Introduce Yourself

[MyEightLeggedTherapists]

Hi all, I'm Lilly & I'm new to the hobby.

I have some severe mental health issues & strange as it sounds, spiders help me immensely.
I was afraid of spiders previously but months of insomnia had me learning about Jumping Spiders in the early hours & that was the gateway spider! I got my first in February of this year.

I have now got:
10 jumping spiders
8 x Phidippus Regius
1 x Phidippus Ardens Female
1 x Phidippus Morpheus Male

14 Tarantulas:
1 x Caribena versicolor.
1 x Brachypelma emilia.
1 x Brachypelma albiceps.
3 x Brachypelma Hamorii.
1 x Lasiocyano sazmai.
1 x Lasiodora parahybana.
3 x Tliltocatl albopilosus.
1 x Grammostola pulchripes.
1 x Lasiodora klugi.
1 x Grammostola pulchra.

 

[Butterbean83]

Hi all, I'm Lilly & I'm new to the hobby.

I have some severe mental health issues & strange as it sounds, spiders help me immensely.
I was afraid of spiders previously but months of insomnia had me learning about Jumping Spiders in the early hours & that was the gateway spider! I got my first in February of this year.

I have now got:
10 jumping spiders
8 x Phidippus Regius
1 x Phidippus Ardens Female
1 x Phidippus Morpheus Male

14 Tarantulas:
1 x Caribena versicolor.
1 x Brachypelma emilia.
1 x Brachypelma albiceps.
3 x Brachypelma Hamorii.
1 x Lasiocyano sazmai.
1 x Lasiodora parahybana.
3 x Tliltocatl albopilosus.
1 x Grammostola pulchripes.
1 x Lasiodora klugi.
1 x Grammostola pulchra.

I get where you're coming from with the mental health problems. I go through them myself and been interested for a while although if you told me that as a kid that I would, I wouldn't be able to imagine that. Became really ill physically and unable to do weights anymore just go for walks now so I was able to finally get into the hobby, having things like this are good for my Asperger's which is in addition to the mental health so it keeps me happy.

I have
1 x Nebo Whitei Scorpling
1 x Scorpio Maurus Sub Adult (I think it may be female)
1 x Chilobrachys Huahini Juvenile
1 x Chilobrachys Natanicharum

I got my Nebo Whitei last week
Got the rest today.

It was a Mystery Box I got today. I had asked for Terrestrial Slings and a Scorpion/Scorpling. I got 1 Fossorial Juvenile Old World Tarantula and 1 Fossorial 1 cm Old World Sling lol.

I was hoping for a T Vagans and another New World but Still... The Ts are beautiful that I got and I have experienced people I can seek the advice of as I have a lot of Facebook friends in the hobby.

Have you ever thought of Scorps or are you more just a spider person, I love both but I find Scorps much easier, slower, not quite as defensive, and some are beautiful.

Here is my Israeli Gold Scorpion (Scorpio Maurus) I got today...

 

[MyEightLeggedTherapists]

I get where you're coming from with the mental health problems. I go through them myself and been interested for a while although if you told me that as a kid that I would, I wouldn't be able to imagine that. Became really ill physically and unable to do weights anymore just go for walks now so I was able to finally get into the hobby, having things like this are good for my Asperger's which is in addition to the mental health so it keeps me happy.

I have
1 x Nebo Whitei Scorpling
1 x Scorpio Maurus Sub Adult (I think it may be female)
1 x Chilobrachys Huahini Juvenile
1 x Chilobrachys Natanicharum

I got my Nebo Whitei last week
Got the rest today.

It was a Mystery Box I got today. I had asked for Terrestrial Slings and a Scorpion/Scorpling. I got 1 Fossorial Juvenile Old World Tarantula and 1 Fossorial 1 cm Old World Sling lol.

I was hoping for a T Vagans and another New World but Still... The Ts are beautiful that I got and I have experienced people I can seek the advice of as I have a lot of Facebook friends in the hobby.

