Hunting For Tarantulas

[magicianANG]

I have been on many tarantula hunting trips with my son, Andrew. Sometimes, Dr John ( who collects tarantulas and snakes in Thailand ) joins us on these trips. I will be posting photos of our trips. I will also be posting pictures of tarantulas in my collection.

This photo shows ( from left to right ) yours truly, Stuart, Dr John and Kate after a good hunting trip. Photo taken by Andrew.

Here are some of the things we caught.

Stuart trying to tease out a Liphistius desultor.

This is the Trapdoor spider ( Liphistius desultor )

A closer look at the spider. Some mud is still stuck on the legs.

That's all for now. Will be back soon.

 

[jbm150]

Awesome spider! There's nothing for scale, how big is it?

 

[BCscorp]

Thank you for posting these pics. Very interesting to see your collection and the natural environment there as well.
Hope to see more soon!

 

[magicianANG]

Awesome spider! There's nothing for scale, how big is it?

Well, here's a photo of a very large specimen. It is not common. I think this is the maximum size of the Trapdoor Spider. I have yet to see larger ones. I will post some pictures of the ultimate MALES later on.

Bye for now. Do visit my new blog. http://tarantulasandothers.blogspot.com/

 

[anikaisbff]

Im Sorry For Ur T Jbm150 I Wish I Could Help Im Sdrry


R.i.p Pandora U Must Of Been A Really Great T And U R

 

[willychon]

This is a great spider, and deserve to live in freedom, I am against depredate

 

[AzJohn]

That is a great looking spider. I love Liphistius.


John

 

[spiderfield]

That is one beautiful trapdoor! Keep the pics coming! :worship:

 

[Satellite Rob]

Thats a great trapdoor spider.Where were you collecting.That might be the biggest TD i've ever seen.

 

[Dr. John]

Thats a great trapdoor spider.Where were you collecting.That might be the biggest TD i've ever seen.

Hi Rob ,

I hope Tommy doesn't mind me giving it away . We found the trapdoor spiders and some tarantulas in hillside rainforests in West Malaysia . The trapdoors themselves are very difficult to spot as they are perfectly camouflaged to match the surroundings .

Dr. John

 

[Satellite Rob]

That's the biggest and the most colorful TD spider i've ever seem.I was wondering if you have any other pictures that you could post.

 

[magicianANG]

Dr John is trying to ease out the Trapdoor Spider very, very delicately. It needs
a lot of patience and extreme delicate handling to bring them out so that they are in no way injured.

Wow!! What a fine specimen!!!

Awesome, isn't it?

Visit my new blog: http://tarantulasandothers.blogspot.com/

 

[Krazy Kat]

That is a nice one.I'd love to have one of those.

 

[Anthony Straus]

Beautiful Spider:worship:

 

[magicianANG]

This is one of my Orange Baboon Tarantulas.

I'm warning you! Don't come any nearer!!

 

[Sukai94]

What an amazing spider! Thanks for sharing!

 

[magicianANG]

Here's another one of my OBTs.

This photo ( below ) shows part of my Tarantula Room. The containers with the yellow labels on the right and the red baskets below them house all my OBTs. The red baskets are 4 levels high.

Bye for now. Visit my new blog: http://tarantulasandothers.blogspot.com/

 

[lilmoonrabbit]

Here's another one of my OBTs.

This photo ( below ) shows part of my Tarantula Room. The containers with the yellow labels on the right and the red baskets below them house all my OBTs. The red baskets are 4 levels high.

Bye for now. Visit my new blog: http://tarantulasandothers.blogspot.com/

OMG, your tarantula room is freaking amazing!!!!

 

[syndicate]

Your room looks very nice and organized!Are those snakes in the left tank?
-Chris

 

[Philth]

Very effective use of space I must say. Im also interested in what the snakes are ?

later, Tom