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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InternetSwag" data-source="post: 163565" data-attributes="member: 29365">I remember when I got into the hobby as a newbie 6 months ago I thought; "i wonder if Tarantulas emit like a pheromone or something that repels other insects and bugs" You guys told me no, which made sense. And I can confirm, if anything the opposite is true. Keeping T's, roaches, mealworms fed in substrate etc etc actually just invites more bugs. And now for a question; How much water do T's really need? I think maybe the answer is a lot less than I think. I've been keeping water bowls topped up E3D for months now, except for my Thailand Black who I have been told like slightly moister substrate. But none of them have ever seemed to have any issues, even 'fragile' species like my pinktoe. In fact my Lasiodora Parahybana burried his water bowl at the bottom of his enclosure. So I've just been dropping some water drops into the enclosure near to where the bowl used to be. Everything seems fine. I also see people on youtube literally leave their slings without water bowls for weeks.</blockquote>