What’s the funniest thing that your pet arachnid has done?

[Nicole C G]

Tonight my sister was planning of feeding her jumping spider (Eris militaris sub-adult male) but when I came upstairs and checked on him, a little gnat made its way into his enclosure! I guess he wanted an appetizer lol. He ate it!

 

[gorybmovie]

My Audax, Ichabod was not interested in eating. I offered her a roach and it ran towards her. She put her foot on it and held it there like a bully pushing a smaller kid's forehead to hold them back. They stayed like that until I broke it up and removed the roach so that Ichabod could rest.

 

[Steelrose45]

This pose after missing the cricket. Stayed in that position for about 10min.

 

[PhoenixFyre]

When my T. albo sling first arrived and I was in the process of putting her into her new enclosure, she ran out of the dram, onto my hand and up my forearm - stopped and looking at me she lifted her front left leg high in the air as if to give me a High Five. I told her that because she was so small, she'd have to wait a bit until she got a wee bit bigger!

 

[Edan bandoot]

Mcdonald's sprite got him actin up

• Edan bandoot
• Dec 23, 2021
• 6
• albopilosus threat pose tliltocatl

had to wrestle with this guy for a couple minutes to get my straw back, ended up trading a...

 

[8 legged]

When I opened the front window of a P. pulcher enclosure to refill the water, it had just thrown a bolus that fell flat on my sweater. It's amazing how far tarantulas can throw!

 

[The Snark]

My wife snatched a Venatoria away from the cats and did her usual putting it on her head - they have trouble moving if they move at all in hair. She then forgot about it. So she comes into my office and the spider was sitting there like it was piloting a boat. I started cracking up and she was put out and confused. I pointed at the spider, "Which one of you is pilot?" She then realized she was wearing a spider. So she went outside and stuck her head in a bush. It refused to get off. Tried a wall and a tree trunk. Nope. I refused to help since I'm a klutz and could easily crush it. She finally repaired to her dressing table and managed to untangle it.
Putting spiders on your hair is a trick all hilltribe kids know about.

 

[Edan bandoot]

My wife snatched a Venatoria away from the cats and did her usual putting it on her head - they have trouble moving if they move at all in hair. She then forgot about it. So she comes into my office and the spider was sitting there like it was piloting a boat. I started cracking up and she was put out and confused. I pointed at the spider, "Which one of you is pilot?" She then realized she was wearing a spider. So she went outside and stuck her head in a bush. It refused to get off. Tried a wall and a tree trunk. Nope. I refused to help since I'm a klutz and could easily crush it. She finally repaired to her dressing table and managed to untangle it.
Putting spiders on your hair is a trick all hilltribe kids know about.

do you own any pet arachnids snark?

 

[Cecelias lair]

I played one of those cat game videos on my phone that had a fly on it. As soon as I showed it to my Xysticus cristatus she started chasing it all around my screen

 

[The Snark]

do you own any pet arachnids snark?

That wouldn't make much sense. We all cohabitate, the wild animals coming and going as they please. Speaking of which, I've just spotted two Nephila webs in the yard. Hoping they make themselves at home for the year.

 

[SalticusScenicusStar]

My Phidippus Regius sling instar 3 caught a huge fruit fly larva, and then dragged it back to her nest, but then, the prey couldn't fit in the nest!

 

[Thearachnidaddict]

I once had a Heteropoda javana and I notice it was in a curled position. I nudged it a few times with no response. I assumed something was wrong so I tried moving it closer to its water dish and it refused to drink. I waited a day and it had not moved nor drank any water I move it out of its enclosure assuming it was dead and right as I take it out of the enclosure it darts off and I was chasing it for at least 20 minutes

 

[Nicole C G]

I once had a Heteropoda javana and I notice it was in a curled position. I nudged it a few times with no response. I assumed something was wrong so I tried moving it closer to its water dish and it refused to drink. I waited a day and it had not moved nor drank any water I move it out of its enclosure assuming it was dead and right as I take it out of the enclosure it darts off and I was chasing it for at least 20 minutes

Coincidence? I think… NOT!

 

[RezonantVoid]

I've had Euoplos somehow manage to repeatedly fling balls of excavated clay through the lid ventilation holes

 

[Cecelias lair]

I've had Euoplos somehow manage to repeatedly fling balls of excavated clay through the lid ventilation holes

How?

 

[RezonantVoid]

How?

Unlike T's that manually dump soil outside the burrow,most lidded trapdoors quickly open the lid, throw the excavated soil away and quickly retreat in a matter or milliseconds. If I rehouse a few larger Idiopids on the same day, the next few nights I sometimes hear clopping noises as their lids slam shut after throwing some clay across the enclosure.

For whatever reason, probably due to the location and angle of her burrow, one of my E.turrificus managed to throw about 5 or 6 balls of clay through one of 5.5mm feeder holes I drill in 2 corners of the lid