figured I'd give it a look-see, and here I am~

 

[misspage23]

I found out about Arachnoboards from a guy i was dating back in the summer time. he breads scorpions, lizards, taratualas and more... i had always loved the hobbie but never understood it until he showed me this website to research on my own! i have just made my own account not jointed with his. so here i go. on a journey of a hobbie to myself

hope to talk to alota people on here!

 

[Tazman]

For me it was mentioned on youtube and by a few people on tarantulas.us forum.......and i like what i'm reading so far.......

 

[Introvertebrate]

That seems to be a common theme around here! I also got hooked on RobC's videos and came here because of them. That, and the fact that I got permission from the wife to get a T, lol.

RobC's enthusiasm is contagious isn't it? If you weren't into Ts before watching his videos, you most certainly were after.

I find that Google searches on captive inverts invariably lead back to this forum. Its 'ground zero' for the hobby..............in a good way, that is.

Tom

 

[txgsxr]

I found it by watching a youtube video made by RobC. He mentioned Arachnoboards so I did a google and now I am here. ;P

Same here, Was checking on Avic sp. and found one of his videos and he said this site. So i jumped on and have not stopped reading or checking out photos yet. lol

 

[oversoul]

Google.pl : D

 

[MrDusty]

Well I've known about the site for a while through quite a few of my friends but didn't join until just recently. I'm usually found on T's US but I figured recently I'd join a few others to broaden my knowledge resources and find more like-minded people, including AB, Stafforshire and so on .

 

[ArachnidJackson]

this is me

Google specifically. I was looking for information concerning my T's saw a few forums and decided it would be best to join them and see what kind of information I couldn't dig up.

 

[BayBredBeardies]

Kept hearing references on vids from ROBC!!!

 

[ZillaPL]

Polish type of this site is arachnea.org where people sometimes talk about arachnoboards.com as a largest spider resource in the web, so I came from there in hope of the answers that ppl from arachnea can answer me now i don't have any questions )

 

[Beowulf1976]

I just googled tarantulas and this was one of the sites that came up. I'm now registered here and at 2 other tarantula sites.

 

[baconmushroom]

google is thy friend indeed...

 

[Moxie]

I read an article on a news site about European Cross Spiders and I found one of the names they listed in the article on FaceBook and she kindly directed me here, though those in my household probably won't appreciate that, but what they don't know won't hurt them...

Someday down the line I might own a tarantula as I held one when I was younger and it was really amazing. Unfortunately at the moment living situations do not permit bugs of any kind, not to mention that my three cats will try to "play" with it, like they do with all bugs, which usually involves them killing it somehow and then eating it. Bug killing seems to have become a past time with them...

Anywho, all my creepy crawly friends shall have to remain outdoors. I am hoping this site will help me identify some of my friends.

 

[ZoeyRose]

My hubby is part of a chameleon forum (for our other babies) and someone on there with T's suggested this one.

 

[TomM]

After I bought my first T (an A. hentzi from KenTheBugGuy), I did a search in Google for a bunch of information. Nearly every search took me here, and now I'm not only addicted to tarantulas, but arachnoboards too!

 

[Spikeyness]

The joy of google, found another board but it seemed very...dead...carried on looking and found this beauty

 

[Rob4]

My story is a love of ants, not spiders. I'm setting up a business where I can sell different ants, and other various arthropods. There is a wonderfull market kniche just waiting to be filled. The secret sauce details are mine alone, no offence, but I figured this might be a wonderfull opportunity to network with likewise people. Business owners find strength in numbers, and such an excentric revenue concept as mine can only be found amongst bug lovers with imagination such as the many wonderfull people I've read about here.
Back in 1994 it was discovered that the genetic sequence of all arthropods was based very largely on segmental designation. The blueprints of a bug were almost as simple as blueprints for a robot -- and indeed they are natures robots. To everyone's surprise, genetic manipulation of any exoskeletal creature is relatively simple, and they all share the same blueprint formula. In other words, they are all the same exact creature, but with just slight genetic tweeks to the same design.
It is posible to capitalize on this so that one day (and soon) the very same insects that tend to the queen, clean there nest, carry objects around for whatever reasons, they will then be compelled to carry out our orders. By instinct they will clean up after us, do our laundry, repell pests, even replace heavey machinery and tend to our industrial needs (farming, construction, etc.)
Genetic enginering can be incredibly eco-friendly. No more burning gass for that Bachoe (however you spell it), and undustrial developement of the machinery will be just as easy as applying water and watching it grow. One might ask "Hey, Rob4, genetic enginering? What about the reprocusions this might have on the environment?" Then I might say something like "If you pick up an ant foraging for food and take it to another continent half way across the globe, will that ant nessisarily reproduce and become a destructive invasive species? No. That ant is genetically sterile. She comes from a factory called the queen. We can do the same."
Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm going to be selling Rob's patented Ant Maid kits in Wal-mart next year, but I am saying that my money-making endevours are perhaps the first baby steps towards similar futuristic outcomes. I know I'm not alone with my thoughts in these boards and am very excited to hear about your own aspirations and common interests.

 

[DucknCover]

Starts off with discovering ROBC on you tube last year. Had a G. rosea years ago and I always loved T's. ROBC recommended me to Paul @ Pet Center USA for my B. boehmei. When I ordered my T Paul recommended I join Arachnoboards. Both these guys are awesome! So is this site! It has a TON of information when you start digging. So much that I really haven't had to post any questions since I joined last fall. I've discovered alot just from reading here and watching ROBC's vids to give me enough of a foundation and confidence to start caring for more challenging species. Still, all the reading and videos never quite prepared me for that first time I went to house my new P. murinus. LOL...Nothing like one of these little boogers bolting from the deli cup and doing a threat display on top of the coffee table to smack you back into the reality of noobiness.

-Justin

 

[Axsisdnied]

Yahooing for Me

Was just Yahooing and came across this site. Pet Stores know nothing about T's and Scorpions so much research eventually led me here. Very cool and lots of great info here.

 

[belleghem]

just how i came to be here.

It started with watching Robc on youtube aka tarantulaguy1976. I then decided after some research that they are typically a very rewarding and inexpensive pet to keep. I then decided to seek out the local pet stores here 2 of which carry t's and picked up my first T Avicularia Avicularia or "pink toe" i'm not sure on sex as it's only 3/4 to 1" long. I had an Aboreal and was instantly infatuated with the lil guy or gal. I then started inquiring online for more T's and after finding out that Robc and kenthebugguy couldn't ship to canada. (i highly recommend them to you ladies and sirs state side as they respond quickly to questions from me and even though they knew i wouldn't be a customer were very helpful.) decided to check my local kijiji (online classifieds website.).

I then went and located an ad selling Curly hairs (i forget the scientific name.) and after a few emails was set to make a purchase when work decided i don't need hours to make any money. so i was gonna have to use the savings from my prior paycheck for rent and left a message with the poster about my situation and they were extremly understanding and told me to let them know when i got back to work as he'd hold one for me. I then found that this poster from kijiji is also a member of reptiles canada who in a display of pure class has offered me a few slings free of charge next time he comes into town (he lives close to the city i live in.) and a member of this website and a stand up man if i ever seen one. Thanks again for the great advice and your friendship. thanks again ORO.