/bug/ Insect/Bug general

General threads are horseshit.

>>2232355
>bug/insect
what about other arthropods?
like spiders, millipedes etc.

>>2232382
Yes, we should have an arthropod general. We have aquarium and herp general already.

We should have a place where we can talk about our tarantulas, scorpions, etc.

Anyone want to compile some resources for the OP? Also post your pets.

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>>2232384
>we should have an arthropod general
I think so too

here is a pic of one of my juvenile Mastigoproctus proscorpio from the Dominican Republic

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>>2232387
another one of the lil rascals
I'm hoping for a pair, but they are still too small to tell the sexes apart

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>>2232387
>>2232388
Sweet. I never see these for sale here, only whip spiders. How big do they get?

Pic is one of my Damon diadema about an hour after molting, really hoping I have a pair too but I can't tell yet.

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>>2232398
absolutely awesome pic!
I wish I'd have a cam to take pics like this
Also nice animal of corse, I also love Amblypygi.

The M. proscorpio grow not as big as the relatively widely available M. giganteus.
The proscorpio grow to about 3-4cm without the 'tail'

here is one of my Phrynus marginemaculatus from Baracoa, Cuba
so they are really colorful as adults, unlike the ones from the dom. rep. or florida etc.

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>>2232407
I really wish these were more widely available, I personally think they're much more interesting than most tarantulas. If you haven't already buy some cheap RGP LED strips and put them above your enclosure. Switch them to red at night and you can watch your critters without disturbing them. My spiders and centipedes are out almost every night and I get better footage of them than any documentary I've ever seen.

Pic is Phrynus pseudoparvulus, from Costa Rica. I've never seen these available anywhere, really wish I could have taken some with me. Or some of those Paraphrynus laevifrons. Super common there and a good bit bigger than D. diadema.

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I have jumping spiders.

I have a Menemerus, and some Trydarssus Nobilitatus.

Pic related, it's the best I can take with my phone camera.

The Trydarssus it's endemic to my region, I currently have two males and a female, that I found yesterday, So I want to document some mating dance.

I also found another salticidae yesterday, that I never seen before.

In the subject of compiling some data, I found this norwegian site that allows for users posting pictures, has a good layout with slots for all of the species, it coud be really good with enough pictures, so I'm going to fill it with the spiders I identify from here.

http://www.naturfakta.no/dyr/?id=2270

>>2232410
While we're posting links, here are some invert shops worth checking out:
http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/
http://www.bugzuk.com/
Both from the UK, ship to the rest of europe.

I could post a bunch more from Germany that also ship EU wide but those usually don't have an english version.
Some murrican should post some good stores or other online resources as well.

OP here.
Next general will be renamed to Bug/Insect/Athropod

Alright, since this is apparently a thing now, can anyone help me decide what a nice first Tarantula would be?
I've had mantids before and I currently have a bunch of centipedes so I'm not a beginner, I'm asking because the sheer number of species is overwhelming.

Some nice and active species would be great, bonus points if it's shiny. I can fulfill pretty much any temperature and humidity requirements.

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>>2232410
Jumping spiders are awesome. Really interesting to watch and you really get the impression they actually take notice of things in their environment. It feels like they're really intelligent for something that size.

Pic is my Phidippus regius female, she just ate a black soldier fly that is about twice her size. Can't really take pictures of my other spiders right now, the male P. regius is sitting butt first in his little silk sock and my H. diardi pair has placed their hideouts strategically away from the front too.

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>>2232409
>they're much more interesting than most tarantulas
absolutely

It's really a shame that most species are really hard to get.
I'll try to get more species soon, wish me luck

Awesome pic again, have you asked about the papers for taking a few specimens?

Switch them to red at night and you can watch your critters without disturbing them
great idea, especially for amblypygids, they 'teleport' away when you shine a light at them at night

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Oil beetle.

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>>2232474
Costa Rica is a bureaucracy nightmare for exporting living animals. I'm not even gonna try.

I might be able to get a few mantis ootheca or similar stuff out though. I saw a few interesting ones that aren't available including this little guy. I still have no idea what exactly he was.

>>2232421
Consider species like Brachypelma smithi, B. emilia or Grammostola rosea.

