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Para mongo zebra (A. fracta) x0
Giant whiteknee (A. geniculata) x6
Avicularia:
Pinktoe (A. avicularia) x2
"Goliath pinktoe" (A. "braunshauseni")
"Big purple pinktoe" (A. "Bolivia #2")
Ecuadorian wooly (A. huriana)
Yellow banded pinktoe (A. jurenesis)
Whitetoe (A. metallica) x4
Venezuelan redstripe (A. minatrix)
Ecuadorian purple (A. purpurea) x2
Peruvian pinktoe (A. urticans)
Antilles pinktoe (A. versicolor)
Brachypelma:
Curlyhair (B. albopilosum)x0
Michoacan orange (B. baumgarteni)
Mexican fireleg (B. boehmei) x2
Mexican redknee (B. smithi)
Mexican redrump (B. vagans)
Ceratogyrus:
Straighthorned (C. cornuatus)
Chilobrachys:
"Blue chevron" (C. fimbratus)
Chromatopelma:
Greenbottle blue (C. cyaneopubescens) x5
Citharischius:
King Baboon (C. crawshayi)
Cyclosternum:
Costa Rican tigerrump (C. fasciatum)
Cyriopagopus:
Malaysian earthtiger (C. thorelli)
Ephebopus:
"Blue fang" (E. cyanognathus)
Grammostola:
"Brazilian redrump" (G. actaeon)
"Brazilian tawnyred" (G. mollicoma) x0
Brazilian Black (G. pulchra)
Chilean rose (G. rosea) x0
"Chaco golden stripe" (Grammostola sp.)
Haplopelma:
Cobalt blue (H. lividum) x2
Heteroscodra:
Togo starburst (H. maculata)
Hysterocrates:
Camaroon red (H. gigas) x2
Megaphobema:
Columbian giant redleg (M. robustum)
Nhandu:
Brazilian red (N. carapoensis)
Brazilian black&white (N. coloratovillosus)
"Hi-white" morph (N. coloratovillosus?)
Pamphobeteus:
Brazilian pink (P. sp. "platyomma")
Poecilotheria:
Sri Lankan ornamental (P. fasciata)
Salem ornamental (P. formosa)
Fringed ornamental (P. ornata)
Indian ornamental (P. regalis)
Redslate ornamental (P. rufilata) x2
Psalmopoeus:
Trinidad chevron (P. cambridgei) x0
Suntiger (P. irminia)
Panama blond (P. pulcher)
Pterinochilus:
"Usambara" orange (Pterinochilus sp.) x0
Stromatopelma:
Featherleg (S. calceatum)
Tapinauchenius:
"Orange treespider" (T. gigas) x0
Theraphosa:
Goliath birdeater (T. blondi)
True spiders:
Bold jumper (Phidippus audax)
"Tan jumping spider" (Metacyrba undata)
Wolf spiders (Lycosa sp.?)
Myriopods:
Florida blue centipede
(Hemiscolopendra marginata)
Giant Peruvian centipede
(Scolopendra sp. "gigantea robusta")
Red head centipede
(Scolopendra heros castaneiceps)
Insects:
Camaroon mantis
(Sphodromantis sp.)
Madagascan hissing cockroaches
(Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Lobster roaches
(Naphoeta cinerea)
House crickets
(Acheta domesticus)
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Mexican Red Knee (Brachypelma smithi)
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 Just barely starting to get some color... |
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Species Information: This is the spider everyone thinks of when you say Tarantula. They're a arid habitat spider native to Mexico. |
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Feeding: She eats small crickets. |
| Housing: This spider lives in a 6 oz. spice jar. It has a lid with two halves, one that snaps open (designed for a spoon) and the other that just snaps open to reveal holes from which to sprinkle your spices. I just melted a bunch of small holes through the whole lid for ventilation. When I want to feed her, I just snap open the spoon side and drop the crix in. The substrate is about an inch and a half of bed-a-beast. There's a small cork shelter. I try to keep the humidity around 50-60%. It's usually about 80-84°F in my spider room, where it is kept. Because it's still really too small for a water dish, humidity is maintained by misting and moist substrate. She moved into the shelter and did some digging to make it match her needs. |
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Temperment: It's too small to say yet, but this species is considered tame. |
Molting:
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