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That is beautiful! At first glance I thought it was a Cobalt blue from the legs but the head and abdomen got me stumped. Which type is that?
Just something about spiders I love.
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Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, The greenbottle blue tarantula.
I HATE spiders!
Actually, I don't really "HATE" them, they do serve a purpose, but I do have a phobia of them... It is strange, because almost no other insect bothers me... i could pick up a cockroach or let bees crawl on me without a problem!
When I saw this post about spiders, I immediately thought of this strange little green spider that was on my deck railing a couple of weeks ago.. I had to take a picture of it. Creepy little thing! A few minutes after I took the picture it stuck it's bum in the air and started spraying a lot of fine web into the air! It lasted for about 90 seconds or so. A huge amount of web just spraying out without any apparent purpose! Very strange... any ideas why?
Anyway, here are the two pics I shot of it.
creepy.... Like little red eyes on a skull...
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It is one species of crab spider (Misumessus sp.) Not sure exactly which one.
The web thing is a dispersal technique. They launch web into the air to try and get it into the wind currents to carry them aloft, flying to a new destination. There's a lot of those webs flying around this time of year.
The web thing is a dispersal technique. They launch web into the air to try and get it into the wind currents to carry them aloft, flying to a new destination. There's a lot of those webs flying around this time of year.
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My Brazilian white knee shed her skin recently -
It is soft like a crab when it sheds, or does it harden before? Must be very interesting to watch.
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As it sheds the outer skin is hard while they are soft coming out. Once they are out their skin will harden. The skin on an insect or arachnid is its skeleton.
You can search for "molting tarantulas on Youtube, there's plenty of vids on there.
I'm amazed by them, as long as it's behind glass or not in my house, except for Lycosa. Those guys are really cool. I do have a strange fascination with black widows, always wanted to keep one as a pet, but with a small child and animals I don't think it would be a good idea.
Some really cool ones in here!
Some really cool ones in here!
I'll just leave this here...
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-legs-on-this-puppy-sized-spider-are-a-foot-long-1647723611/+caseychan
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-legs-on-this-puppy-sized-spider-are-a-foot-long-1647723611/+caseychan
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Very nice! Sadly it has started getting to cool here. Most of mine around the house are gone. No good local pet shops around here anymore either. Petsmart ran them all off. 
I would love a goliath tarantula
Dave:
Although most spiders 'freak-me-out'
, I do remember what you said in the past about this spider not being "part of the pet trade" (as of yet?).
Read More: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/357594-Tiger-Spider-New-species-of-Tarantula-the-size-of-your-face-found-in-Sri-Lanka!?p=5326648&highlight=spiders#post5326648
The Goliath is very much a part of the pet trade. They have been wisely kept in captivity for at least the last 20 years in the US.
Saw this on Fox this morning...awesome.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014...zed-spider-surprises-scientist-in-rainforest/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014...zed-spider-surprises-scientist-in-rainforest/
Oh, my bad, were you referring to P. rajaei as not being in the hobby? If so that is correct. But many very closely related species are in the hobby, like this one:
Poeciloteria fasciata
Dave:
'My bag'...I stand corrected.
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Handling an ornamental? NOPE
Yeah I was referring to P. rajaei. I'd love a salmon pink or a T blondi though, but I'm not sure how my other half would feel about it
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