Eupalaestrus campestratus can be pretty active for tarantula standards.

>>2232486
Aren't those the typical beginner species that everyone recommends to total beginners because they tolerate wrong conditions for a long time? I don't think I necessarily need to start with those, I have experience with other arthropods.
G. rosea looks pretty nice though.

How about some arboreal species?

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>>2232506
If you want an arboreal species you could look into Poecilotheria metallica or P. regalis. They are rather nervous species though and could bite if they feel threatened.

Avicularia metallica is also nice and calm.

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>>2232355

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posting a poplar hawk-moth from my garden

>>2232355
▲

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>>2232474
This is what it looks like at night. These two know exactly when the lights go out and they're out and hunting just a few minutes later.

>>2232556
Woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata

>>2232589
Very cute. I can see why a moth like that would be so poplar

:^)

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>>2232601
I need a better job.

That looks amazing.

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>>2232607
yeah right? ;^)

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>>2232601
And it looks like my little princess herself has graced us with her presence tonight.

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>>2232355
I bought this at a garden center for 4 bucks, any idea what species it may be?

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>>2232616

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>>2232609
This stuff isn't expensive if that is what you meant. In fact arthropods are probably the cheapest pet you could have apart from a pet rock.

>>2232613
To be fair, she's out every night though.
She's been hunting this grasshopper for the past 20 minutes. Unsuccessfully. I think she's having fun.

>>2232589
>>2232610
Nice pictures mate. I never understood why people find moths scary. I get spiders and stuff but moths? What have they ever done to you?

>>2232619
The plant thread it's two threads to the right, can't miss it.

The one with the nazi frog shooped on a nepenthes.

>>2232616
>>2232619
We have a plant general >>2230320
Ask there.

>>2232627
Im posting on my phone, i thought i was in /plant/
Figures, that explains why everyone is talking about bugs

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>>2232621
Thanks
I don't know either, I think they are cute

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>>2232633
The cutest.

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>>2232636
Look at him

>>2232436
That's an amazing picture

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>>2232640
Is this a cuteness contest now? Alright, I give you this fuzzy little fucker.

>>2232640
Thank you, that was basically just a snapshot though, I haven't taken proper images of my spooders yet, I only got them a few weeks ago.

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>>2232644
I don't have many unfortunately
Your picture looks very cute. What is it?

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>>2232648
I don't know actually. That picture is from Costa Rica and I'm not very good at moths in the first place. Anything that's not from central europe is a guessing game for me beyond family level without the proper literature.

Same moth from above, maybe some helpful anon knows what it is.

how do I attract wasps?

I want a huge wasp nest in my garden to annoy my neighbours.

>>2232658
Aren't you gonna annoy yourself with that more than your neighbours?

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>>2232658
I don't know about attracting social wasps but you can attract solitary ones by providing nesting sites. Google "bee hotel".
Maybe you can attract social wasps the same way but I don't know how they select nesting sites.

>>2232659
I don't run around waving like a spastic so wasps don't bother me much.
>>2232664
a large bird house filled with sawdust or hay should work right?

that way I can move it if I want to.

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>>2232621
Got it.

>>2232667
Bird house could work yeah.
I think (hornets at least) like stuff like old woodpecker holes, hollows in old tress and so on. If you can imitate that and you have hornets in your region that would be one big fuck you to your neighbours. (I know they're less agressive than other wasps but people FREAK THE FUCK OUT when they see one)

>>2232671
it's mostly the loud drunk assholes that walk through the tiny disgusting alley behind my house at night pissing everywhere that I want to annoy.

we have Vespa crabro here.

>>2232658
Put out meat and sweet stuff. Or you can just nab a nest from somewhere and move it to your garden
http://www.kellscraft.com/Wasps/Wasps13.html

>>2232678
Or just get some bees. Most people can't even tell the difference between bees and wasps.

You also get some honey. It's a win-win.

>>2232678
how do I steal a nest without being stung so much I'll look like Quasimodo for two weeks.
>>2232680
because I want them for the sole purpose of having them sting people.

there's bees living in my wall anyway.

