Introduce Yourself

[justanotherTkeeper]

Hi! I'm Amber! I'm 32. I currently live in Oakland, California. I'm pretty new to the hobby. I got my first tarantula, a GBB, in February. And I recently got a pamphobeteus sp. mascara, named Chicken Nugget. My other hobbies include knitting, crocheting, sewing, and baking. I've already learned a ton lurking here, so I figured why not join?

Hi Amber! I'm Kristina, 31, and I'm in Fairfield, Cali

 

[Spider-Spazz]

Hey everyone! It’s been a loooong time, I joined this community in 2009. After some time I became inactive, and once I no longer owned any arachnids I stopped hopping on all together. I’m excited to be back and around link minded people, I will be getting another T soon! And fingers crossed, a jumping spider!

 

[Aj143]

Hey All,

Welcome to Arachnoboards. Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Let us know who you are and what brings you here.

Feel free to post a picture of yourself here.

This thread is for personal introductions only, please let us know what inverts you have here.

Hope you enjoy your stay

The Arachnoboards Team

HI my name is adrian. I am the current owner of 2 zebra knees and a baby pinktoe tarantulas. I also have a snake and a couple of mantises I look forward to joining discussions and such! It's a breath of fresh air to be around other arachnid lovers!

 

[Will81]

Hello, my name is William. Currently my inverts consist of two species of cockroaches. Blaptica Dubia and Gromphadorhina Portentosa. I'm planning on getting a Tarantula sometime in the future. So, I'm here to learn as much as I can. Thank you.

 

[Tjcass]

Hello everyone.
TJ here. Currently have a Grammastola Pulchra 3.5 inch, Poecilotheria Regalis 5.5 inch, Pterinopelma Sazamai 5.5 inch, and a Psalmopeous Irminia sling 1 inch. Also But unrelated
a mature female albino corn snake and a hatchling female Mexican black king snake.

 

[KitsInvertsVa]

Hey everyone I just started keeping tarantulas this year even though I should have started last year, ants are my main hobby since they are easy to take care of and you can catch queens outside to start your collection but that’s only because one day I was watch g exotic lairs and I saw a ants Canada video which made me just get caught up in all the ant keeping and stuff I never decided to get a tarantula until now because they cost, I figured out my local pet store which wasn’t a chain pet store had a avicularia avicularia which I heard was a good beginner I did my research and because I kept ants and i just literally spent good money just on some harvester ants I got a avic now here we are I have a avic now which was very hard to get since my mom hates spiders and she just ate her first meal in her new home yesterday and she ate again today which is around three crickets already she is in a big enclosure which I will probably never have to rehouse her out of because it’s huge for her, well it’s great to finally be a tarantula keeper.

-Cam
Thanks!

 

[MomNeedsHelp]

Hey All,

My son has recently developed a fascination with tarantulas. We have a very old rose haired (who minds her own business) and my husband has previous experience with pink toed tarantula, so we are hoping to find him one nearby. (Ottawa, ON CANADA) No idea where to start our search, so open to any suggestions you might have, while still respecting the forum rules. Thanks!

 

[IrishSpiderGuy]

Hey Guys!!

Im Karl 26yo From Dublin, Ireland

New to the Forums and T's altogether.
Myself and my partner just pick up our very first
MATALIC PINKTOE [AVICULARIA] sling and looking forward to getting to watch our
amazing fury friend grow..
As we are really new to the hobby any tips or info would be awesome

will put some pictures up when i get some good ones

 

[Shon2]

Hello!

My name is Shon and I am an artist and animal enthusiast from SoCal. I’m 21, vegan, and a big nerd all around (I love anime, kaiju, tokusatsu, comics, etc). I was formerly an entomology student and volunteered for many years at the Aquarium of the Pacific as an education specialist (and partly as an animal caretaker). I have a passion for invertebrates, fishkeeping, and reptiles. I’m pretty good at invertebrate taxidermy and am slowly working my way up to larger and more varied specimens.

My current pets include:

- 20g fish tank with 2 male African dwarf frogs (Buddy and Pal) and a female betta (Swift)
- 2 Madagascar hissing roaches (Male and female, currently unnamed)
- A male leopard gecko (Moby)
- A dubia roach colony and a mealworm colony (feeders)
- Green lynx spider (we may release her where we found her if we can’t give her the care she deserves)

I am living with my girlfriend, who has:

- 1 dumbo rat (Gunter) and 2 dumbo rex rats (Timmy and Tofu)
- A female cherry head tortoise (Dash)
- Bold jumping spider (We are getting one within the week)

Animals I have cared for and interacted with closely in the past ranges widely from small snakes and inverts to 11ft sharks and other incredible animals from my time at the Aquarium. I plan on adopting a lot of pets when I’m older and more financially stable, and I hope to help instill a sense of respect and understanding for these animals in more and more people as I broaden my online presence. I’m still a beginner, but I’m learning as much as I can and would love to interact with the people here to both gain and spread knowledge.

