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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PamCz" data-source="post: 44977" data-attributes="member: 3784">Yeah...I don't agree with that guy doing that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> I mean catching one or two for yourself (maybe even to breed, rear babies to sell, and let the mature T's go wild again...enhancing the genetic lines in the hobby) I would think is ok, but not distributing all your local T's to anyone who wants one.  I saw recently where a guy had collected an Aphonopelma from underneath his outdoor garbage can and was going to keep it.  He had one previously that he caught, but couldn't get it to eat for a long period of time, so he let it go.  I think that's fine.  Again, only if they're NOT a threatened species, and not to sell them.  Selling them is what depletes them, IMO.  There's not enough collectors to actually deplete a species that's not threatened...if only collecting for themselves.  Just clarifying there.Yeah, I'm not a fan of the tarantula hawk wasp.  Ugly way to die...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />  I can't say I wouldn't step on one if I saw it.  Oops. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

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