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Hi everybody,
thanks for the kind replies, i´m really glad you like the pics!
Next to keeping spiders, i just love to take pics of them, as i can´t keep all of the species i´d like to just at the same time, this is a nice way for me to have a kind of "blog" of my spider history.
Maybe it´d be a good idea to share tricks on how to get good pics of spiders the easiest way? I already told you about that feeding-thing, maybe there are some more tips anybody would like to talk about?
@Dan: The H. immanis i´ve seen offered around here, are still quite small, something around 3. or. 4. instar. If your´s happen to be the same size, don´t mind about their speed, they´ll slow down a bit when they grow bigger. They´re still able to go lightning-fast, but they´re just more lazy in my experience, so taking pics should be a lot easier. I experienced the same with many other kinds of huntsmen, they´re more skittish, when they´re young.
@Steven: Thanks for that update! I´m really glad to see those around in europe now,too! From different pics i came to the idea that there´s apparently quite some different colour-forms of H. carolinensis around in the US, so i´m eager to see how the ones available in europe will look when they grow up.
@everybody: Feel free to post pics of each and every single non-t spider you might have around, i´m also interested in some us-native species. Also i´d find it quite interesting to have some kind of picture-documentary of the growth-cycles of different spiders (like in the Phoneutria thread).
Greetings,
Stefan
thanks for the kind replies, i´m really glad you like the pics!
Next to keeping spiders, i just love to take pics of them, as i can´t keep all of the species i´d like to just at the same time, this is a nice way for me to have a kind of "blog" of my spider history.
Maybe it´d be a good idea to share tricks on how to get good pics of spiders the easiest way? I already told you about that feeding-thing, maybe there are some more tips anybody would like to talk about?
@Dan: The H. immanis i´ve seen offered around here, are still quite small, something around 3. or. 4. instar. If your´s happen to be the same size, don´t mind about their speed, they´ll slow down a bit when they grow bigger. They´re still able to go lightning-fast, but they´re just more lazy in my experience, so taking pics should be a lot easier. I experienced the same with many other kinds of huntsmen, they´re more skittish, when they´re young.
@Steven: Thanks for that update! I´m really glad to see those around in europe now,too! From different pics i came to the idea that there´s apparently quite some different colour-forms of H. carolinensis around in the US, so i´m eager to see how the ones available in europe will look when they grow up.
@everybody: Feel free to post pics of each and every single non-t spider you might have around, i´m also interested in some us-native species. Also i´d find it quite interesting to have some kind of picture-documentary of the growth-cycles of different spiders (like in the Phoneutria thread).
Greetings,
Stefan