If you’d like to see my art, my full gallery is on Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/shon2

And if you’d like to stay in contact with me elsewhere, I also post art/ browse Twitter pretty frequently too: https://mobile.twitter.com/SharkyShon2

I’m also on the roach forums if you’re a user too! I like to mostly read, but sometimes I talk about taxidermy: https://www.roachforum.com/profile/13540-shon2/

Thank you if you’ve read this far, and I hope all of you are having a wonderful day

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Welcome Shon!

 

[ThemantismanofPA]

little late to the party, ive used the site for years though. The name's Nate, Ive had pedes (both kinds), amblypygids, ive reared pseudoscorpions, and I keep tarantulas too.

 

[0001]

Hi, my name is Sandy. I’m extremely new to the world of invertebrates! after setting up a small mealworm farm I rediscovered my forgotten childhood fascination for these creatures and have been eyeing the bug terrariums with increased astonishment of all these cool critters. I live in the Netherlands and for now we own a cat, mealworms, carnivorous plants, and a few orchids. Sounds like another cool invert would really liven up the place!

 

[Smotzer]

Thank you! For sure, this place is huge!

If I wanted to ask advice on creating a mixed species terrarium, what wiuld be the best subforum to do this in?

Probably in the Insects and Invertebrate forum https://arachnoboards.com/forums/insects-other-invertebrates-arthropods.18/

but as a heads up mixed terrariums generally don’t work well, as individual species care can vary greatly between different orders, families, and genera. but creating a thread in it will yield you information on what specifically will or won’t work together.

 

[0001]

Thanks, I appreciate your advice! And I can definitely see how that could be a challenge, learning about all of that is the fun part. Looking forwards to it

 

[Smotzer]

Thanks, I appreciate your advice! And I can definitely see how that could be a challenge, learning about all of that is the fun part. Looking forwards to it

And we have a sometimes very under utilized search function on here by new members, that can be used to find information a lot faster and more self sufficient for learning about care than posting a question and waiting for someone to get back to you. Get to know the search function on here!

 

[Jess S]

Hi Sandy, and all the other new members who've joined recently. Welcome! This is a great forum and there are a lot of friendly people on here like @Smotzer who I see you've already met, @MrGhostMantis and many more, who'll give you a great welcome and lots of help.

 

[okulto]

Hi all. My name is Angel and I am fairly new to the hobby.
I got my first Ts in January 2020 and I've been really enjoying the experience so far. I have a B. emilia, a T. Albopilosum and a T. stirmi.
Looking forward to being part of this great community and learn more about these magnificent creatures.

 

[Mgla]

I just wanted to be called Mgla as its one of my favourite band. Im new to this hobby and i currently have b.boehmei, b.albopilosum and another albo from Nicaragua, A.Geniculata, L.Parahybanana ,one Asian forest scorpion and couple of Mantis. Im so in love with them I live in Czech Republic and i am watching a lot of Blogs in youtube about taking care of T's. I discovered this site from one of the blog that im following ''The Dark Den''.

 

[rookiesanewb]

Hello!

I'm new in the insect keeping world but have been wanting to keep some for a long, long time. This summer I got the chance to move out and live alone, and now I can keep them without people getting angry or freaked out at me!

I love LOVE millipedes, and will soon be getting my first T, a curly hair! It's nice to finally be able to talk to like minded people!

Here, have a picture of my a gigas! Nice to meet ya!

 

[showofhands]

Hello everyone! The pandemic has given me time to explore my own backyard in a deep, detailed way I haven't done since I was a child, which has subsequently re-awoken my childhood fascination with inverts. It has also given me (and surely many people) the opportunity to jump into new hobbies with both feet. Reading through the informative posts on this forum has played a big role in that for me - many thanks to the active contributors and people unafraid to ask questions.

It all started when I obtained half a dozen ghost mantises from mantidkingdom.com earlier this summer and began feeding spiders around the house with excess fruit flies. Since then I have adopted a wayward Steatoda triangulosa and Euagrus chisoseus, both found in my kitchen. Both of these are also tentative ID's so I will be seeking confirmation in the appropriate forums when I have suitable photos to work from. This morning I received my first tarantula: a beautiful little Aphonopelma gabeli from Pinchers and Pokies Exotics. So far I have no regrets: I am really having a blast and the vendors I've dealt with have been wonderful.

Stuff I'd like to have eventually: trapdoors and other mygalomorph spiders, harvestmen, blue death-feigning beetles, and vinegaroons.