>>2232684
Since Vespula species only have annual nests I don't think stealing one is a good idea. They're in the process of dieing right now anyway. Your best bet is to get a bunch of young queens which will hibernate in old nests during the winter. I'd get some sting proof beekerps clothing, grab a shovel and head out in december to dig up old nests.

>>2232690
my garden is filled with flowers and rotting branches so it shouldn't be too hard to attract Vespula vulgaris.

>>2232355
So mantises keep getting into my house. I don't mind them because they're probably getting rid of other bugs that are getting in the house, but why/how are so many of them getting in?

These things are pretty large too - brown and anywhere between 2 and 3 inches in length. Incidentally I live in Southern California.

>>2232702
Are you sure they're getting into your house? They might have hatched from an ootheca somewhere in your house and you're seeing them only now that they've grown up.

>>2232704
That's possible - there's certainly a lot of places for them to hide while they were growing.

Either way, I've been picking up a bunch of them as I come across them and placing them outside in my garden.

>>2232702
Could be males that are flying around in search for partners.

>>2232716
They're pretty good pest control. You can actually buy ootheca at better garden centers to put in your garden.

Also posted in the herp thread

Whats the cheapest/best place to buy dubia roaches?.

>>2232742
just order them in bulk online and start breeding them yourself.

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Can I post Ants here?

>>2232668
>>2232621
>>2232613
What Scolopendra spec. is that?
Looks enormous.

>>2232745
I'm pretty hesitant about that. I dont know how they're kept with all these sellers. Normally all my feeders are sourced from a local shop that I trust, but they dont carry these.
I guess I could find a seller with good reviews.

>>2232747
what do you mean 'how they're kept'

pretty much all breeders feed them kibble and potato garbage.

>>2232748
I worry they could carry parasites or something that could make my animals sick that I probably cant cure or breed out of the captive population

>>2232751
the only thing you have to watch out for is mites.

>>2232753
Thats good to hear then. I'll buy a few hundred medium sized ones then.
Thanks

>>2232746
Yes you can. The more the merrier.

S. galapagoensis, her name is Erika, she's a big girl. Currently around 22cm/8.66" long. She'll get to about 30cm/11.8".

>>2232757
If the seller is actually good you can buy adults. The females won't be too old and will all come gravid and you can get started faster. They have a pretty long generation cycle too so if you breed them give them a good temperature to speed it up.

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>>2232751
1.Buy 200+ dubia roaches
2.Get empty big box
3.Get 2 smaller boxes
4.Fill 1 small box with dry food
5.Fill other small box with water gel
6.Put both small boxes in big box
7.Get egg cartons and stack in big box
8.Throw in roaches
9.Heat it
10.???
11.Roaches for days son

>>2232760
also give them cat or dog kibble to chew on at all times otherwise they'll start eating eachothers wings.

>>2232763
Just any wet food will do. Throw in some apple, yoghurt and so on. Take it out after 48 hours though, you don't want mold.

>>2232759
>>2232760
>>2232763
>>2232766
Noted

>>2232658

As far as I can tell they like live in warm areas facing the sun or under metal sheet, i think they prefer wood cause thats what they use to build there nests.

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>>2232766
Wet food gets you mold and mites.
I only feed mine oatmeal flakes and fish flakes and they still reproduce like well, roaches.

>>2232759
Oh nice I only have a Scolopendra subspinipes, they stay way smaller.

S. galapagoensis and gigantea don't even exist in german pet trade, and if they would pop up they'd go for insane prices.

>>2232759
Update
Found a seller selling 25 mixed adults 1 molt from reproductive age. Getting those and modifying a tote bin I have.
I have a bag of dog food I'll feed, cricket moisture cubes and a ton of egg crates
I'll slap an extra heat pad on the bottom.

Anything else I need to know?

>>2232780
Yeah make sure the box gets enough air. Otherwise you can get mites too.

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Here's a pseudoscorpion I saw the other day. First time I've seen one IRL.

>>2232771
Ach sieh mal einer an, ein deutscher. Hallo!

http://www.polyped.de/
Grabowitz has some at the moment. For 280€.
He'll actually be at Terra Ruhr tomorrow, I plan on going as well.

