eight legged cats

@catmeme's tarantula (and other inverts) blog :)

[eightleggedcats]

hello tarantula enthusiasts and recovering arachnophobes! welcome to my little spider blog!

i currently keep 12 different tarantulas (and two different scorpions)! i have:

grammostola pulchra (brazilian black tarantula)

psalmopoeus pulcher (panama blonde)

tliltocatl albopilosus (curly hair)

tliltocaltl vagans (mexican red rump)

pterinochilus murinus (orange bitey thing/orange baboon tarantula)

brachypelma emilia (mexican flame leg?)

cyriocosmus leetzi (colombian dwarf)

psalmopoeus irminia (venezuelan suntiger)

neoholothele incei (trinidad olive)

pamphobeteus sp. machala (purple bloom bird eater)

megaphobema robustum (colombian giant red leg)

davus pentaloris (guatemalan tiger rump)

[onenicebugperday]

Sunburst candy bolas spider, species undescribed, Cyrtarachninae, Araneidae

Photographed in Thailand by Nicky Bay // Facebook // Website

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[shinraalpha]

i am losing my mind over discovering that there's a species of jumping spider (Pellenes nigrociliatus) that builds nests in empty snail shells and makes little silk webbing curtains to close off the entrance

look at her!! she is so cute!!! i want to cry!!!!

[eightleggedcats]

new babies!

lasiodora parahybana, nhandu tripepii, acanthoscurria geniculata, and hogna maderiana :•)

[eightleggedcats]

sooo excited my little c. leetzi molted again! i can't wait for it to leave its tunnels

and!!! my 6 slings arrive tomorrow! this is my first time ordering spiders online, i'm so excited for the unboxing

the babies on route!!! i got the parahybanas as freebies :) i don't even know what i'm most excited for, i've had my eye on all of these species for the longest time but my local exotic store has never had any !!

[perksofboho]

Mia Middleton - Light Web (2022)

Oil on Italian cotton

[bugthingsdaily]

I love you so much please don’t get consumed by tarantulas

looks really sad and then scratches something off of my planner

[herpsandbirds]

Frog-legged Beetle (Sagra femorata), family Chrysomelidae, Bali, Indonesia

photographs by Mehd Halaouate Birding Indonesia

[lychens]

tarantula care pov (hatred and malice towards food & water edition)

[vampiremasochist]

What's that? A bunch of new photos of my buddies!

Monocentropus balfouri

Caribena versicolor - that diva loves to pose

And a baby Phormictopus sp dominican purple. It's a bit shy at the moment but we'll see how its temperament changes in a year or two.

[platycryptus]

Recently fulfilled a years-long dream by obtaining a couple captive bred Acanthophrynus coronatus! A huge and beautiful amblypygid native to caves and forests in western Mexico.

Although they’re already quite large, these are just babies with a lot of growing to do. Adults can have bodies measuring 2” long without the appendages. They’re likely the world’s largest amblypygid species by mass, although some of their even lankier cousins in the genus Heterophrynus have a wider legspan.

In addition to their massive size and unique coloration, these guys are very active and inquisitive and have a bold attitude compared to most other amblypygids. Even as babies they often respond to potential danger by throwing up a threat display instead of freezing or running, and when they get larger they’ll be able to stridulate with their mouthparts to make a sound somewhat reminiscent of a rattlesnake.

Currently these are rare in the US bug hobby (I got them from the first person to breed them in the US), but they’re actually a very easy species to keep and breed so they should become more available soon. They make fantastic pets and display animals so my hope is they’ll become popular and inspire an increased appreciation for amblypygids.

[fallout-lou-begas]

if tarantulas are so dangerous then how come

?

[snototter]

An orange baboon tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus RCF)

This species has at least 5 known color variants, this being the most vibrant.

by DavidStinson

[eightleggedcats]

megaphobema robustum! the name basically means "huge fearsome big scary", which is kinda funny considering this one is such a scaredy cat

[catmeme]

new, very hard to photograph, baby! it is so teeny tiny, like half the size of my thumb!!

i need name suggestions :•) my other tarantula is named marcy, after marceline the vampire queen, even though i recently discovered he's actually a boy lmao. but i wanna give this one an adventure time name too! i was thinking either bonnie or finn, but idk

[catmeme]

my son's newly upgraded mansion (which he hates so far)

and the baby and its mansion (which it loves so much it's started making crazy ass webs behind the wood)

[catmeme]

everyone look at my boy. tell him he's pretty