Have you ever thought of Scorps or are you more just a spider person, I love both but I find Scorps much easier, slower, not quite as defensive, and some are beautiful.

Here is my Israeli Gold Scorpion (Scorpio Maurus) I got today... View attachment 471608

Thank you for sharing that.

I totally understand, I'm also Autistic so the two make each other worse!

I've not thought about scorpions, but they look amazing, so never say never!

 

[Charliemum]

Apparently I have been lax in welcoming the new ppl to ab so many new introductions
Hello all and welcome to ab the weird but wonderful site of invert info and imo one of the bests communities out there yous are in good hands, any questions, queries, or curiosity just ask there is usually someone that knows on here

 

[phlogiusmiku113]

Hello,

I've read a lot of posts on this website and finally decided to make an account as I plan on getting my first tarantula later this year! I live in Western Australia and plan on getting a Phlogius PQ113 and naming it Hatsune Miku (hence my username). I've been obsessed with arachnids (especially tarantulas) since I was a little kid, so I'm super excited to finally get into the hobby! I decided to join the forums so I can find more info on tarantula keeping in Australia and ensure I am fully prepared for my first T.

Looking forward to getting involved with the community, thanks for reading

 

[Charliemum]

Hello,

I've read a lot of posts on this website and finally decided to make an account as I plan on getting my first tarantula later this year! I live in Western Australia and plan on getting a Phlogius PQ113 and naming it Hatsune Miku (hence my username). I've been obsessed with arachnids (especially tarantulas) since I was a little kid, so I'm super excited to finally get into the hobby! I decided to join the forums so I can find more info on tarantula keeping in Australia and ensure I am fully prepared for my first T.

Looking forward to getting involved with the community, thanks for reading

Hi
What your doing is starting right! Better to do your research before you get the t 100% ,seen to many come on here already having the poor t and no clue on the upkeep. Great your preparing first, makes my heart happy Any questions just start a thread and welcome to ab

 

[caddude]

Rejoined after a long absence from the forum. I have been a T fan for many years, got my first two years ago. I have seven now, (2) G pulchra's, (1)A belndae, (1) A chalcodes, (1) T albo, (1) Gpulchripes, (1) T SP roatan. I a now thinking that it may be time to look into a scorpion.... There are may on the forum whose advice has helped me to learn good practices in the last two years!

 

[Charliemum]

Rejoined after a long absence from the forum. I have been a T fan for many years, got my first two years ago. I have seven now, (2) G pulchra's, (1)A belndae, (1) A chalcodes, (1) T albo, (1) Gpulchripes, (1) T SP roatan. I a now thinking that it may be time to look into a scorpion.... There are may on the forum whose advice has helped me to learn good practices in the last two years!

Welcome bk

 

[DanielleaR]

Hello! I’m Danielle from northern Wisconsin. I keep a bunch of tarantulas, my newest being an adorable H. mac sling. I really love arboreals, old world or new. Happy to be here! Here is my freshly molted B. boehmei. She’s a jerk, but I love her .

 

[Charliemum]

Hello! I’m Danielle from northern Wisconsin. I keep a bunch of tarantulas, my newest being an adorable H. mac sling. I really love arboreals, old world or new. Happy to be here! Here is my freshly molted B. boehmei. She’s a jerk, but I love her View attachment 473285 .

Hi and welcome to ab
Beautiful girl btw

 

[cold blood]

Hello! I’m Danielle from northern Wisconsin. I keep a bunch of tarantulas, my newest being an adorable H. mac sling. I really love arboreals, old world or new. Happy to be here! Here is my freshly molted B. boehmei. She’s a jerk, but I love her View attachment 473285 .

welcome to the boards...always good to see fellow Wisconsinites

 

[Arachnospace]

Hello,

I'm relatively new to the hobby, having moved from reptile keeping to Tarantulas. Space was always an issue for me with the reptile enclosures, so smaller Tarantula enclosures meant I could have more spiders and use less space. Perfect! My favourite speciea so far? Anything Xenesthis.

