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Unique spider from my backyard. ID please.

As the title suggests, I found a spider in my backyard that I found to be very interesting. It's not from northern california, so it may be an invasive species. I found it on the handle of my yard...

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Xenesthis Immanis Sling

Just got this sling and wanted to show you all...Xenesthis Immanis. It's about a 1 inch sling right now. This species has quite large slings, they actually hatch at this size. The picture is nothing...

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Ephebopus murinus webbing up burrow.. completly

Hey. Its been awhile. Hello everyone who is new and old to the forum. I recently got into tarantulas but have kept scrpions for awhile now. Im just a little concerned about me Ephebopus murinus,...

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A. geniculata sling....molted last night....

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Some G.Roseas

I acquired a couple G. roseas not too long ago from a local shop in my area. Terrarium: This one is probably a molt or two ahead of the second one and is much more vibrant in coloration. Neither have...

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Got myself a Pink Toe

Picked up an A. avicularia spiderling a few weeks ago. It was roughly 2.25" at purchase. Gave it the name Aether, though I haven't been able to sex it properly. Aether: In Pre-Molt: Last week the...

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G. pulchripes sling. before and after molt pics.....

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B. albopilosum molted. darker in color now.

[img][/img] this is curly, my curly hair tarantula, the molt was a mess so I couldn't determin if its a boy or girl. but he/she got darker in color after the molt. it molted about 7-10 days ago. I...

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Web Trail ......

hey, once in a while my male G. rosea wants out of his tank so that's when I take him out and hold him ive held him many times but today he was leaving a web trail ive never seen this before and I...

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A couple of new specimens..

Cant get a good shot of this nervous solpugid.. Im guessing it's of the family ammotrechidae, though the weird angle might not show the face properly.. it could be an eremobatid, I'll have to get...

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Beautiful avic web

the pics aren't the best.. but this web is just awesome! the first web she built was tiny compared to this one. she's one happy T ! its too bad that i have to break the web from the lid in order to...

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10 yr. old Brachypelma Vagans.

Hey everybody!! I have had her since she was very small. I can still remember the little spider coming home. I bought her around my 18/19 birthday so I almost have her like 10 years. When you are...

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does she look pregnant ?

I just got her today, G. rosea, after I got her home I relized she has a fat abdomen. " />" />

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cobalt blue questions

there is a blue cobalt at a local petshop im planning on buying it on the 4th when I get my check if its still there , im sure it will be I have a large plastic pet keeper that's the same size as a 5...

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Molting and Funny Pose Pics LOL

So two of my Ts are posing funny.. They started doing this a few days after molting. They do the typical pokie resting pose My now matured 6-inch female B.albo another girl, a B.boehmie, reaching 4...

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my tarantula collection

bernardette my 19 year old chilean rose my salmon pink bird eater hatian brown bird eater(p.cancerides) curly hair sling(b.albopilosum) just molted costa rican tiger rump sling red rump juvi(b.vagans)...

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slings and moisture

I have 4 slings coming tomorrow I have 3 slings rite now.... genic, pulchripes, and rosea.... tomorrow whats coming Is.... B. Emilia, B. vagans x2, and B. boehmei do these new slings need damp dirt...

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curly dug an underground fort....

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My new hobby T's

Let me tell you,I'm hooked! I got the bug, Bug! Currently,I own four and counting!Let's start with my X Immanis. P Regalis A Versicolor Last but not least,my favorite P metallica! My favorite picture...

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breeding attempt

ok I don't really know what im doing I talked to someone.... they told me to use tongs and let him smell her web and he tried to mount the tongs few days later he lays a sperm web so now I put him in...

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vinegaroons

can anyone tell me about these? i hear the shoot an acid or something? is that dangerous?

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Brachypelma vagans sling escaped last night

 Brachypelma vagans (Red Rump) sling escaped last night. Really sucks I just picked him up from the Repticon show in Ennis Texas yesterday for $20. I have accepted that I will likely never find him...

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New OBT's .....

I just got two 2-3 inch OBT's yesterday or the day before. the first night they chose to stay at the top corner of cage second night... one relocated to the cave and made a web fort the other one is...

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Golden Huntsman Spider

I am thinking of buying one of these. What are the care requirements? I think I have the enclosure down, but I'm not for sure.