I got mine from Thorsten Trapp, for 180. He has them regularly, look at his ads on terraristik.com

But yeah, you're not gonna get one for under 150.

Do you keep ants or are you just posting pics?

>>2232780
Is that dry or wet dog food? The vast majority of their food should be dry, you're gonna get mites otherwise.

>>2232788
Dry food.

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>>2232788
Na wie gehts? Habe nicht gedacht das man auf /an/ noch andere Deutsche findet.

And yeah 280€ for a pede is way above my budget. People need to start breeding these so the price drops.

>Do you keep ants or are you just posting pics?

I keep them. I don't have any big colonies at the moment though. Only small ones in their founding phase.

Once the colonies get larger they're just about the most interesting Insects you can keep. Very fun to watch them hunt.

But yeah ants aren't exactly easy to keep you have to provide the right conditions and make sure the enclosure is escape proof. Most ant species can squeeze through very small holes if they want.

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>>2232814
I always wanted ants but I simply don't have the space for them. I was thinking of getting some snapjaw ants, I've read they don't need much space because the colonies stay small and the workers forage individuall, is that true?

Pic is of an Odontomachus hastatus I found in Costa Rica. Apparently it's the biggest Odontomachus species and quite rare.

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>>2232788
polyped isn't reliable, just so you know.

he's known for selling sick and mislabeled animals.
>>2232814
the problem with breeding them is that the mother dies after the eggs hatch.

>>2232856
I know, I don't buy from him unless I can inspect the animals beforehand and I know exactly what it is. Also his stuff is usually overpriced.

>>2232861
he got kicked out of Terraria in Houten a few times for violating animal right laws.

>>2232868
Good thing he has nothing that interests me at the moment.

I'll probably post what I bought here tomorrow.

What's the most effective way to kill a trapped beetle from distance without touching it?

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>>2232920
1. see pic
2. Why?

>>2232921
I cannot use fire without risking setting the terrarium on fire. I accidentally became an owner of a tarantula a year ago or so but unfortunately I was a shit owner and the spiderino died a month ago or so and I've been recently hearing weird noises at night and as it turns out a larva I had dropped in a while ago had evolved into a beetle. Normally I wouldn't mind and would the beetle live but the noises are bothering me and I need to clean the terrarium anyway.

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>>2232624
>nazi frog

wouldn't that be the herp general?

anyway here is a luna moth i found. I'm a herp peron, but I think moths are really neat.

>>2232658
I like the way you think

>>2232759
>she's a big girl

for you

>>2232760
I don't think I could live with that in my house. roaches are like the only animal I have a phobia of

>>2232658
I'm pretty sure your neighbours are already annoyed by the fact that you live next to them.

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You guys like hummingbird moths?

>>2233257
Never actually seen one even though they're supposed to be common around here.

>>2232481
>google image search: best guess!: insect

thanks google

>>2232601
what tanks are these?

>>2233309
What do you mean?

>>2232945
my next door neighbours like me, it's mostly the people living further down the street that I don't like.

>>2233306
Saw them twice in my life, both this summer. And in both instances they will be hanging around a flower for a while then they zoom off.

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wuts up mother fuckers!! its a sexy caterpillar post rite now! ;-)

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>>2232839
>>2232814
>>2232771
>>2232746
>>2232648

Hymenoptera is best order desu

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>>2233321
:(

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>>2233344
Cordyceps are the shit. Moth I found in Ecuador over the Summer.

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>>2233347
Awesome. Have on from Costa Rica.

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>>2233257
I love M. stellatarum
There are allways a lot of adults in my garden (only in summer, obviously). I've never seen a caterpillar though

>>2233309
>>2233310
I think he means what size and what type

>>2233348
holy crap, what an awesome pic

>>2232398
>>2232409
>supposedly have really complex cognition and social behaviour
>still reclusive and autistic as fuck
hmm

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>>2233371
Oh right. Those are just your standard 30cm cubes with trap doors (Which I had to take off for this image because you couldn't see shit due to condensation).
Here are my current glass enclosures, everything else is just in plastic boxes.

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>>2233371
Thanks. I actually have another image of a really cool Cordyceps but that one was so three dimensional that the only way to capture it was to focus stack a bunch of images but as it turns out it was very slowly moving while I was taking the images so now I can't stack it properly.

