#g.rosea

[thesunjusthit]

Tarantula.Photoshoot

[sslasherchickk]

Two of the cutest slings i have ever seen… or maybe I’m biased lol. Meet Lapis Lazuli (Caribena Versicolor) and Zelda (Grammostola Rosea). Thank you 130 Exotics for these guys:)

[bugbabeofficial]

Male G.rosea creating a sperm web

A male tarantula is mature once he has his final molt (he sheds his entire exoskeleton, kind of like a snake sheds it’s skin.) After the last molt he is ready to mate so he makes a special web called a sperm web. He lays down in his sperm web and deposits his sperm in it then stores it in his bulbous pedipalps (Pedipalps look like a short pair of front legs). After he is finished he will usually destroy the sperm web. Once he meets a female tarantula he will lift the female up with his legs to access pouches underneath her. He uses his pedipalps to deposit his sperm into the pouches. 

[nayiru]

So my cousin had her baby today, and everyone's all excited and I'm just sitting here like "I got a new fuzzy baby too! .... Mine's cuter."

[nayiru]

New pet acquired! An 8 year old rosey my coworker got for her son when he was a kid, but now has to go off to college. (Coffee cup is how I snuk her in past my brother. He's very much a "easier to ask forgiveness than permission" kind of guy.) So excited about this girl. Her tub will get more decor soon. It's just stashed in my car atm. Also I need a name! Charolette is a little /too/ cliche for me.

[rileyspeaks-blog]

Some absolutely gorgeous girls I’ve received the past few days. All sexed females. Top is a G. rosea, middle is E. pachypus, bottom is E. murinus

[dusky-phantom]

tarantula ask

so i have a 5.5 gallon being set up for my G. Rosea, is there live plants that would do good in the environment that the G. Rosea needs? i have fake plants and honestly its mostly to make everyone feel better about the spider (most of my room mates are a little scared of her lol i think a really nice looking terrarium helps) and she likes to climb over them too hehe

they have to be short though because i put a lot of substrate in the terrarium so there isn’t any climbing accidents and not poisonous to her because i know spiders chew on stuff sometimes (cuz spiders are dorks tbh)

also to add, I want to get rid of the sponge for bacteria reasons. whats a good alternative, marbles? just open water (i heard this isn’t good tho), rocks? 

thoughts?

[alrightyspidey]

Spidey is so pretty and fluffy :3 Guys, if you have a rose hair, don’t ever let anyone tell you these spiders aren’t just as stunning as any other tarantula.