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Jess S

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Check out Bach Ma Breedings too. Never bought from them, but know people who have who had good experiences. I believe they only breed old worlds. Plus they are here in the UK.

I can personally recommend @Phil and @T-Baby.

Think everyone has shut up shop temporarily though :(

If you're interested in European tarantulas, I think there are 2 families. Chaetopelma (Greece and Cyprus) and Ischnocolus. (Spain, Italy, Portugal). Maybe there are more but these are the genera I've heard of . @m0lsx has one. I think it may be a Chaetopelma olivaceum. Knowing m0lsx, he'll be able to share some interesting info and facts as he's a pretty thorough researcher of the species he's keeping :)
 

regalis

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So what you have lol
P. Formosa (2)
P.metallica (6)
P. Ornata (2)
P. Regalis (4)
P. Subfusca (2)
P. Subfusca lowland (2)
P.fasciata (2)
P. tigrinawesseli (1)
P. vittata (1)
C. schioedtei (2)
S. Calceatum ( about 50)
L. Violaceopes (1)
H. Mac (6)
P. Sp rufus (2)

That's my old world tree spiders. Sorry if I miss spelt any!
 

regalis

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Check out Bach Ma Breedings too. Never bought from them, but know people who have who had good experiences. I believe they only breed old worlds. Plus they are here in the UK.

I can personally recommend @Phil and @T-Baby.

Think everyone has shut up shop temporarily though :(

If you're interested in European tarantulas, I think there are 2 families. Chaetopelma (Greece and Cyprus) and Ischnocolus. (Spain, Italy, Portugal). Maybe there are more but these are the genera I've heard of . @m0lsx has one. I think it may be a Chaetopelma olivaceum. Knowing m0lsx, he'll be able to share some interesting info and facts as he's a pretty thorough researcher of the species he's keeping :)
I seen one European on the spider shop before the apocalypse. The snail muncher I think they called it. Didnt interest me lol
 

Rs50matt

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I seen one European on the spider shop before the apocalypse. The snail muncher I think they called it. Didnt interest me lol

The snail muncher is a Phormictopus ( South American) only European species available in the hobby I believe is the C olivaceum. Ours recently moulted but still buried.
 

regalis

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The snail muncher is a Phormictopus ( South American) only European species available in the hobby I believe is the C olivaceum. Ours recently moulted but still buried.
Sure the spider shop had it listed as European? I may be wrong. Either way it didnt interest me lol
 

Jess S

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I seen one European on the spider shop before the apocalypse. The snail muncher I think they called it. Didnt interest me lol
Yeah, they sound horrid! Lol
I've seen slings advertised and they were G. pulchra type prices. Think they're from somewhere in South America? I've heard they will eat the usual feeders but I'm sure most people buy them to see them taking a snail. Why anyone would want to watch anything eat a snail is beyond me. I recently saw a video of a snake eating a snail and it was gross af :eek:
 

regalis

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Yeah, they sound horrid! Lol
I've seen slings advertised and they were G. pulchra type prices. Think they're from somewhere in South America? I've heard they will eat the usual feeders but I'm sure most people buy them to see them taking a snail. Why anyone would want to watch anything eat a snail is beyond me. I recently saw a video of a snake eating a snail and it was gross af :eek:
A brown spider that can only be bothered to hunt something as slow as a snail...... zzzzzzz lol
 

Enn49

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The snail muncher is a Phormictopus ( South American) only European species available in the hobby I believe is the C olivaceum. Ours recently moulted but still buried.

You're right about the Cheatopelma olivaceum being European, they're found in Turkey and Cyprus as well as Middle Eastern countries. They're fast and will take any opportunity to escape.

Mine was happily chomping tonight so I managed a photo
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