One of my many beautiful ladies, she is my oldest by far and easily one of the sweetest. Look closely to see her red fangs!🌺♥️

For those who helped me out or were following me the last few weeks, my 23 year old Grammostola Rosea, Harriet, had a bad molt that has now resulted in her passing yesterday.

She was a great spider and a companion of mine since I had just turned 7. She lived an amazing and long life, and I hope she finds nothing but plump crickets and a warm sun to bask in in the after life.

Here are a few pictures of her in her prime - and have a drink for the old gal (if you can) this evening.

Crawled onto my hand while refilling their water lol

hey yall. i went to a reptile shop near me to find some dubia roaches and ended up walking out with a new friend.

Meet Osseus.

This rehousing was almost just as easy as the first one. first it went straight for defense but then immediately gave up and refused to move at all when i brushed its legs. it finally moved when i changed the position of the tub cause some dirt fell on its legs and then it kind of just flopped in. I felt bad, but it seems fine. never kicked hairs once so that was cool.

2 successful rehouses down! hopefully many more to come over the years

My T. albopilosus, Tribble, had unexpected babies. I'm still new to tarantula keeping and didn't know my store bought tarantula could have an egg sack 77 days after I got her. Another 5 months later I have more Curlies! Way less than I thought, because a lot of the nyphms suddenly died off, I am not sure why, I followed every bit of advice I could find. But I still have 9!

So yesterday my C. Versicolor escaped from their enclosure due to it being a shitty one from Amazon (don’t worry this is being taken care of) and I was almost certain I wouldn’t find them bc they are a 0.5” sling but lo’ and behold when I came back from work today they were crawling along my bed frame. They are now safely back in an enclosure but WOOF that was a stressful 24 hours 😂

Hi everyone! I wanted to share Kariguu, the Master Weaver with this sub! She’s a major character in the anthropomorphic fantasy novel I’m working on. The scene here is when she makes her introduction. The artwork is by u/nickthagreek, the talented fountain ink illustrator of the project.

Kariguu is based on the actual 20 year old salmon pink birdeater living in my home office that I’ve kept since she was a wee spiderling. Her near infinitely patient real life behavior was the basis for the strange, ancient, almost eldritch-like being that is Kariguu.

I’ve been fascinated by spiders and tarantulas since I was young. I feel that they’re usually depicted as simple monsters in most fiction. While Kariguu is certainly quite imposing, she’s not a simple monster. Beyond the fantastical elements of the story, spiders exhibit otherworldly patience and insane precision and craftsmanship. I wanted to capture that in a character.

Anyways, hope folks enjoy it! Happy to answer any questions at all about my salmon pink or the story or anything else. Thanks!!

Good evening! I found this guy on Craigslist. The seller claims it's a Mexican red knee. I don't think it is. Anybody know what it is?

Shiro molted several weeks ago and has finally opened his door and it looks like he’s been busy today. Caught him in the act. At least it isn’t going in the water… yet.

On August 15th I ordered my first order from Tarantula cribs, it was 3 new enclosures for my 3 new babies i got, since then I’ve only received my receipt and any attempt to reach out has been met with no response, I’m perfectly fine with waiting but I’ve receive no word on shipment time or estimated delivery. Yes also all items were in stock when ordered. Is this normal? I’m so used to having that information readily available.

I was attempting to pair a very unreceptive much larger female in my temporary breeding pen- he wasn’t tapping but when he would make his usual “croak” like sound and a much smaller female in a temp deli cup (whom I thought was not mature enough to pair) began tapping like crazy. So I removed the much larger female from the breeding enclosure and replaced with the smaller female. She SHAMELESSLY perused him! 👀 she was gonna get what she wanted. 💅🏽🕷️ and he really took his time too, bro was playing around down there. 🥵

my new tarantula exploring his enclosure.. (he got really close to the lid and its not very securw im a bit worried and he also fell so hopefully he’s alright) Hes a brazilian pink bloom I thought they weren’t really arboreal😭

Saw this little mutated puppy at a local Petco, listed as nhandu carapoensis. Grossly different appearance to the same species next to it. My heart went out though, as the enclosure looked deplorable.

So, naturally, after shopping for some feeders, I brought home a new friend.

Reverse image searching says its likely a brachyphelma boehmei (Mexican fireleg)

Anywho, im not an expert (yet) and would appreciate some feedback on likely species.

Thanks in advance!

it's been more than a week since my g. pulchripes blocked the tunnel and made their own home deep underground. they don't even do anything there just walking and sitting around and they don't drink the water i put outside the tunnel, so i'm getting worried + i can't feed them this way... is it safe to excavate? or should i let them be? how long is this behavior gonna last?

My Curly hair molted late last night into this morning. She was doing great but I can't tell if she is trapped behind her molt or still getting out of it. I'm worried as this modified burrow I bought her in might be trapping her. I intended to rehouse her the day before and then.. she decided to flip over. I tried to get a video of her behind what I think is the molt but its hard to tell. What should I do if anything? Will she work herself out?

Rip cricket

my sweet Bram is finally ready to eat after his molt ~15 days ago! his fangs took a while to harden this time but now he’s finally good to eat. gave him an extra big mealworm as a special treat today, hopefully will encourage some more growth soon :)