showofhands
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2020
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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.
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.