Tarantula thread!

[PrinceSandwich]

I couldn't find one so I thought I'd start a Tarantula thread for posting pictures and talking about our 8 legged friends!

My Grammostola Rosea

 

[halfwaynowhere]

i miss my spiders. i used to have several of them, but have none at the moment. Here are some of the spiders I used to keep.

here's Rosie, a G. rosea

one of my B. smithi babies (mexican red knee)

Lola, my female A. hentzi (oklahoma brown)

Clyde, my A. versicolor

baby L. parahybana (salmon pink birdeater)

my (failed) attempt at breeding A. hentzi (this was moments before she grabbed him and ate him)

 

[bobwhitelover]

Haha i am so scared of spiders that looking at them makes my blood curl!

 

[redhen]

WHY did i look,..i just HAD to look didnt i??

*scrubbing out my eyeballs now*

 

[Alicia G]

Oh wow they all look so lovely! I had someone qive me a tarantula when I was younger, said they didnt want it any more, so I kept it. It only lived for a few more months though.

 

[WIChookchick]

I have only 2 now, but will share pics of my former collection...
I had about 42 at one time.
Frank, A. hentzi

Binki, b. albopilosum

Sarge, p. cambridgei

unknown alpophonemla species, molted out to be a stripe knee

Scaramanga, G. aureostriata -gold knee

A G. rosea I got to rehome.

another I got to rehome, a very sweet mature male

Annette a large A. Hentzi I rescued and rehomed to a breeder

Binky Deux, another b. Albo I got

Inca a T. pruriens

WintnKid an a. Avic

A p. regalis

An A. chalcodes

Livewire a p. scrofa

Some babies I had
Byers, N. chromatus

Dozer an A. bicoloratum

Langley a b. smithi

A baby g. aureostriata

Koho I am not sure what it was

Ducati another one i don't know

La Santa, my b. smithi, growing up

And my last pic of her

I sold her to some one who can use her for breeding.
And my two current
Frankie deux

Johnny, b. vagans

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Neat spiders!

Can they bite you? I see a lot of people who keep them as pets holding them but I was never sure if they are just tame or they can't bite.

 

[redhen]

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No expert here..but i think they can...and some can also shoot their hairs at you too?? Something like that..

 

[PrinceSandwich]

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No expert here..but i think they can...and some can also shoot their hairs at you too?? Something like that..

Yes, they most definitely can bite! Some species are more docile ( and more handable) than others. And the New World species can kick hairs which irritate you skin and can damage your eyes!

 

[mother o' chicks72]

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Ok, i don't dislike spiders but i don't think i could keep a large one, but i must say, Clyde is beautiful! We had a pet jumping spider named Gorilla, he was gorgeous and lived for quite some time.