Introduce Yourself

[Anna]

Helloo!

Hey! I'm Anna, I'm from California, and I have two baby tarantulas, an Avic avic and an L. parahybana.

 

[ArachnidJackson]

Welcome

Hi All,

I am Heidi, mom to a delightful almost 14 yr old special needs child named Sean who just got his first tarantula, a female panama red rump (her name is Shelob). Since he is not comfortable posting on bulletin boards, I get to do it for him, with his direction as to what to share, ask, etc.

Anyway.. I will go post on the questions board, as we are having a wee concern regarding little Miss Shelob.

Heidi

Welcome Heidi, enjoy your stay.

~Fellow Arachnoboards user~

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:03 PM ----------

Hey! I'm Anna, I'm from California, and I have two baby tarantulas, an Avic avic and an L. parahybana.

Welcome Anna, enjoy your stay.

~Fellow Arachnoboards user~

 

[jlcopen]

New at the insect/spider game....

Hello,
I have a curly haired T. She is young, and has had a molt. I have her in a classroom of 8 year olds. She hasn't eaten in awhile now. :?(Have read the posts that say to not freak out) She is hiding in her box all the time and the kids rarely see her. I was wondering if these type of spiders need a hiding place, or can they just be in the tank. The kids don't bother her, they just really want to watch her. Especially when she eats.... which has been some time.
Thanks,
J.

 

[Teun]

Hello, introducing myself.

Hello everyone,

I'm Teun, 22 year old man from Holland. I'm a wildlifemanagement student.
I have been keeping spiders for 4 years now. I had all kind off, right now i'm trying to focus more on arboreals. I just bought some new Poecilotheria sp.

At the moment I have :

Spiders:
0.0.4 P.ornata
0.1.0 P.regalis
0.1.0 P.irminia
0.1.0 A.avicularia
0.1.0 A.versicolor
0.0.1 C.huahini
1.1.0 G.pulchripes (attempting to breed)
0.1.0 C.marshalli

Centipede:
0.0.1 Scolopendra supspinipes dehaani

Snakes:
0.1.0 Lampropeltis getulus californiae
1.0.0 Boa constrictor imperator
1.1.0 Panterophis gutatta gutatta

And for the rest some tropical fishes.

Greetings, Teun

 

[kennyshere]

Hi, I'm Kenny
I'm more of a millipede girl than anything else, I used ti have a massive collection but had to reduce the numbers when I went away to uni - entomology with a specialism in herp husbandry. now I'm back and looking for any interesting millipedes in the UK.:

 

[Chromarco]

Hi everyone!!

Hi, my name is Marco, I´m from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, it´s a pleasure belong to this arachnocommunity!! I´m biologist and a breeder of some arthropods like: Avicularia avicularia, Avicularia versicolor, Brachypelma vagans, Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, Poecilotheria regalis, Pterinochilus murinus, Psalmopoeus cambridgei, Centruroides gracilis, Centruroides nigrescens, Heterometrus spinifer, Acanthophrynus coronatus, Mastigoproctus giganteus, Phyllocrania paradoxa, Phyllovates chlorophaea and Stagmomantis limbata, and this is my collection:

Tarantulas:

Acanthoscurria geniculata
Aphonopelma chalcodes
Aphonopelma seemani
Aphonopelma serratum
Avicularia avicularia
Avicularia versicolor
Brachypelma auratum
Brachypelma vagans
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Chilobrachys fimbriatus
Chilobrachys huahini
Cyriopagopus schioedtei
Ephebopus murinus
Haplopelma lividum
Haplopelma minax
Heteroscodra maculata
Lampropelma violaceopes
Nhandu chromatus
Poecilotheria fasciata
Poecilotheria metallica
Poecilotheria miranda
Poecilotheria ornata
Poecilotheria regalis
Poecilotheria rufilata
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli
Pterinochilus murinus
Psalmopoeus cambridgei
Psalmopoeus irminia
Psalmopoeus pulcher
Psalmopoeus sp. victorii
Schizopelma sp. Veracruz
Stromatopelma calceata
Tapinauchenius violaceus
Theraphosa stirmi


Scorpions:

Centruroides gracilis
Hadogenes paucidens
Hadrurus aztecus
Hadrurus arizonensis
Heterometrus spinifer
Pandinus imperator
Parabuthus liosoma


Centipedes:

Scolpendra polymorpha
Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani
Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes

Whipspiders:

Acanthophrynus coronatus


Vinegaroons:

Mastigoproctus giganteus


Praying mantises:

Phyllobates cholorophaea
Phyllocrania paradoxa
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi


Reptiles:

Chamaeleo calyptratus
Gecko gekko
Mesoscincus altamirani
Phelsuma madagascariensis


Amphibians:

Agalychnis callydrias
Hyla smithi
Pachymedusa dacnicolor
Smilisca baudini

 

[ZillaPL]

Hello.

