Keepers from Australia

[edgeofthefreak]

Perfect for puncturing bettles and holding frogs still lol.

Are both of those your spiders, and are they both the same species? They are both very pretty, and I want to pet their little faces. (But only with someone else's fingers)

 

[cold blood]

Not a T, it's a Northern tree dwelling funnel web, our most venomous spider, biggest I have ever seen was a preserved specimen at a local museum and it was 110mm long.

Duh, yeah I knew that it wasn't a t :wall:

So what's that just over 4" from what I recall (haven't measured in mm for a few years)

Good to see ya back around jigalojey:smile:

 

[jigalojey]

Are both of those your spiders, and are they both the same species? They are both very pretty, and I want to pet their little faces. (But only with someone else's fingers)

Top isn't, bottom one was mine and yeah both the same species, I guess the lighter one hadn't molted in a while.

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Duh, yeah I knew that it wasn't a t :wall:

So what's that just over 4" from what I recall (haven't measured in mm for a few years)

Good to see ya back around jigalojey:smile:

Yeah about 4 and a half inches and thanks.

 

[le-thomas]

So basically, the Australian government wants your first invert to be either Selenocosmia sp. or a funnel web spider because it hates you. :laugh:

Actually, I think it's understandable. It's unfortunate, but it's the same reason that only a number of cockroach species are legal to own in Florida: people are fallible, people are stupid, and invasive species are a huge problem. Burmese pythons in the Everglades, what's next, Pokies in the Outback? I think that's the mindset that the Australian government has, and it makes sense. Australia is the perfect habitat for a lot of species which are native elsewhere. On the bright side, Australia has incredible biodiversity! There are a number of Australian cockroach species that I, as of now, can only dream of getting my hands on! Selenocosmia and funnel webbers are incredible animals, so long as you treat them with respect. It's too bad that seemingly all of the commonly kept Aussie Arachnida are so feisty.

 

[jigalojey]

So basically, the Australian government wants your first invert to be either Selenocosmia sp. or a funnel web spider because it hates you. :laugh:

Actually, I think it's understandable. It's unfortunate, but it's the same reason that only a number of cockroach species are legal to own in Florida: people are fallible, people are stupid, and invasive species are a huge problem. Burmese pythons in the Everglades, what's next, Pokies in the Outback? I think that's the mindset that the Australian government has, and it makes sense. Australia is the perfect habitat for a lot of species which are native elsewhere. On the bright side, Australia has incredible biodiversity! There are a number of Australian cockroach species that I, as of now, can only dream of getting my hands on! Selenocosmia and funnel webbers are incredible animals, so long as you treat them with respect. It's too bad that seemingly all of the commonly kept Aussie Arachnida are so feisty.

Add phlogius sp (our tropical tarantulas) as well, along the Northern australian coast Pokies could absolutely flourish just like our Native tree dwelling Tarantulas do.

 

[Poec54]

Add phlogius sp (our tropical tarantulas) as well, along the Northern australian coast Pokies could absolutely flourish just like our Native tree dwelling Tarantulas do.

Steve Nunn mentioned arboreal tarantulas last year, has anything come out on them yet? He said there's more than one genus of them. Do you have any yourself?

(good to see you back on the boards!)

 

[Chris LXXIX]

However, yes. Hadronyche formidabilis, even if is not at the first place when it comes to the death count, is more powerful than Atrax robustus. Reason is, Delta atracotoxin.
Atrax robustus is lethal to people due to that toxin. There's the antivenom, of course. Without that toxin, i assume the Mygalomorphae in question bite wouldn't been more severe than, don't know.. Pterinochilus murinus? Poecilotheria ornata?
Stromatopelma calceatum? Maybe, and i say maybe.. even less than one of our potent venom OW T's? That toxin doesn't affect rabbits and cats much, if i'm not wrong.
On the other hand, Hadronyche formidabilis lacks that toxin, but it's lethal as well. IMO is the champ

On a personal taste note, i don't find those Mygalomorphae much fascinating. They aren't "giants" like a Pelinobius muticus, aren't coloured like some "Haplos".

 

[jigalojey]

Steve Nunn mentioned arboreal tarantulas last year, has anything come out on them yet? He said there's more than one genus of them. Do you have any yourself?

(good to see you back on the boards!)

Hey, thanks Poec, haven't been too active with spiders/ forums lately since it's been winter so nothing is happening, luckily we're heading into summer now so things will get much more interesting, Yeah I believe there are a few different types of Arboreals here (only seen 1) the population of one of the Genus was INCREDIBLY small and they lived in some strange swamp up in the trees, he managed to get about 5 brought down for him but nature decided to play some sort of sick joke and they all matured into Males haha (so no breeding could be done) and that's pretty much the last I have heard of it. His focus has seemed to have shifted onto other things since there are so many different species popping up all over the place now including a species that he says without a doubt is bigger than the Goliath, big times for the Australian hobby atm, I will keep you updated however.

 

[NgXw8]

Hey Guys, I don't know if i picked correct forum, but I have a question. How many of You live in Australia? I will move to Australia next year, and was thinking about starting breeding T's there. What about the law, is it legal to get most of the tarantulas there?

It’s hard to get T’s from overseas here

You can get pretty much any local species tho