Here, I made an animation from the images and you can see my problem.

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>>2232839
>I've read they don't need much space because the colonies stay small and the workers forage individually, is that true?

Yeah it's true. Sometimes the workers hunt in packs of 2 too.

You could keep a colony in a small terra cube for all of its life. However make sure it's escape proof.

Sadly they can get mites easily so you'll have to keep a healthy population of tropical springtails with them.

Also the Odomantchus hastus you posted is arboreal. Workers never touch the ground or forage on it. I imagine it's pretty hard to keep them.

>>2233601
Well, I wasn't planning on keeping that species specifically anway.

Are there any sites (from Germany/europe) you can recommend if I want to buy ants?

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>>2233642
Sure

https://www.antstore.net/shop/

https://myants.de/

http://www.antdealer.com/

http://www.world-of-ants.com/

https://www.ants-kalytta.com/Ameisen.html

Those shops are all from Germany and legit.

Prices may seem high but you have to consider that you can't breed new queens in captivity so all queens in those shops are wild caught.

For your first colony/queen I'd recommend something from Asia/Africa/South America.

Ponerinae are pretty nice if you don't have much space, however their brood sometimes takes months to develop.

>>2232357
not as much as you are friendo : > )

>>2233659
>>2233659
I'm sad theres no source in the US for weird ants.
I'd love to have a colony of something neat. A setup full of some sort of army ant would be my dream colony.

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Could someone ID please?

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>>2233862
I love caterpillar tummies

Also, found in NJ

>>2233862
>>2233864
My first guess would be Sphingidae, the pattern reminds me of some we have here and the legs are also correct. Look up Sphingidae of North America, caterpillars or something.

>>2233895
it does look like it by the pattern and thickness, but that's actually a cutworm.

>>2233897
So Noctuidae then. In that case anon is probably fucked if he wants an exact species name.

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>>2232355
Any of you guys can tell me a little more about mantises? I like them and I had a few reptiles so I know about himidity and stuff.

Any starter mantises or are they all easy to handle/care?

Flashier is better (maybe this is the best one I found so far)

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>>2234130
Mantids are nice and don't require much effort.

Standard beginner mantids are different Hierodula, Tenodera, Sphodromantis species and Phyllocrania paradoxa. But if you already got your humidity and temp management down you can keep pretty much anything. The only ones I wouldn't recommend still are the really hard or unusual species such as Idolomantis, Metallyticus or Erempiaphila.

Some nice ones you could look into are Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, Hymenopus coronatus, Deroplatys lobata, Sibylla pretiosa, Blepharopsis mendica or Gongylus gongylodes.

Something important about mantids is that you should not feed crickets frequently. Many keepers have made the experience that some mantids get digestion problems, start vomiting a smelly brown liquid and potentially die. Many species like those belonging to Empusidae prefer light food like flies, moths, butterflies, which shows in their thin legs.

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>>2234130
They come with their own set of problems. The heat and humidity requirements are usually pretty easy to take care of.

Start with the species that >>2234140 suggested. If I were you I would start with the standard beginner species anyway, they're big and active. The more flashy ones are usually smaller. Also mantids don't get older than a year or so, so if you get a few beginner species and manage to raise them up it only takes about 4 to 6 months. Also they require so little space and are so cheap compared to reptiles you should have no problem getting a bunch.

Some of the things that usually don't appear in care sheets are:
Some L2 and L3 nymphs just die and there's nothing you can do about it. If you're getting L2/3s always get at least 5.
Lights outside the enclosure.
Don't use fluorescent bulbs or anything which flickers slower than 120 Hz.
All ventilation areas should be covered by plastic or fiberglass mesh, not metal mesh.
Glue some of that mesh to the ceiling too, have some stick go up to it and leave an area at least 2x the lenght of the mantis below it free for molting.
Don't feed crickets (the other guy already said that but I want to reiterate).
Remove feeder insects that weren't eaten after 24 hours (in case of an upcoming molt).
Remove leftovers before they start decaying.
If your mantis refuses to eat for a long time (2+ weeks) kill one of your feeder insects, cut it open, put it on a needle and carefully and slowly shove it directly into your mantis' mouthparts.

