St. Thomas & St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands November 2009

[GoTerps]

Dude, you ended up in the same exact tent I stayed in! Compare to the first picture in my thread:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=85271

I think that's the nicest loop at Maho, even though you have the longest walk to the beach. Now please tell me you have some A. laeta pics to share!

Glad you had a good trip besides the mosquitoes!

Eric

 

[UrbanJungles]

Hey Tom,
Anymore pics of that snake? I think you might have stumbled upon something very cool there but I'll have to check into it...

 

[kbekker]

A snake on St. John :? Anybody have a ID for this one. It was living under a board that was under my tent. It was about 12 - 15 inches long.

Garden Snake Arrhyton exiguum, would be my guess

 

[Chilobrachys]

Out of curiosity, how much does a trip like this cost? I would like to take a vacation once I'm out of school.

 

[Philth]

Hey Danny after looking around on the net Im thinking Magliophis exiguus ? But you would know better than me. Those are really the only pics I got of it, not knowing what it was, I really didn't mess with it much. It was about 12-15 inches long , living under a board. Thanks for your input !

Dude, you ended up in the same exact tent I stayed in! Compare to the first picture in my thread

Hey Eric, by know you've prob seen the PM I sent just before AB went down, how freakin wierd. Its interesting to see how the wood tarnished over the years. More A. laeta pics on the way....

Later, Tom

 

[un33dit]

Get back to it now and post more pics!

-Gary

 

[Philth]

Avicularia laeta, I pretty much sacrificed my body to the mosquitoes to see/get pics of this sp. Along with the mosquitoes I got two nice wasp stings on my leg that burned for about 5 days. Good times in the field !:} enough of my whining though....

I found several dead trees with webbing on them , some had old sheds in them, but never found a live spider on these trees.

most were living on old man made structures...

A. laeta habitat

Some deer were walking around in the distance in this area as well.

Later, Tom

 

[LovePets]

Very beautiful laeta.Thanks for sharing! :worship:

 

[Wadew]

Looks like you had a great trip Tom! Thanks for sharing the photos

Wade

 

[Philth]

Millipedes

Later, Tom

 

[Philth]

Holothele shoemakeri

Later, Tom

 

[moose35]

awesome photos.
looks like you had a nice trip.

did they have enough of a beer supply for you?



moose

 

[The Spider Faery]

Avicularia laeta, I pretty much sacrificed my body to the mosquitoes to see/get pics of this sp. Along with the mosquitoes I got two nice wasp stings on my leg that burned for about 5 days. Good times in the field ! :}

I'm so glad you endured the torture. Talk about no pain no gain. I love the A. laeta pics.