Eukio
Arachnosquire
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- Nov 10, 2019
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I gave up on naming them after spider number 6 or 7.
Mine is called Pimmy, you can fight my four year old kid over that one.If you have a Davus pentaloris it's required by law to be called Dave regardless
Or, Barbara has a huge abdomen so she doesn't need to eat for a few weeks.I like naming my pets using very generic human names. Then I get to say things like "dont take Dave out of his cage" or "Geraldine hasn't eaten anything since last September"
This is great. Made me laugh today.My Stromatopelma calceatum wants to kill me, so I thought Saddam would be appropriate.
Makes me wonder if i should go back and buy one the pet shop had lol … nah they’re so common online probably not a good idea . Saddam haha …My Stromatopelma calceatum wants to kill me, so I thought Saddam would be appropriate.
Every time I hit your italics while reading your posts, the reading voice in my head goes from my normal voice to some Monty Python version of a haughty English woman’s voice…and then return for the rest of the post.My Stromatopelma calceatum wants to kill me, so I thought Saddam would be appropriate.
Funny. When I read italics, I hear Charlie Brown's teacher. There was this OCD entomologist on another message board who always insisted that we italicize scientific names. I guess the habit stuck.Every time I hit your italics while reading your posts, the reading voice in my head goes from my normal voice to some Monty Python version of a haughty English woman’s voice…and then return for the rest of the post.
okay, here’s the list as of now, with the indigenous languages the names come from:I only name my inverts if I can be 100% sure of their sex so I don't have to bother naming my entire collection, and can keep track of more noteworthy individuals; only two inverts in my currently rapidly expanding collection are at that point (both are females)-Anihan, my SAF Ornithoctoninae sp. "Haribon" (the T in my avatar), and Sibiri, a relatively recently acquired 5in Pandinus imperator. Also, I decided that if I'm going to name my inverts, I will only give them names that are from the local language indigenous to the native range of that species or even that population.
And no, I do not try to interact with either of my named inverts (okay, I have handled Sibiri a couple times when she crawled out of her enclosure during feeding/maintenance, but that was just to make her go back in).
Ended up naming her Thị due to her recent maternity. Now I have to name the dozen or so surviving scorplings….AF Liocheles australasiae (Vietnamese)
I mostly go with the local languages indigenous to the exact locality; I’ve even gone for names from extinct languages (like with my T.rasti)I always give mine names from their native countries primary language, sometimes a secondary language if I'm feeling spicy. Normally I'll also have a shorthand if that name is too long. There are a few exceptions, my GBB, both P rufilata, and my O philippinus. Bumblebee, Mango, Rufous, and Philip, respectively.
That is so awesome, now I want to dive down the rabbit hole that is ancient Kra-Dai language groups to name my O sp. Hati Hati, O schioedtei, O vio, and my P arboricola. They were so small, I just labeled them with species name and A, B if there were multiple. I don't think I ever get that specific, except for my OBT's but each morph has its own locality so it's a bit easier to do.I mostly go with the local languages indigenous to the exact locality; I’ve even gone for names from extinct languages (like with my T.rasti)
My reduncus got confirmed as female (suspected it for a while) with today’s molt so decided to give her a name first - Si'wö (Bribri for “moon”, thought it would suit a nocturnal critter).Confirmed another C. natanicharum as being female as well as one of my C. huahini, so those need names as well.