-My name is Micheal and I come from Poland. I'm 21 years old and I'm interested in lots of things starting from video games, writing reviews, dinosaurs, zombies, horror movies, numetal music like KoRn and on reptiles and spiders ending. I'm in this buisness from year now and recent list of creatures that I keep is:

-Avicularia versicolor 4th molt
-Avicularia bicegoi 4th molt
-Avicularia purpurea 4th molt
-Grammostola pulchra 6th molt
-Acanthoscurria geniculata female 9th molt
-Acanthoscurria geniculata female 8th molt
-Psalmopoeus irminia possibly a male 8th molt
-Ancylotrypa spp. orange legs trapdoor spider female dunno the molt
-Poecilotheria rufilata 3th molt
-Brachypelma boehmei 3th molt
-Cyriocosmus elegans 3th molt
-Hysterocrates gigas 5th molt
-Tapinauchenius violaceus 4th molt
-Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 6th molt
-Iguana iguana

And I'm up to buy my first scorpion - possibly euscorpius italicus.

and actually that's all there is about me. Nice to meet u all ppl.

Feel free also to check out my youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/thezillajr

And this is ugly me with my girlfriend:

Cheers people. )

 

[desertanimal]

Greetings. My name is Stephanie, and I've been lurking here for a few months. I mostly keep reptiles. I have kept and bred corn snakes for a few years--not on a large scale, just a clutch or two a year for my own project purposes. I also have two western banded geckos. I got interested in Ts last summer when I regularly found them out herping. Many of the Aphonopelma chalcodes I found (though not all) were totally chill and easily handleable. I kind of fell in love with a particular big, fat female and started thinking maybe I would like keeping a T of my own. And since I already have the roaches for my geckos . . .

I picked up a G. pulchripes sling in November at a reptile show, but it came down with DKS and died. I imagine it was something I did, but I'm not sure exactly what. I'm getting two replacement slings today or tomorrow to try again. I'll avoid using tapwater this time, and see how things go. Also, if I make any changes in substrate, container, etc., I will do it to only one to see if any of those things are suspect.

 

[MissMurder]

Hi there!

My name is Ahleah, and I live in Arizona.

I don't currently own anything aside from dogs, but I am looking to get my first Emperor Scorpion and decided to join here so I can learn as much as possible about them and how to give my future pet the best care available!

 

[Definitions]

Hello from California

Hi everyone My name is Mitch. Just checking out the site. Looks pretty cool.!@

 

[starrletteohara]

Hello, my name is Misti and I live in Oregon
I've been lurking here for almost 2 years now, just researching as much as possible, trying to overcome my arachnophobia, going back and forth between fascination and sheer terror. I don't own any tarantulas, yet, but I'm sure I'll stop being such a baby soon and just get one already.

 

[madchester]

hellow to all my name is mark and i live in philippines

T's:

B.boehmei
B.smithi
Grammostola rosea

Scorpion:

C.margaritatus

 

[kushy04]

Hi guys. I just got a Chilean Rose Haired Tarantula and i think she (I think) is really cool. There is alot of info here and alot of enthusiasm, I'm glad to join these boards. I'm 24 years old, still in school, I'm studying Biology, and I want to get my Masters and phd and become a college prof.

 

[animalnstinct]

I thought I had already posted here back when I signed up, but after posting an ISO and noticing my post count was 1... well, I guess I was wrong.

