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Message: <blockquote data-quote="E.M.DuBois" data-source="post: 132992" data-attributes="member: 27871">A note on this, specifically in the US:There is an actual DANGER in feeding your T with June bugs in certain parts of the US. I'd keep away from them if you live anywhere near farmland or in an apartment complex where pest-control does regular perimeter-sprays. June bugs (aka May bottles) hibernate in loose soil for long periods (like tilled farm soil, or the mulch around an apartment complex) and their exo's are incredibly resistant to pesticides. But the poisons will soak into the shell and can present a danger to your little friend.I understand the appeal of catching June bugs to feed to your T. They're free, easy to catch, and are a rather sizable morsel for the bigger Tarantulas. I thought those same things when I caught one for my little Everwood. I wasn't aware of the danger, though. I live in an apartment complex in WI... which is right across the street from a major, local farm. Honestly, I think my own ignorance cost me, because I lost my friend a day later, when she only 13 (could've live another two years easily, and still another 5 on top of that,) was active, and still had yet to show any grey hair. Let my loss be a lesson to everyone: be careful with your feeder-insects. Remember that what looks like a free meal for your buddy is also a pest everyone else is trying to kill, and just like it has caused problems with us (thinking specifically of controversies surrounding DDT on that one), is also can have unintended consequences for us T-lovers.</blockquote>

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