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Anyone else keep hermit crabs?

ranapipiens89 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:03:06 GMT

Hey, I have 3 Ecuadorians, they live in a 10g tank with glass lid, playsand and eco earth bedding (plus other things). What about you?

I may get a tarantula

atheeleo600 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:55:10 GMT

I was considering getting a tarantula. I am not sure what kind yet. I was wondering what kinda make s good pet, tank sizes that are needed, feeding and some care info.

I will also be doing my own research but I would love all of your opinions.

Thank You

I am wondering what type of bug this is.

MeganRM — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:50:09 GMT

Hello,I was wondering if you can till me what type of bug this is.I don't think it's a grass hopper because it's way bigger then them.To me it looks like a leaf bug of some sort.

Widows

Crested Man — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:49:29 GMT

I was at NARBC recently and saw some Black widows. I though that it would be a weird spider to have as a pet. Has anybody here kept one. Post your opinions and thoughts.

My daughters 6 year old rose hair....

jsinhardcore — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:16:09 GMT

1-2 crickets a week for 6 years and she is still going strong!!! These things are HARDY!!!

?

xenite — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:19:43 GMT

I really don't see the point of an invertebrates section, theres only 11 threads over a month-2 month span. Invertebrates threads only rarely appear. It was a good thought though.

Most Viscious Insect?

UROFAN — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:51:22 GMT

I think centipedes are the most cruel and viscious insects, because they eat the victim while it's still alive.

What are other people's opinions?

Roaches

2manyherps — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:11:32 GMT

I have been thinking of starting my own small colony of raoches. What Kind Would be best?

Venezuelan sun tiger?

greyskyp — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:20:01 GMT

Hi, I wanted to see if anyone on here knows anything about Venezuelan sun tigers. I got a tarantula from someone who said this is what kind it was. It is obvious that she is an arboreal of some sort, but I am not sure if it's the sun tiger because, her legs are completely black, with no orange on them. She is basically a black spider with some dark brown striping on the rump. Could this still be a sun tiger, or something else?

pink toe tarantula

SNAKE CHARMER — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:16:18 GMT

my mom said that if i got honors in school one more time(it's the last month of school here in tn)she'd consider a tarantula the pet store i've always bought from is were i plan on getting one from.i'd like a pink toe since there pretty docile,can be housed in a 5-gallon,& are beautiful

p.s.if i get one i do plan on handling

p.s.s.i'm not allergic too bee venom

I am wanting to try something new.

MeganRM — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:28:44 GMT

Hello,I am new on tarantulas,spider and scorpions and I am looking into buying to things.I want an Thai Red Leg Trapdoor Spider and a Mozambique hissing Scorpion.I was wondering if anyone has any information on these guys.

California Ebonies

Crested Man — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:35:29 GMT

My dad got me one about 2 years ago. Unfortunently she passed away. Does anybody know how to take care of them.

Desert Hairy Scorpion Photo

tspuckler — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:31:05 GMT

I found quite a few of these while vacationing in the Las Vegas area last week:

rose hair

greybanded9 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:32:57 GMT

i just got one today and i had bad luck and got a 10 month old male well i wanted to know a easy way to tell male from female and any tips on keeping them and anything that would help plz and thank you

haplopelma hainanum

Joeseph — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:51:25 GMT

Got this little guy at the san fransisco bay area tarantula society gathering.

haplopelma hainanum

Few more tarantulas

Katschamne — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:29:59 GMT

Well now the number is up to 109 tarantulas. These we got a couple of weeks ago. This is a female H. maculata.

C. meridionlis

We finally dug up our OBT

Still think the OBT is defective. When we dug it up it didn't give a threat display or anything. The next day back down in it's hole.

Avicularia versicolor

Katschamne — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:41:47 GMT

Avicularia versicolor is my favorite tarantula. It is truely awesome how it changes thought out it's life. We got it as a 1/2 sling and now it is about 4 inches two years later. It will change even more with each molt. I thought that I would show how it has changed. This was last year about this time.

This was the after the molt in the fall.

This after it's molt just two weeks ago.

More Chilo/Haplopelma

Joeseph — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:24:13 GMT

Got a shipment in today from Krazy 8s

Big female Chilobrachy guangxienisis

Juvenile Chilobrachy huahini

Haplopelma Lividum sling ( cobalt)

I was also given a Chilbrachy fimbriatus as a freebie but it is burried.

what kind of spider???

SP — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:49:32 GMT

pretty spooky looking spider on my backporch with a penny next to him, we then gently urged him to go away and not get squished.. and yes he is real and yea he is one of the biggest i have seen.

i live in sort of south western new york if that helps narrow down what it is!?

H lividum

Joeseph — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:49:56 GMT

I got another Cobalt blue yesterday from the LPS it has taken to its burrow I made it and appears to be settling down a nicely.

Haplo/Chilo

Joeseph — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:34:38 GMT

I recieve 1 female haplopelma Albostriatum , 1 Chilobrachys sp. "guanxiensis" juvenile and a Chilobrachy fimbriatus sling.

Free Haplopelma

Joeseph — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:32:52 GMT

Got this free H lividum and a H sp vietnam today. I had to re house the cobalt so I was able to get a pic I will try and get a pic of the other when I can if it'll come out lol. I have a adult female Chilobrachys sp. "guanxiensis" a juvenile Haplopelma albostriatum, a H lividum sling and a Chilobrachy fimbriatus sling coming in april so I will take pictures of them when I get them in.

OBT breeding

Joeseph — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:48:55 GMT

So I recently figured out the reason my OBT shows little interest in food and has difficulty climbing is because its a MM so I have placed a order with ken the bug guy for a female so I can hopefully breed him before he passes on plus I was told these guys are ridiculously easy to breed. I'll post pics when the female arrives.

