Today in the Spider Room?

[dangerforceidle]

Not necessarily from today, but I pull them from my camera today...

Idiothele mira taking a drink. 'She' does have a bottle cap water dish...

Kochiana brunnipes (who has since moulted and needs a new house) eating a meal worm half:

 

[boina]

11 weeks after her last molt my AF G. pulchripes is finally eating a roach! I might be doing a little happy dance myself because at this point I was really, really worried. She hasn't been eating well during the whole last instar - and that means the last 2 years - and I had hoped it would change with a molt and then she didn't eat again... . But now she's finally eating so there is some hope. I bought her fully adult 4 years ago so I have no clue how old she is but I'd hope she has a few more years to live.

 

[lostbrane]

Found out that my "smart" thermostat automatically decided to turn on the "use eco settings when no one is home" setting (yes, that's what that feature is actually called). So it turns off the heat at night .
Thankfully it didn't get into the 50s if not lower like it should have but waking up to mid to low 60s, especially with some small slings was a bit of a harrowing experience.

Other than that, my P. vittata sling has decided to make a dirt dome behind the cork bark. Can't see anywhere into it. Hope that means that it's molting.

 

[draconisj4]

I really need to organize my big box of invert stuff, I save empty paper towel tubes to cut up for my N. carinata beetles as they like to harden upside down. Every time a tube falls on the floor a baby house spider makes a home in it. I just found another one, I currently have 3 paper towel spiders...I'm going to have to make a shelf for them if this keeps up

 

[Minty]

For the first time ever, my T stirmi refused a roach. I think she may be in premoult!

 

[grayzone]

Discovered my adult female victori molted today.
The real bummer was i swore she was with a sack a few weeks ago. She must have ate it or had other plans. Back to the drawing board

 

[Ebayzo]

Making room to molt? Big fat dark booty.

 

[antinous]

Bought some new enclosures, for $1.50 they’re not bad in price and they’re 7.5” x 6.5” . Also bought some terra-cotta pots for hides.

 

[Wolfspidurguy]

i found a spider in my little sisters room turned out to be an american grass spider which ive been looking for but i still and getting some from a friend incase it isnt one

 

[Ebayzo]

Received some new photo equipment (polarising filter - no need to open the enclosure and studio lamp) so tried them on my T's





Was also experimenting with layering, not quite the result i wanted but seems pretty fine to me.

Tommorow off to reptile event to add two additions to my collection.

 

[lostbrane]

My P. regalis just did the pokie pose on the side of the glass. First time I've seen her do it. Awesome stuff.

 

[Ebayzo]

Added C. cyaneopubescens (Female) & B. hamorii (unknown) to my zoo today This will be it for now i guess

 

[grayzone]

My huge female P pulcher finished wrapping her christmas gift for me and @sdsnybny this morning. This thing is epic sized and im scared to find out exactly how many she produced.

Her abdomen was the size of a large strawberry or kiwi prior to dropping

 

[antinous]

Rehoused five tarantulas, should be good for another two molts or so. Added some springtails too so fed them as well in hopes the bolus would sustain the colony

 

[EtienneN]

A cricket got loose this morning so now it will be chirping in my bedroom for the next ten years.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Some golden and blue legs:

 

[lostbrane]

My P. ornata sling may have just kicked the bucket...

Update: Yeah, it's done.

Second Update: I just saw my P. subfusca HL sling for the first time after it's molt. The growth is kind of staggering. I'm pretty sure it doubled in leg span (was ~1.25" and is now easily ~2.5"). So that was neat.

 

[boina]

Put up a new shelf. That might not have been the best idea, because now I have more space for enclosures... and on saturday is Hamm expo!!

I hope to sell my MM P. vespertinus (someone is interested but not finalized yet), but what do I want to buy? Hmmmm, let's see...

I really need a female P. pulcher - absolutely love the species. If I can't find a female I'll buy slings.
Then I could do with more Tapis. If I can find T. violaceus I'll buy a few...
And, if the P. vespertinus sale goes through I'll have one XXL enclosure standing empty... now, shoud I go looking for a Phormictopus sp. green, perhaps?

Other than that I'll just close my eyes and stumble blindly through the halls...

 

[lostbrane]

should I go looking for a Phormictopus sp. green, perhaps?

Do it!

 

[draconisj4]

Fed my 3 little house spiders that set up homes in the paper towel roll tubes some just hatched B. lat nymphs tonight. The newest spider is so tiny I can barely see it. It's about 4 times smaller than the nymph but last time I looked it was busy webbing the heck out of it's meal, lol. Should last it a while.