Wild Tarantulas

[Brian S]

Today Chffan1 and I went on a field trip in Ozark Cnty, MO. We both caught an A hentzi.
Went here

Here is the one I caught

I'll let him post a pic of the sling he found.

 

[kyle_de_aussie]

Sweet man were they easy to find? i love going on hunts

 

[Spiderling LT]

Nice T you caught

 

[Brian S]

Sweet man were they easy to find? i love going on hunts

I had turn over alot of rocks. There were several rocks I kicked over that had sheds under them but no spiders. The one in the picture above also had a shed and I determined it was a female.

 

[Rob1985]

What kind of T is it?

 

[Brian S]

It is Aphonopelma hentzi. The only species we have around here

 

[Joe1968]

Thats very cool, what other specie can you find in Missouri?

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

VERY beautiful, nice find!

 

[Brian S]

Here is the sling Monte (Chffan1) found. I'm still trying to figure out how he saw that little guy lol Monte, Tell us how you found it

 

[maxamillian]

That's a nice Tarantula and finding the sling is like finding a needle in a haystack, great eyes.

 

[Brian S]

That's exactly what I told him lol

 

[Rounder]

That sling was in the right place at the right time, I flipped over the rock and just happened to see the dark spot on its abdomen against the lighter colored dirt. From 6' up it was a lucky spot, I almost disregarded it then I thought "nope, that isn't just any old spider" and called Brian over and I just kept thinking, "is this what I think it is?"

The sling is doing quite well, I smashed a pinhead nearly twice it's size and it has eaten the entire thing and has dug out a burrow in the peat moss.

 

[Brian S]

Keep us updated on the sling