#tarantua

[wheezel]

the tarantula that i just caught: is worth 8,000 bells

me, 198,000 bells in debt & extremely petty:

[it-lives-in-between]

Sometimes I wish I had a pet tarantula 

[mirrormirror]

Some of the more menacing inhabitants of the Peruvian jungle: poison-dart frog and a tarantula; May 25th, 2016

[boina-the-snake]

I’m back from the spider fair - spider expo - whatever you want to call it and I’m going to tell you all about it whether anyone wants to read it or not because I’m exited and I want to write about it.

I bought 8 Spiders:

- 1 Phormictopus cautus violett spiderling. There was only one left, so I bought that one, though I would have wanted more.

- 1 Pamphobeteus petersi juvenile female!!! And it was pretty cheap, too. The vendor was pretty hardcore, though. When I questioned whether it was really a female he opened the box (!), grabbed the spider (!!), and turned it around to show me the underside (!!!). I have to admit it looked female to me, too, but I don’t know if I should admire him for his skill in spider handling or despise him for recklessness. He offered to show me how to do it, but I politely declined.

- 2 Pamphobeteus insignis spiderlings!!! I had been looking for one for a while and finally I found two for a pretty good price. Yaaayyyy!

- 3 Phormictopus platus, as preordered, for 5 Euro each!!! I mean 5 Euro for a Phormictopus, any Phormictopus?? But I’m certainly not complaining. The vendor had them wrapped up nicely, so I didn’t want to unwrap them there to look at them and just took them home. I’ve unpacked them since and really... why am I doing this to myself? Second instar is soooo tiny! I was just happy that my Nhandu carapoensis had outgrown the worst of tinyness and now I have more in that size... oh well, they’ll grow and hopefully fast. I mean tiny brown spider on brown substrate? Right now they are hardly visible.

- What’s missing? Oh yes, I also bought an adult female Sericopelma rubronitens. As a rule I don’t like to buy adult spiders as I like to watch them grow up, but S. rubronitens is rather rare and I like Sericopelma and the vendor is an acquaintance. She’s exploring her new home right now and Max, the cat, is trying to tell me that he want’s to play with her. No Max, that’s not a toy.

Oh and one more thing:

I hereby promise publicly on the internet that I will NOT buy any more spiders next year. If I start talking about spider fairs again - remind me. A rl friend of mine has already commented that she’s going to tie me up when the next fair comes around.