 

[Smotzer]

Welcome to AB, @Arachnospace ! Good luck with your enclosure venture!

 

[Charliemum]

Hello,

I'm relatively new to the hobby, having moved from reptile keeping to Tarantulas. Space was always an issue for me with the reptile enclosures, so smaller Tarantula enclosures meant I could have more spiders and use less space. Perfect! My favourite speciea so far? Anything Xenesthis.

Welcome to ab UK here too

 

[JamieAlcroft1989]

Hey guys my name is Jamie, I'm from south east England, a town called Reading. I have only just signed up to Arachnoboards as I was thrown in at the deep ends by being given 10 nymphs and no information on how to raise them, I've been given some amazing advice and look forward to being a part of this awesome community. I'm 34, I have a longtime partner and 3 kids and a good deal of animals but have only just got my first Ts as it has taken me the best part of a decade to convince my partner to let me get spiders.

 

[Charliemum]

Hey guys my name is Jamie, I'm from south east England, a town called Reading. I have only just signed up to Arachnoboards as I was thrown in at the deep ends by being given 10 nymphs and no information on how to raise them, I've been given some amazing advice and look forward to being a part of this awesome community. I'm 34, I have a longtime partner and 3 kids and a good deal of animals but have only just got my first Ts as it has taken me the best part of a decade to convince my partner to let me get spiders.

Welcome to the family Jamie, Mrs Jamie, baby Jamie's, and little ewl

 

[Kitkeepzspooders]

Hello fellow living organisms, My name is Kitana, prefer to be called Kit, do not make a single mortal combat joke I swear-
I keep bigger spiders, though I love a jumping spider any day. Currently, I only have 1 spider, a wolf spider that I traded for at an expo. Her name is River, she has babies coming soon (lord help me ) I do have a bad habit of being extremely blunt, I mean the best even if it doesn't seem like it. The biggest spider I've kept was a spider I have yet to identify, she was extremely large, the size of my palm when she was sprawled out, she was completely black and she was found in West Virginia, at a state park in a shower stall, she had an egg that she carried between her jaws. I ended up selling her to one of my friends who was a better spider keeper, he didn't ID her before he traded her ( the cookey slug) and the smallest was a Kite spider I found in my dad's shoe. lol

Here's the lil mama, being grouchy as usual lol

 

[Charliemum]

Hello fellow living organisms, My name is Kitana, prefer to be called Kit, do not make a single mortal combat joke I swear-
I keep bigger spiders, though I love a jumping spider any day. Currently, I only have 1 spider, a wolf spider that I traded for at an expo. Her name is River, she has babies coming soon (lord help me ) I do have a bad habit of being extremely blunt, I mean the best even if it doesn't seem like it. The biggest spider I've kept was a spider I have yet to identify, she was extremely large, the size of my palm when she was sprawled out, she was completely black and she was found in West Virginia, at a state park in a shower stall, she had an egg that she carried between her jaws. I ended up selling her to one of my friends who was a better spider keeper, he didn't ID her before he traded her ( the cookey slug) and the smallest was a Kite spider I found in my dad's shoe. lol

Here's the lil mama, being grouchy as usual lol

Hi kit n little momma welcome to ab .

 

[SwampQueen]

Hey! I'm Bri, I'm an apprentice funeral director from Connecticut and I'm OBSESSED with inverts! I'm super interested in the role that insects play in decomp and believe that in the future we could possibly use them as an option for "natural burials"!
I love building bioactive terrariums and paludariums for my creatures and staring at 'em!
I currently own a couple different species of isopods, a female GBB named Rezz, a tailless whip scorpion named Mr Tickles, 2 BDFBS, a cholate milli named Tock, and I'm failing to breed my 3 Halloween hissers . I also have a legion of dogs, 2 cats and a gecko.

I really appreciate this forum and have learned a lot in my short time visiting it, thanks for having me!

 

[Charliemum]

Hi Bri what an interesting job! Got our very own ask a mortician Welcome to ab