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I just saw a Croc Hunter show on venomous animals in Australia. One of which was the Sidney Funnel Web Spider. Very large, and look a little bit like trap door spiders--is there any relation?
Does anyone here keep these? I don't keep T's, but these are really neat. The females are apparently 1/6th as venomous as the males, so I wouldn't mind taking care of one of them, though I've never seen them in the hobby.
They were neat to watch. They can't climb glass, so they dart around their jars scrambling like traped scorpions. They did seem defensive, however, and struck at the owner's pipette without hesitation.
And while I'm on the subject of non-T spiders, can anyone point me in the direction of some good trap door spider info? Are they dangerously venomous (I know some are, but how about the ones in the hobby)? Do the males wander at all, or are they always in their burrows? Will they take a pre-made burrow so that I can set them up like some T keepers keep their Cobalt Blues? I guess that's about it. Thanks for the info!
Chris
Does anyone here keep these? I don't keep T's, but these are really neat. The females are apparently 1/6th as venomous as the males, so I wouldn't mind taking care of one of them, though I've never seen them in the hobby.
They were neat to watch. They can't climb glass, so they dart around their jars scrambling like traped scorpions. They did seem defensive, however, and struck at the owner's pipette without hesitation.
And while I'm on the subject of non-T spiders, can anyone point me in the direction of some good trap door spider info? Are they dangerously venomous (I know some are, but how about the ones in the hobby)? Do the males wander at all, or are they always in their burrows? Will they take a pre-made burrow so that I can set them up like some T keepers keep their Cobalt Blues? I guess that's about it. Thanks for the info!
Chris