LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[ChikaInu]

These are gorgeous spiders! I especially love the hairy one in the second photo!!

Thank you! The fluffy is a T. albopilosus.

 

[TwoCrows]

Those look BIG! How big were they?

Most of the wild Taraulas are about 14 cm from from leg to back legs, they're pretty big!

Wow, that is amazing! I wish!
Obviously there are no tarantulas here - I live in Scotland but am Swedish - but it would be so fantastic to see them in the wild. <3

I love to see creatures in their natural habitat, especially these big spiders. I will just stand by and watch them crawl.....so fascinating!

 

[fluffycrow]

Haha! Brings me back to a previous post - mealworms and how they stink!
I also spook myself frequently by leaving fresh spider molts out to dry on my kitchen counter, and they move in the draft of wind as I walk past making me panic thinking I have tarantulas on the loose!

OK you just gave me a new fear!

 

[TwoCrows]

I mean... if you start them out as babies they don't take much space.
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But before you know it... (it is the same spider. Abbil. <3 )
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Holy Crow .... What a change!! That little one looks SO cute though! But wow! Have you ever been bitten?

 

[fluffycrow]

Yes the Mammillia group is just so interesting to me, some of them have the most interesting spine configurations! I am hooked on this group now.

It's a great group! There's some pretty sophisticated and rare mammillaria out there, but at the same time, even the most common ones are SO pretty!

 

[fluffycrow]

Most of the wild Taraulas are about 14 cm from from leg to back legs, they're pretty big!

I love to see creatures in their natural habitat, especially these big spiders. I will just stand by and watch them crawl.....so fascinating!

Wow! That's big! So cool!

 

[TwoCrows]

It's a great group! There's some pretty sophisticated and rare mammillaria out there, but at the same time, even the most common ones are SO pretty!

Thats exactly correct, some of these cacti are just simple and round, but that just makes them more lovable!

 

[fluffycrow]

Thats exactly correct, some of these cacti are just simple and round, but that just makes them more lovable!

Yup! Sometimes you even forget they have spines! I've probably been pricked by my mammillaria more than I have my barrel cactus!

 

[ChikaInu]

Holy Crow .... What a change!! That little one looks SO cute though! But wow! Have you ever been bitten?

No, no bites. I am very careful with the ones I know to have a sharp prey response. I will not handle them at all, and just in general only handle when I transfer them between enclosures and if they seem to be in a gentle mood.
In scottish: You don'ne **** aboot with the giant spood in the mood.

 

[TwoCrows]

Yup! Sometimes you even forget they have spines! I've probably been pricked by my mammillaria more than I have my barrel cactus!

There is a wild Mammillia cactus that sprouted up this year, I see him on my walk every day, he is so cute! I will get a photo when I walk that way next.