Introduce Yourself

[CentiQueen]

Newbie...kinda

Hello all. Just wanted to says Heys. I've been here, just not under my own name. So now I got my own name and will be cruising around.

Holla!

 

[Gabonica]

Hello all

I've recently joined and thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Paul, like most people here I guess I'm fascinated by exotic creatures. I have kept snakes for many years, particularly rat snakes but over the last few years become more and more interested in invertebrates. Particularly Arachnids. I recently obtained 4 Tailless Whip Scorpions; Euphrynichus Bacillifer and now trying hard to obtain other species because I find these compelling.

Anyway I have already gained lots of information from this website and hopefully can contribute some in the future,

Paul

 

[gekogirl]

Me

Hi, I'm sunne (sun-na), I'm nearly 16 and I'm home schooled in north florida. I've been keeping herps for like 10 years, but I just started T's. my cusin breeds T's and he came down here to good old florida, took a bunch of 'em out, and said " all of thees are yours just tell me wich ones you don't whant" so long story short I have gone from 0 spiders to 13 in 24 hours.
totaly confused
sunne
p.s. I could't spell if my life depended on it.

 

[jynxxxedangel]

New to Arachnoboards..

Hi all. My name is Jynxxx--34, F, Michigan, and I joined the board about a month ago.. I've been too shy to post until now!

I just wanted to jump in here (like a fuzzy little P. audax!) and give a brief introduction.. I love true spiders (especially native Michigan species). Saltidcidae are my absolute faves!

I will be beginning my first collection of live captive specimens this year, since I think I have read up and observed wild spiders enough to be successful in the hobby. I can use all the advice and information anyone is willing to share, even so!

Species that are of interest to me are: Phidippus audax, Phidippus regius, Lyssomanes viridis, and Peucetia viridans.

Anyone who has experience keeping true spiders (those native to the U.S.) in captivity is more than welcome to PM me!

 

[ericdhaan]

New teacher nickname -

I joined Arachnoboards a couple days ago. I have always loved spiders and always wanted a tarantula, but snakes and spiders were the 2 pets my mom wouldn't let me have in the house. I got a g. rosea as soon as I moved out.
I have only recently ordered a few more tarantulas (more than 7 years later).

I'm married and have 2 kids - right now my daughter is about to turn two and my son just passed the 6 month mark. Maybe my recent interest in getting more tarantulas has something to do with that - a QUIET animal that's not spitting up or drawing all over all my books/the wall/anything else within crayon range all the time!

I'm a 5th grade teacher, so always looking for new ways to spice up my teaching. I'm thinking about reinventing myself as "The Spiderman." But seriously, I wouldn't let the kids do anything to the tarantulas - they're as interested in learning more about them as I am!

 

[Jeff Godbold]

First Post

Hello,

This is my first post on this forum. My name is Jeff Godbold; if some of you frequent the other "Morelia" forums...then you may recognize me.

I keep primarily Green Tree Pythons but have kept a wide array of herp species in the past. From almost any boa to python...

I got into arachnids last year at the Daytona show. I was picking up a Choco Golden Knee for my brother and thought they were so cool...I got a second one for myself. I purchased it from theraphosids.com.

Having that said, from 2000-2002 I spent 2 years in the amazon region of Brazil where I got a taste of a few different tarantula species first hand (I didn't know what species they were but I was bold enough to handle the wild collected specimens). What an idiot? I'm lucky I didn't get bitten.

Daytona is coming up and I'm looking forward to picking up a couple other species. Any ideas for a novice?

I've decided that I like basically any of the Avicularia subspecies and I really like the Panama Blonde. I've been trying to do some reasearch until the show.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff Godbold

 

[zyklonT]

My very first post.. :clap:
.. not much to say.
My name is Mark.
I got my first tarantula just over a year ago..
but have been interested in arachnids since I was little.
What stopped me from getting one sooner is the fact that I still live with my parents and they dont like anything with more then 4 legs.
But I have got them from fearing tarantulas to finding them cute.
I now have 7 tarantulas and more to come.
hmm what else?
I am in school taking a art foundation course..
that is all for now I guess.

 

[Lydia]

Hi everyone! I've been on AB for a while now, but am just not getting around to making my first post...

My name is Lydia. I'm 19, and I'm from Iowa. I got into the hobby a little over two years ago, after my boyfriend got his first T. Since then, we have added six more to the "family" (along with a dog and a cat). Having T's is a different experience for me, since I've been terrified of arachnids for as long as I can remember. But, the more I learn about them, the more fascinated I become.

 

[Scyther]

Hiya all! :}

Im Scyther, im from England and am at college doing a Natinal Diploma in Animal Managaement!

I love all animals, esspically Reptiles and Invertabrates!

The Invertabrates I have are...

