phormictopus cancerides

[flyerguy]

found a baby tarantula roaming around at a gas station and decided to keep it. ive fed it 3 roaches already and i dont know how to give it water... the little guy or gal seems comfortable in its enclosing but i really dont know i dont want him to die on me...

 

[Colorado Ts]

found a baby tarantula roaming around at a gas station and decided to keep it. ive fed it 3 roaches already and i dont know how to give it water... the little guy or gal seems comfortable in its enclosing but i really dont know i dont want him to die on me...

Not a lot info here to go on. If the Tarantula is small, a bottle cap full of water will work. As the spider grows, you can use larger and larger bottle caps, or just use 3.5 oz soufflé cups, pressed far enough into the substrate so the spider will have access.

Show us an image of the spider and the enclosure...

Phormictopus cancerides?... interesting assumption.

 

[mjzheng]

Post pics ! For slings I use lids from chapstick/lip balm cut down , and then other small vessels as the spider grows . You can also wet some moss if the spider is really small

 

[Colorado Ts]

found a baby tarantula roaming around at a gas station and decided to keep it. ive fed it 3 roaches already and i dont know how to give it water... the little guy or gal seems comfortable in its enclosing but i really dont know i dont want him to die on me...

Ok I saw your personal info...very plausible and exciting...to me. Now I'm jealous of where you live...

 

[flyerguy]

theres actually alot of baby tarantulas roaming around at this time of the year, i was lucky enough to find this little one because i was putting air in my tire and he was trying to go under my car, i probably wouldve killed him if i didnt see em cuz he was headed under my cars tire...
this is my first time with a baby t the first t i had was a full grown male i also found roaming around in the woods...

 

[flyerguy]

Not a lot info here to go on. If the Tarantula is small, a bottle cap full of water will work. As the spider grows, you can use larger and larger bottle caps, or just use 3.5 oz soufflé cups, pressed far enough into the substrate so the spider will have access.

Show us an image of the spider and the enclosure...

Phormictopus cancerides?... interesting assumption.

after doing some research i think it is a p cancerides but i dont know how to really tell

 

[flyerguy]

sorry i havent taken any pics of the little guy yet, as soon as i take some photos of him ill post. i placed him in a small plastic container used to sell cakes so its transparent so i could always see him.

 

[mjzheng]

Here are a few of my P.cancerides
Slings . As you probably know , they're a deep blueish black and rather leggy when small. Mine have very fine whiteish hairs and some longer white hairs on abdomen

 

[Vanisher]

A favourit speicies of mine!

 

[flyerguy]

wow, beautiful... its identical to the one i got im amazed i thought you had stolen mine and took a picture, lol

 

[Colorado Ts]

Lots of info in this thread.

Phormictopus sp south hispaniola

Are phormictopus sp south hispaniola the same thing as sp green femur. I just ordered 2 from fear not t's. So many phormics with alot of different names. Either way I wanted more phormics

arachnoboards.com

 

[Smotzer]

Jealous you can just find a pretty awesome species wandering at a gas station, I just find wandering trash at mine lol

 

[Colorado Ts]

Jealous you can just find a pretty awesome species wandering at a gas station, I just find wandering trash at mine lol

I know...isn't that crazy. Walk out in the backyard and catch Phormictopus!!!

 

[Goopyguy56]

Makes me want to live in some tropical place. I wouldn't be fat anymore. I would be running around catching stuff all day including malaria

 

[flyerguy]

at this time of the year in the dominican republic these little guys are everywhere, you just have to be in the right place at the right time. i wasnt really looking for any T i was actually just putting air in my tire and i noticed the little guy near my tire. he was beautiful, hair all over his body moving all slow and i couldnt resist i took him with me. my first T i ever had is the one in the picture i set as my profile pic, i found him crossing the street when i was leaving a mountainous area of my country i threw i shirt on top of him and stuffed him in a back pack until i found a plastic container for him. he turned out to be a male and only lived about four months with me and suddenly died out of nowhere. im so happy i found this little guy because i really look forward to watching him grow.

 

[Colorado Ts]

Makes me want to live in some tropical place. I wouldn't be fat anymore. I would be running around catching stuff all day including malaria

Yeah...Malaria's the bomb.

 

[flyerguy]

i have good news and bad news. bad news is yesterday my little friend escaped out of the enclosure i put him in. the good news is i went back to the same gas station and succesfully hunted down and caught another sling. thank god because i hardly slept thinkin about how the first one ecaped. this time i made a new enclosure to ensure that the new guy doesnt escape i made the holes smaller this time.

 

[Smotzer]

i have good news and bad news. bad news is yesterday my little friend escaped out of the enclosure i put him in. the good news is i went back to the same gas station and succesfully hunted down and caught another sling. thank god because i hardly slept thinkin about how the first one ecaped. this time i made a new enclosure to ensure that the new guy doesnt escape i made the holes smaller this time.

Man what a life, if only is was that easy, and not to mention that free to just run out for another Tarantula. Sorry yours escaped but how cool it is to just go pick up another from the same location.

 

[flyerguy]

Man what a life, if only is was that easy, and not to mention that free to just run out for another Tarantula. Sorry yours escaped but how cool it is to just go pick up another from the same location.

yeah i know right. i figured that if i found 1 than his brothers or sisters must be roaming around in the same area so i went back and started searching thank god i was able to find another one because i was really sad man couldnt sleep well i was really looking forward to watching him grow, but now i got another 1 and ill do my best to make sure this one doesnt escape on me. i plan on heading over there after work to see if i find another one that way i could raise two.

 

[Smotzer]

yeah i know right. i figured that if i found 1 than his brothers or sisters must be roaming around in the same area so i went back and started searching thank god i was able to find another one because i was really sad man couldnt sleep well i was really looking forward to watching him grow, but now i got another 1 and ill do my best to make sure this one doesnt escape on me. i plan on heading over there after work to see if i find another one that way i could raise two.

Yeah I feel you I would be sad if one of my Tarantulas escaped. But luckily you were able to find another one so easily! And I was just going to say if it was me I might another one as well, it doesn’t sound like it would be harmful to populations by collecting a few.