I used to keep tarantulas and scorpions from my late teens and to my early thirties, at one time I had over 20 tarantulas in my apartment. I also had frogs, a couple of boa constrictors and a ball python, but I had to give most of them up because I didn't have the time to properly care for them while trying to run a business.
My favorite of the tarantulas was the first one I ever got back in '94, a B. smithi (Mexican Red Knee), he died in 2008, lived with me for 14 years.
I was working outside today and thinking of spiders. Mainly because there were a lot of them out. Not as many as spring and summer though.
Wolf spiders, jumping spiders, harvestmen (not really a spider), stretch spiders, tick spiders (reminded me of this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/just-passedpawn-347957/ ), orb spiders, brown recluse and a bunch more we just call regular spiders.
Where in the world do you live at? I live in Minnesota, only spiders I can see are inside.
That's pretty awesome. My first one was a Grammatosa Rosea. Her name was Rose. I still have her too . They do some really peculiar things.
When I was in the Middle East we had to deal with some large camel spiders.
http://www.camelspiders.net/large-camel-spider-picture.htm
Yea... I'm not a big fan of spiders.
We have a lot of really pretty garden spiders here.
Like this, the banana spider:
And this, the orb weaver:
My favorites, and the most rare, are our red widows. When we first moved here, I had a female red widow sitting on a few egg sacs on my garbage can. I knew they were just as toxic as black widows but I had no idea they were endangered in our area. Sadly, I hit it with wasp spray. I really wish I hadn't done that now. It was well over 12 years ago now so the statute of limitations is long gone on endangered bug death, but i've yet to see another one in our area. Makes me sad to think about it.
All right. You got some 'splainin to do....Peculiar HOW??
I had a Chilean Rose Hair named Pandora for around 12 years. She was the best pet.
We have a lot of really pretty garden spiders here.
Like this, the banana spider:
And this, the orb weaver:
My favorites, and the most rare, are our red widows. When we first moved here, I had a female red widow sitting on a few egg sacs on my garbage can. I knew they were just as toxic as black widows but I had no idea they were endangered in our area. Sadly, I hit it with wasp spray. I really wish I hadn't done that now. It was well over 12 years ago now so the statute of limitations is long gone on endangered bug death, but i've yet to see another one in our area. Makes me sad to think about it.
Yea that page dispels all the "myths" you hear about the spiders (generally from prior service people who want to "brag"). They're still not my favorite creature (spiders in general).
Growing up in the midwest we had large (1"-3") yellow/black and red/black spiders that would hang out in the ditch by the culvert. Not sure what they're called.
Most spiders are cool to look at, but I'm not a big fan of touching 'em.
CreamyGoodness said:spiders are one of those hobbies that it is cool for someone else to have.
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