Cyriocosmus elegans

Katschamne — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:30:03 GMT

I took a picture of one of our smaller species of tarantulas. The one thing that most people think is that all tarantulas are these huge hairy spiders. This species will only get to 1"-2" as an adult. Our is a juvenile at 3/4".

Shrimp!!

SP — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:39:50 GMT

I have 3 ghost shrimp

one big one that is all that clear white color with big eyes

one medium one with red markings on its front legs and antenia

and one slightly smaller one with the same red markings only he's a pirate because he only has one eye

i call them big eyes, little eyes and one eye.

not so creative i know

but anyway i read alot about them and they really are doing well and growing big in a ten gallon tank with 7 fish.

but i was wondering what people knew about them, if anyone had any and if anyone knew why the one doesnt have any red markings even though he is the biggest. is this telling of a female or is it just a fluke?

anyway thanks, if no one responds i'll post this on fish forums.

Insect Collecting/Entomology

Bugman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:18:32 GMT

Anyone else on here interested in insect collecting or entomology? I have been collecting insects and studying entomology on my own for about 5 years now. Below are a couple pictures of my collection. Enjoy.

bug magazine

UROFAN — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:14:28 GMT

I know that there is a invertebrates magazine but I dont think bowtie puts it out will bowtie make a insect magazine in the future?

Hermit Crab Website

HermitCrab — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:01:16 GMT

www.crabbytalk.com is an Awesome website! If you have a hermit crab, Go There,there is lots of information about Hermit Crabs,And lots of Pictures too!

Also here is a list of things you can feed your Hermit Crab:

http://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=64004

And a list of things NOT to feed your Hermit Crab:

http://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=64005

Hope this helps!
~HermitCrab

New tarantula

The Slowest Turtle — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:10:23 GMT

Got a new tarantula this weekend. I traded the pet store a emperor scorpion for him/her. Its a G. Rosea orange color morph from what the folks at Arachnoboards say. It was sold as a regular rose hair.

spiders

UROFAN — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:19:19 GMT

my favorite spider is the colbalt blue turantula.

Cobalt Blue acting a little strange...

sgtpepper0 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:05:23 GMT

We have a colbalt blue at work. It is normally in it's little tunnel, acting all shy and such. Now it's been out for a while, hanging around on the glass. It makes me alittle nervous because it should be burrowing, right?

Katschamne, you seem so tarantula smart, can you tell me a little more about it?

Tarantulas

The Slowest Turtle — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:36:54 GMT

Here is a couple of pics. The first one is a rose hair stretching after a moult.

Here is the pink toe.

Pink toe enclosure

I will post more pics of my other ones when I put them on photo bucket.

Enjoy. Comments welcome.

Scorpions

Katschamne — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:30:21 GMT

We recently decided to get some scorpions we now have 7 scorpions but only 4 different species.

Opistopthalmus boehmei - Tri-color scorpion

Vaejovis confusus - Desert stripetail

Heteronebo portoricensis - Puerto Rican dwarf scorpion

Pandinus imperator - Emperor Scorpion

Pandinus imperator - Emperor Scorpion under black light

heteroscodra maculata

Joeseph — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:22:21 GMT

recieved this one today from Krazy 8's I took the best pictures I could but she is hiding pretty well and I don't want to stress her out so I'll try to get more later.

Red Trap Door Spider

Katschamne — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:09:36 GMT

This is my 12 old son's spider that he got for his birthday. This was a picture before we moved it to it's permanent home. Now you only get to see it very very briefly when it gets its crickets. Then all you really see are legs. To me this looks really wicked. You don't want to get bite by this one.

Pink Toe Sick??

kyteacher — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:08:10 GMT

I have a pink toe tarantula. I've had her for about a year. For the past weeks, I've noticed she is not eating her crickets. She usually eats 2-3 crickets a week but now she is not eating. Her abdomen looks very skinny compared to her head and looks somewhat bald. Her front legs are very hairy but her back to are very skinny and lacks hair. What could be wrong with her?

I keep her in my classroom on a book self. I do monitor the temp of her cage which stays between 74-80. The humidity fluxuates between 50 aand 70. I clean her cage about one a month. She has a very shallow water bowl, tree limbs, a hide log, and paper towel as substrate. It's been a VERY long time (months) since she has built a web.

What do you think??

Cobalt Blue Tarantula

Katschamne — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:50:21 GMT

Well we finally picked up a cobalt blue tarantula and I have to say I have seen them before and think that they are awesome color. I had to take pictures because I know when we put it in her permanent cage that we will rarely see her. Yes we know it's a female because only the female is blue.

I just wanted to add that these tarantulas are not for beginners. As you can see in these pictures that it didn't take much for her to give a threat display. If you want to handle a tarantula this is not a species for you. This species of tarantula is burrower. A lot of times in pet stores you will see this tarantula out because most of the time they don't have enough substrate and but doing this also stresses them out. It is hard to sell something if the customers can't see it.

Question about Tarantula Feeding

Animal Lover — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:14:22 GMT

Does anyone know of any alternative types of food, rather than crickets that you can feed a rose-haired tarantula. Weather's bad and it's a long drive to get to a place that sells live crickets, so I was hoping someone could suggest alternative foods that a tarantula will be guaranteed to eat. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know, I am in desparate need of help

DEATHSTALKER!

herpintedd — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:21:02 GMT

This week im getting either a deathstalker or a black fat tail. I have kept several more docile and less dangerous species, but i think im up to the challenge. He will be double caged and both will have locks. Anyone had any experience with these species and/or have any advice or tips?
i went ahead and bought some very long tongs hahah

GBB

Joeseph — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:27:57 GMT

I picked this guy up today off of ken