I'll probably think of more stuff later.

>Flashier is better (maybe this is the best one I found so far)
You have not been looking very hard senpai.

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>>2234160
Not very hard at all.

>>2234140
Whatever happened to Eremiaphila anyway? I never see them anymore. A few years ago they were available occasionally but now they're gone.
Seems we have a flood of diabolica now though, they're everywhere (and still expensive).

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>>2234140
>>2234160


Thanks for all guys, yeah maybe the best thing is that I start with the standard ones.

Are they hard to breed? I don't want to buy a mantis then another one after a year so I'm thinking about breeding them.

Do I need a hatchery for the eggs or are they gonna solve everything themselves in the enclosure?

(I liked this one tho for the first sight, looks like a phuken alien)

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>>2234175
That really depends on the species. Most are pretty easy, you just have to get them to mate. I'd advise taking the ootheca out of the enclosure if possible. It's not a big deal though, you don't need a full blown incubator, a platic box with some airholes and the right temp and humidity will be fine.

Anyway, that's one of those things you want to read up on outside of 4chan, there are lots of good guides for this stuff on a per species basis. First thing you should do is decide on one or several species anyway, then inform yourself on those specifically.

What you have there looks like Empusa pennata, which is pretty damn difficult species. You might like Sibylla pretiosa though, which I think looks even neater, pic related. Pretty easy to keep and breed.

Hey guys,
I saw you talking about mantids, and I have a problem. Last time I tried handling my mantis she just attacked my finger and I put her back in the enclosure. Sometimes when I walk by her she startles a little bit. Should I try to handle her anymore?

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>>2234170
I'd guess that there was a wave of imports, but many failed to breed them. From what I'm reading in a german breeding report the gender distribution in ooths always seems to be heavily skewed towards one, so bad luck could also slow down or stop breeding progress.

It's a shame, they look super interesting.

>>2234192
What species? And what do you mean by handling? The only good way to handle them is to let them walk onto your hand, don't try to grab them.

>>2234197
Sphodromantis lineola

I know. I always gently but a hand in front of her and she crawls on my hands but then she went for my thumb out of nowhere.

>>2234205
Different species, different temperament. If she always does this I'd leave her alone but sometimes they react aggressively to certain movements, especially the females. It has nothing to do with you doing anything wrong.

I had Parasphendale affinis once. The females would actually BITE on top of trying to pinch me.

>>2234210
The thing is she did it just once, havent tried it since. Anyways whats with the mantids walking all slow and wobbly and then when I get her on my arm she runs like wild?

>>2234215
Slow and wobbly = ambush mode, she's trying to imitate leaves blowing in the wind. Blow on her softly to imitate wind, she'll try to do it then too.
When you get her on your arm you obviously had to disturb her to get her there so she's panicking. Just sit very still for a minute or two and she'll calm down.

Just saw that my male Phidippus regius apparently molted last night or during the day today and his colors are basically inverted. Before he was mostly white with black pattern now he's mostly black with white pattern.

What is this sorcery?
(No images yet because the lights just went out)

>>2234217
Any ideas how to get her to be comfortable on my hand? Maybe feeding her from my hand?

>>2234254
They don't remember things like that you can't tame them.

Just slow down a bunch and be really calm.

>>2232355
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0P661r5c7bb

>>2232613
Aggressive? Ever handled?

>>2234673
>handling centipedes
don't

>>2234673
>Aggressive?
Defensive. Likes to bite and chew things.

>Ever handled?
I'm not retarded anon.

>>2234715
If you take that centipede will you die?

>>2234782
It would be extremely painful.

I've always been wanting cockroaches. Not the stupid Madagascar ones, the American or asain ones (which can fly). Do they make good pets ?

>>2234785
There are some pretty neat looking species and most are really easy to breed but they will hide most of the time, they're usually shy.

>>2234785
blaberus craniifer is qt.

>>2234783
U U
U U

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>>2234221
Here he is, with the head of his latest victim.