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Vinageroon I picked up at the Repticon in Ennis Texas last weekend

Its my first time to own or even see one of these in person. I hope I got the set up correct. I used a 5 gallon with plenty of burrowing space in eco earth/forest moss substrate. Any advice or tips to...

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Post-molt pics

I went home yesterday morning and i thought my rear-horned baboon (C.darlingi) was dead til i realized it was preparing to molt. It was on its back, legs twitching, fangs rubbing and clear juices...

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OBT's question

hey, im not sure if this is really a problem but it kind of is.... my two OBT's make thick web bubbles and no crickets get in so they don't eat and when they molt, like one just did, and im not sure if...

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Paraphrynus mexicanus RIP

Anybody know care for these?

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Upright Molting

Amidst my ageing number of pets, one decided to join the golden years club lol She should be roughly 5 inches in diameter by now.

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Vinegaroon HELP

Hello all, I got a Vinegaroon(Mastigoproctus Giganteus)today. My Tailless Whip Scorpion died because it was molting/about to molt/molted, and a cricket that was in there ate it.    

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Tiger Lily out of Neverland

Yey just got home with a new pet, a 4.25" female Costa Rican Tiger Rump (Cyclosternum fasciatum).. She'll be rehoused first thing in the morning and i'll be naming her after the Indian girl Tiger Lily...

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chilobrachy species question

hey I was thinking about getting a few chilobrachys but I don't know anything about them are they burrowers, so will I never see them once I get them ? are they aggressive ? do they web a lot ?...

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HELP PLEASE. Egg sack.

hey the pet store called me today and told me they got a rose hair tarantula in today and it had an egg sack with it we don't know if it had it during shipping or the dealer put it in there I have no...

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Failed mating attempt Brachypelma smithi

I recorded this video last week when after searching for a few months a finally found a male B smithi for my recently moulted female The male was old and his lack of enthusiasm got her annoyed...

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Horned baboon spider

Theraphosidae ceratogyrus darlingi

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Another First For Me

Got my first arboreal T, a 5" female Tapinauchenius gigas that i named Sequioa. Traded one sugar glider for her and she is officially my most expensive tarantula in terms of value. (She normally costs...

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...who is this...

Any one recocnizing this guy....  

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Which species of spider is this?

I am in southern Ontario, about an hour south of Ottawa. Saw this girl (possibly guy) at my cottage. Thought her fangs looked pretty menacing, and had never seen one before. I don't know much about...

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my new female

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Update On One Of My Oldies

I wanna introduce one of my oldest tarantula, an eight-year old Samar Cave Tarantula (Selenocosmia samarae). She was staying with a friend til i got back from my overseas work and man, she's an oldie...

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What I caught

I recently came back from a trip to Towaoc, Colorado and found these Assassin Bugs: " /> Camel Spiders: [img][/img] " /> " /> Arizona Black Hole Spider: " /> Scorpions: Paruroctonus...

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video: juvenile harvestman feeding

Not long ago I got some really tiny juvenile tropical harvestmen (Acromares vittatum)--their bodies were like heads of pins and their legs were like fine hairs. But they are growing quickly, and the...

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B. smithi molting!!!!

I went to check up on him, and he was on his back doing his thing!!!! So I went and got a moist paper towel all bundled up to put next to him (cause after the many recent deaths with the scorpions and...

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How to care for Solifuges

I live in the high desert in southern California and there are solifuges all over my yard and I have tried to raise a few but they always die within 2 weeks. I cared for them the same way I care for my...

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Two newcomers

Awaiting a Grammostola pulchra (Brazilian black tarantula) and an avicularia Purpurea (Ecuadorian Purple tarantula)

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Mystery Red Spider

I have no clue. Top of my list are Hacklamesh weaver and red folding door[img][/img] spider" />\

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Pregnant camel spider?

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need care sheet setting up container

hey on Tuesday I have 4 new slings coming.... two species I do not know how I should set up the deli containers.... the ceratogyrus marshalli and the haplopelma sp big/black im guessing I just put...

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Tegenaria duellica sloughing

Hi everyone. I've been off work this week which is giving me a chance to go through many of my unprocessed images from the last couple of years. In July last year I witnessed and photographed a Giant...

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Youtube

Hey guys. I love the arachnid community on YouTube and have been working on my own channel with which to participate. I've been taken over by the T hobby but I am rebuilding my collection of scorpions...

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