9 Parapachymorpha Zomproi: Ones called Twisty (Due to a twisted leg) Havent named the rest though, they all look alike!
3 Eurycantha calcarata: One adult female called Norra Batty (My favorite invertabrate!) and two nymps called General Staal and Commander Skorr.
3 Extatosoma tiaratuma: Two females called Scorpius and Maragareta and one male called Harvey.
3 Diapherpdes Goganteum: Two females callled Slitheen and Fred and one male called Twigy.
5 Land Snials: Called Gandalf, Tony, Sunflower, Banna and... I forgot
1 African Millipead: Male (I think!) called Yana.
1 Brachypelma vagans: Not sure what it is, but its called Darth Vagans

I aslo have 3 Corn Snakes (My favorite animals ever!) 28 Ferrets (10 adults, 18 babies!) 2 Dutch Rabbits, 1 Cat and 1 Cockatile.

This place lookes fantastic and very friendly, better start posting!

 

[zyklonT]

okay .. second post.. thought I would list off my pets.:}

a ferret (NigNog aka Niggy) who my X stole from me! Nigs is on the right.. and on the left is my Xs ferret Kino(I named my Xs ferret after the knife song and my X named my ferret)

a rabbit (Bun Buns) the family pet

a cockatiel (Berdy) the other family pet

And seven tarantulas..

3 Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea) 1 male(mc pee pants) 2 female (1 female is the red form)

1 Green Bottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

1 Zebra Pink Beauty (Eupalaestrus campestratus)

1 Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana)

1 Ecuadorian Blue Leg? need help finding out what this one is. here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHhyvivPzk

also .. here is my male rose hair.. aka mc pee pants..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTO49k8oKAo

more tarantulas to come!

 

[Neuroticax]

Posted a few times, thought I would introduce myself at this point. I do not own any arachnids at this time, but that will be changing shortly. I plan on investing in Avicularia versicolor and Phidippus audax.

Currently I own 1 male rat (whos cage mate just passed away not long ago) and 1 male Veiltail Betta. I'm from Wisconsin, hopefully to be moving out of state within the year.

See you all in the forums.

 

[Big Red TJ]

Hi all been on here a couple of times.. Long story short My fiacie and I broke up and now I am trying to build a steady collection of T's love the african T's

 

[baby_glass]

Hello,just joined as i only just found this forum,we have several T's and a scorpion,plus a snake,have been keeping T's for about 2 years but we don't want a large collection like some have,lol,so we're only modest with 8! We also have a dog and two teenage boys

 

[joandee]

Mexican yellow spider

Hi everyone

I am on holiday in Cancun and have seen a smell to medium yellow spider that is shaped like a crab. I just wondered if anyone had any idea on what it might be?

 

[kingcobra]

o.k folks,i am getting old and maybe a bit senile too (56),and cant remember whether i filled this in before, i live in england,u.k., but i am SCOTTISH by birth,but love spain and italy too,i am divorced with 2 grown up kids,i and my partner have 2 cats, 3 snakes, and usually around 25 tarantulas. i work in a library,but i am definitely not a typical librarian,as you can tell from the photo. ,i love humour and debate,my politics are left of centre (liberal-socialist),and my religion is LIFE.
HOBBIES:spiders and snakes, 8-ball pool,football (soccer),lager.,music (anything from flamenco to yngwie malmsteen to antonio vivaldi)

thanks for your time and please try to have a LIGHT meal before viewing the hammer horror photo!its better for sensitive stomaches!

 

[Shawn]

Hi people

My name is Shawn and this is my first post - I post often on the American Tarantula Society message board.
I'm 25 and live in florida with my wife Jackie, our dog Buffy, cats Gwenevere and Maggie and our rat Claire.
Oh yeah...I also have 10 tarantulas currently.
I've been keeping tarantulas for about seven years and enjoy every minute of it.

- Shawn

 

[Orosz]

Long overdue introduction

Hello all. My name russ and i live in hamilton on. Currently only have 2 scorps (emporer and i a desert hairy) along with my love for invertabrete's i also have a water dragon, savanah monitor and a pac man frog. So i'm looking for ward to being part of this board aswell as learning more and growing my collection a bit

Take it easy.Russ

 

[spyderlady]

hi!

I'm Spyderlady! I have 5 t's. I have a. seemanni, p. cancerides, 1 inch b. sabulosum sling, e. uatuman, and what I think is an avic avic that I 'rescued' from a petstore.

 

[R.P.McMurphy]

Hello to all spider hobbyist's.
I am 27 year old guy from Finland. I have currently 23 spiders. Mostly T's + few Black widows and Damon variegatus . And 16 more spiders is on the way from Germany.

Here is little something

 

[hunterfilly]

Hay

Name is Jessy, I am 18 from washington. Have a pair of Isometrus maculatus and black widows. My lesser brown scorps (Sid & JD) just had babies again!
Am totally new to scorpions, so I don't really know what I am doing in the care area. That is how I came across this really neat site. Though I have had black widows since I could catch a bug.