Or brown widow.
My brown recluse recently passed on, he was very spoiled and his little habitat now contains a cellar spider that I'm not terribly fond of.
You can see pictures I posted of him in this thread here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=189567
I never handled my recluse, and I don't plan on handling a black widow either, but I was wondering if anyone has any extra that they wouldn't mind shipping to me when the weather gets warmer? I'm willing to reimburse the shipping costs via paypal, and even pay you a few bucks for the spider as well.
I currently have a red house spider (Nesticodes rufipes) that is similar in body shape and which I find very beautiful and I also love the cobweb she's made. I like the neatness of having a dangerous spider, and I know that widows are very docile and harmless as long as they are not handled or bothered.
They're not terribly abundant out here in Chicago, I found them more readily when I lived in South Dakota a few years ago.
Alternately, if anyone knows a good place to find them in either Chicago, or Champaign since I visit friends out there every so often, them I'm game to check those places out.
I'm also going to Oklahoma for a few days later this month, so I will check while I'm there as well.
I'm x-posting this in the Want to Buy boards as well.
Thanks!
- Jess
My brown recluse recently passed on, he was very spoiled and his little habitat now contains a cellar spider that I'm not terribly fond of.
You can see pictures I posted of him in this thread here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=189567
I never handled my recluse, and I don't plan on handling a black widow either, but I was wondering if anyone has any extra that they wouldn't mind shipping to me when the weather gets warmer? I'm willing to reimburse the shipping costs via paypal, and even pay you a few bucks for the spider as well.
I currently have a red house spider (Nesticodes rufipes) that is similar in body shape and which I find very beautiful and I also love the cobweb she's made. I like the neatness of having a dangerous spider, and I know that widows are very docile and harmless as long as they are not handled or bothered.
They're not terribly abundant out here in Chicago, I found them more readily when I lived in South Dakota a few years ago.
Alternately, if anyone knows a good place to find them in either Chicago, or Champaign since I visit friends out there every so often, them I'm game to check those places out.
I'm also going to Oklahoma for a few days later this month, so I will check while I'm there as well.
I'm x-posting this in the Want to Buy boards as well.
Thanks!
- Jess