wow...

[codykrr]

man....p. irminias are fast....i dont think i had time to blink...i just fed her....and wow....was she fast!...i had the roach on my finger trying to get iton the cork bark and bam!....she nabbed it off my finger tip...she missed a little...but i just got the tips...its bleeding a little but not to bad...i doubt if any injection was made...but wow...that waslike blink an eye fast....any one elses p. irmiia like lighting....?....

 

[Mushroom Spore]

That sounds about standard.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

I've got to be honest with you, feeding your T's with your hands is quite stupid.

Use tweezers or something similar next time you feed.

 

[codykrr]

hahaha......sure was a surprize to me....but i still love her...

 

[IrishKnight]

sounds awesome man! thinking of getting one! u think shes fast wait till you get a POKIE!:razz:

 

[kaydyn1512]

My P irminia hasn't bitten me but as fast as a snowman finding a way out of hell. But I'm enjoying her for the moment because she is fat and in premolt so she is VERY slow in comparison.

 

[Dreamslave]

Yeah psalmopoeus are pretty fast, pokies are faster but tapinauchenius, they redefine speed! hehehe

 

[Paramite]

Yeah psalmopoeus are pretty fast, pokies are faster but tapinauchenius, they redefine speed! hehehe

I don't agree. I've never seen any of the Pokies I've kept move as fast as my P. irminia. But I DO agree that Tapinauchenius is even faster.

 

[Dreamslave]

Yeah Tapinauchenius has to be the fastest t's in the hobby!

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

aren't you guys forgetting s. cacleatum?

ohh yeah and I have to say that my rufilata's are faster than all of my taps.

 

[IrishPolishman]

I don't know man...I believe that the Tap is faster than lightning. That thing will be out of its container and staring at me from the ceiling faster than I can blink. Luckily it's fast but not so aggressive yet.

 

[Paramite]

ohh yeah and I have to say that my rufilata's are faster than all of my taps.

I'm pretty sure ornata is faster than rufilata, since they get to around the same leg span, but ornata has longer legs.

 

[Avix4me]

I've got to be honest with you, feeding your T's with your hands is quite stupid.

Use tweezers or something similar next time you feed.

:? Dido :?

 

[codykrr]

ok well let me say this guys...normally i do use feeding tongs....but they broke yesterday...so i resorted to a small dubia nymph on my finger.....the irminia was in her burrow/tube web i was putting the nymph on the bark when out of nowhere she came flying out....if you seen here enclosure it would make this easier to understand why i felt ok to do this....but...i do relize it was retarded and today got some new tongs....but i wouldnt have thought shecould have nabbed me that fast...this was my poor judgement

 

[gambite]

I've got to be honest with you, feeding your T's with your hands is quite stupid.

Use tweezers or something similar next time you feed.

For real. I found an old pair of science laboratory tweezers, that are about 4" long and pointed and thin so I can grab things easily, and they are by far my most useful tool. I NEVER feed without them, ever. In fact I started to freak out the one time I thought I lost them. Crickets are SOOOO much easier to grab, and I have plenty of buffer between my hands and my T's fangs.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

I'm pretty sure ornata is faster than rufilata, since they get to around the same leg span, but ornata has longer legs.

my rufilata's can do laps around my ornata's

 

[codykrr]

yeah...again i do normal use tongs to feed but its hard to do when there broke in 2 pieces....also dont let tongs give you a false sence of security....because ive had plenty of slings and adult Ts run straight up them onto my arm....hence why some say "there the highway to the hand"

 

[Paramite]

my rufilata's can do laps around my ornata's

It just doesn't make any sense to me that they would be faster, since they are so close to each other, but ornata's body indicates they would be faster. It's more likely that your rufilatas just run around more. In any case, the difference is small.