Recent content by SpiderDad

Welcome, I just joined about a month ago. I have really learned a lot already. Like Texas you have native species in your state.

I have never seen them take more than one prey at a time. But when I feed my Stirmi a worm she runs up, pins it with her front legs for a moment, quickly rolls it into a ball then takes into her den and eats.

I don't want to see any of my girls doing cartwheels across the floor and neither does my wife.

T.s Are fascinating with their own little quirks. This evening I checked out my Stirmi, she was in her den laying down like a pasture cow with her legs sort of curled up under her. It a sort of freaked me out. Then quick as a blink she was up in her normal stance. Just content and resting I...

I call her Penelope

What are some identifying features to look for in telling the differences. The pet store just called mine by the common name. She jolted a month after I got her.

I googled a question about feeding Ts minnows and this was one of the search results

I think my wild ones are aphonopelma hentzi chocolate Brown with a blonde or tan carapace. I'll try to get a picture if I can figure out how to post it

Beautiful portrait!

I have always found spiders interesting. In the last year I have acquired 4 tarantulas. My first a wild Texas Brown my son found in his yard. Then I purchased a Rose Hair about 8 months ago. I just recently purchased a T. Blondi. And the forth, 2 days ago, another Texas Brown that was clipped by...