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I bought this (young) spider at a pet store about a month ago. While it clearly seems to be a pink toe, I do not believe that it is an Avicularia Avicularia (as I was told) primarily due to the stripes on its back. (Ref. picture)
I did some research and concluded it might be an...
She/he is not eating. Just roaming around in the tube web. I also noted that it is actually not an A Avic but an Avicularia taunayi (Mello-Leitão, 1920)...
While it's theoretically part of nature, I have to admit that it makes me feel slightly cruel to grab one of those innocent crickets on its delicate legs with my metal tweezers and placing it near my tarantula, giving the cricket its prompt and gruesome death sentence. Not to mention that the...