My wife and I live in the Nevada desert just outside of Vegas. Our winters are so cold, I've had to wear pants at least twice now. Our collection started about 3 1/2 years ago now, when my wife spotted a 5" Grammastola rosea in the local classifieds and decided she wanted to get it for me for my birthday. That was back up in Canada, and we shortly after added four more to the collection - you get to meet every single customs officer working that day when you go to cross the border with 5 T's.//

Since then our collection has grown a little:

0.1.0 Aphonopelma seemanni
0.0.10 Aphonopelma sp New River
0.0.1 Avicularia versicolor
0.2.1 Grammastola rosea
0.1.0 Heteroscodra maculata
0.0.1 Ephebopus cyanognathus
0.0.1 Ephebopus murinus
0.0.1 Poecilotheria ornata
0.0.1 Psalmopoeus cambridgei
0.0.1 Psalmopoeus irminia
0.1.0 Pterinochilus lugardi
0.1.0 Pterinochilus murinus
0.0.1 Stromatopelma calceatum

It's hard to pick a favorite. Ephebopus is one of our fav terrestrials, Psalmy's for arboreal, but they're all amazing.

I probably won't be posting much, this forum gets busy fast and while I work on my computer most of the day (we're web developers) I have to watch how much of my time is usurped trying to keep up!

 

[kingston]

Hi my name is Lester
I am 19 yrs old
I am a beginner owner
and I live in Philippines.

I bought a 2.5cm Mexican Red Knee
and I dont know what gender it is.
that is my first tarantula
and I have taking care of him 1 week now

and I want to know more about them

 

[Beowulf1976]

Hi guys

My name is Carol, I'm a Mother of two children (daughter 12 and son 9 this year) and between me and my fiance we have lots of pets....

In the bedroom:

12 snakes, (8 Simon's, 4 mine)
3 lizards, (Simon's)
usually the cat lounging around on the bed,
1 mexican red knee (Simon's)
1 metallic pink toe (mine, purchased today)

In the lounge/dining room:

1 tank of various tropical fish including Oscar, Silver Dollars, Plec and various Polypterus (Polypteri in plural?) (Simon's)
1 tank housing an axolotyl (Simon's)
1 tank (soon to be a pond, literally in our dining room!) housing 1 cooter and 1 yellow belly slider turtles. (we share them although Simon does all the cleaning)

Oscar the cat is a turkish van cat, he officially owns US. lol

I am disabled so spend most of my time in the bedroom, either handling my snakes, knitting soft toys for friends or papercrafting (making home made cards).

Simon takes care of all the animal husbandry as I cannot stand alone never mind clean something out.

We love our animals and wouldn't be without them

I'll find the right section for pics and show you my pink toe

Look forward to meeting you all in due course xx

 

[archieph]

hey all

i am archie from the philippines.. im new in this hobby and this site.. hoping to gain and share information about tarantulas and i know this site is just that and more!!! thank u and more power!!! :clap: im planning to collect all the available avicularias and unique ts like blue fang and horned baboons and hysterocrates who swim.. so if u know of more unique ts wid super abilties or traits feel free to message me or post in my pic thread ur suggestions.. thank you again!!!

 

[SpidSquid]

Hello, I'm Milo from Pennsylvania. I'm getting my first T from a retiring collector this weekend. It won't be my first arachnid; I've also kept wolf spiders, orb and cob weavers, tube-dwellers, daddy long-legs, and other spider species. My favorite was a female yellow garden spider I called Gerbania. I'm also into herps, mollusks, and other insects, but arachnids are definitely a fave of mine.

 

[bloodpythonMA]

Heeyyyy,
My names Rob. I'm from Massachusetts. My mother has been keeping tarantulas for around 30 years and I was raised around them. We have kept a few species from avics to pokies. In 1994(ish) We had some avic breeding attempts and even had National Geographic come to our house to photograph it. My pride is my 7"ish P. regalis. And I'm definatly picking up a couple more T's in the near future

I'm sort of re-kindling my love for T's recently so I decided I'd join on here and lookup some more info

 

[Phelsumalain]

Hello from France

Hi everybody
My mane is Alain
I'm vet for pets and I'm living in the north of France, 200 km from Paris.
I'm 47 years old, married, one daughter.
My hobby is studying and breeding moving leaves. I have 8 species in my breeding room. In the past I have bred butterflies, baboon spiders, tortoises, snakes, day geckos (it's why my name here is "Phelsumalain") and clownfishes.
Now, I'm only breeding Phyllium species.
You can see my insects on my website : www.phyllium.fr.
Let me know if I can help you with moving leaves, even if I do know that in the USA it's prohibited to breed them. I've seen that there is, in this forum, people from every part of the world.
Maybe, I can also help you to introduce yourself in the french speaking forums about stick and leaf insects.
Best regards
Alain