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NAME THAT TARANTULA!
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for Terri’s weekly game show, “What Did I Buy This Weekend?” While I DO have specific species on my wish list, I am STILL a sucker for that cute little spider on the bottom shelf marked, “Big Fuzzy Tarantula, $14.99” Well, I did it TWICE this weekend.
Mystery T#1: Is the spitting image of my Big Orange Bitey Thing but a lovely tannish brown color. Label on the cup: “Starburst” $14.99
Mystery T #2: APPEARS to be a brown (vs. black) aphonopelma seemani but I’ve never heard of them called this. Label on the cup: “Stripeknee” $15.99
Mystery T #3: Cupid was picked up in Vegas after my wedding and STILL not sure about her. She appears to be an aphonopelma, flicks hairs and just molted this weekend so I could see her true colors.
Aphonopelma moderatum: Brown tarsus, brown metatarsus, red tibia, brown patella, brown femur. The carapace and opisthoma are reddish brown, althought the opisthoma SKIN looks to be black
Aphonopelma “cupid”: Black tarsus, black metatarsus, tan tibia, tan patella, black femur. The carapace and opisthoma are tan, althought the opisthoma SKIN looks to be black. The “tan” in this case is pinkish-blondish.
I’m going to TRY to get pics tonight. Whoever is the most assistance to me is PROMISED two a. avics from last week’s mating of my manly “Bob” and Kelli Hs girls.
STRANGE NOTE: While purchasing the mystery Ts, I got my son an African Black Giant Millipede. He put it in it’s enclosure before he went to bed (Or so he thought)... we woke up to find millie and the “Starburst” all cozied up in the burrow!!! Both are fine and THANK GOD we de-mited millie before I allowed it in the house. I would have thought one or the other would have succumbed to the enemy’s venom, but they were nice and cozy! Boy would THAT be a cross-breeding nightmare!
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for Terri’s weekly game show, “What Did I Buy This Weekend?” While I DO have specific species on my wish list, I am STILL a sucker for that cute little spider on the bottom shelf marked, “Big Fuzzy Tarantula, $14.99” Well, I did it TWICE this weekend.
Mystery T#1: Is the spitting image of my Big Orange Bitey Thing but a lovely tannish brown color. Label on the cup: “Starburst” $14.99
Mystery T #2: APPEARS to be a brown (vs. black) aphonopelma seemani but I’ve never heard of them called this. Label on the cup: “Stripeknee” $15.99
Mystery T #3: Cupid was picked up in Vegas after my wedding and STILL not sure about her. She appears to be an aphonopelma, flicks hairs and just molted this weekend so I could see her true colors.
Aphonopelma moderatum: Brown tarsus, brown metatarsus, red tibia, brown patella, brown femur. The carapace and opisthoma are reddish brown, althought the opisthoma SKIN looks to be black
Aphonopelma “cupid”: Black tarsus, black metatarsus, tan tibia, tan patella, black femur. The carapace and opisthoma are tan, althought the opisthoma SKIN looks to be black. The “tan” in this case is pinkish-blondish.
I’m going to TRY to get pics tonight. Whoever is the most assistance to me is PROMISED two a. avics from last week’s mating of my manly “Bob” and Kelli Hs girls.
STRANGE NOTE: While purchasing the mystery Ts, I got my son an African Black Giant Millipede. He put it in it’s enclosure before he went to bed (Or so he thought)... we woke up to find millie and the “Starburst” all cozied up in the burrow!!! Both are fine and THANK GOD we de-mited millie before I allowed it in the house. I would have thought one or the other would have succumbed to the enemy’s venom, but they were nice and cozy! Boy would THAT be a cross-breeding nightmare!
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