Ok so I've posted this story here before, but it's pretty hilarious so I figured this is a good thread for it. I live in Georgia and when I was 17 (I'm 23 now so about 6 years ago) I caught a praying mantis and kept her as a pet. Well after a month or so of having her (got her at the beginning of fall) she layed 3 egg pods. So I googled it, and the wonderful internet told me that the pods take about 6 or so months to hatch. What I did not realize was, that's how long it takes them to hatch outside, where they stay pods because of the cold weather. So I was going to wait about 5 months then put saran wrap on the lid with plenty of air holes so the little guys couldn't escape. But I had a snake, a bearded dragon, and 3 turtles, so my room was very warm. This cut the incubation time down to three months. I get home from school one day to find roughly 2-3 thousand baby mantids all over my room! Luckily the babies eat each other, wander into my lizard and turtle tanks to be eaten, and I'd leave my window open so they could escape. Then the next summer I was cleaning out my closet and found one lone mantis that had continued to survive in my room. I released him. And that was my experience in mantid keeping hahaha.

>>2234934
Had something similar happen with some Phasmids I had years ago, in my case the babies managed to sqeeuze though the air holes though. I have no idea what they ate but I kept finding the fuckers for months.

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>>2234785
might be something for you
relatively easy to breed and really good looking

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Subadult Brachypelma smithi (male)
1/2

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>>2235177
Subadult Avicularia sp. Peru purple
2/2

Probably gonna get a female Acanthoscurria geniculata this month

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Someone online is offering a pair of Desmoxytes spec. that look a lot like this.
Is that even possible? They were only described like last year iirc.

And if it's legit what can I expect to pay for them? I can't find anything about them online.

>>2235181
Why not a nice Chromatopelma or Ephebopus?

I never got what people find attractive about these similar looking brown spiders.

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>>2235186
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoxytes

There's a lot of Desmoxytes species, so they don't necessarily have to be anything recently discovered.

I don't know about their price, but a shop I usually order from sells Coromus and other millipede species in a range of around 10-20 bucks. Maybe they are in that kinda range as well.

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>>2235186
>>2235208
How would you even care for these? What do they eat?

>>2235191
>Muh spider gotta look like it fell into a paint can.

Also tfw getting my colony of Pheidole megacephala (African Big Head Ant) tomorrow.

>>2235223
Detritus. You just go outside and grab...stuff. Or you give them salad, lettuce, etc.
The problem is they produce copious amounts of hydrogen cyanide so you need really good airflow or they kill themselves.

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>>2235223
>Muh spider gotta look like it fell into a paint can.
You just can not appreciate true beauty.

>tfw getting some Poecilotheria metallica slings next week

Also how the fuck do these even walk?

>>2235232
Millipedes belonging to Polydesmida seem to feed mostly on leaves and rotting wood though, so covering the tank in foliage should do the trick.

>>2234864
It died and your mother/couple/drunk friend.

Replaced it.

I'm sorry.

>>2235191
Going for a A. geniculata because they're cheap and easy to obtain where I live, even the sub-adult females. I also like how big they get, and still have a nice colouration compared to the other big species (L. parahybana & T. Strimi come to mind).
C. cyaneopubescens are pretty cool ye, might get one someday, but right now I have other species on my wishlist.
Never cared much for the Ephebopus genus desu.

>>2235242
I was exaggerating. I don't judge a man for his tarantula preferences.

As far as big spiders go I'd really love to get a Cyriopagopus schmidti some day.

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>>2235236
>You just can not appreciate true beauty.

I guess I have a different taste than super colourful and shiny like the average pleb.

>Also how the fuck do these even walk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XsClzW3Z4

Like this.

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>>2232667
I have a decorative bird house that gets p. belicosus or p. annularis (in this pic) in it every year. Polistes are really docile and will recognize you and leave you alone for the most part

>>2232932
Why are you afraid of touching a beetle?

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Centipede/whip spider guy here, just ordered some new glass terrariums, two 30x30x40 and a 40x40x30 (Width*Depth*Height, in cm). Any suggestions what to put in there? I'm open to pretty much anything.

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>>2235794
I'd say S. Gigantea
or maybe Theraphosa Stirmi
Emperor Scorpion or Asian Forest

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>>2235794
assassin bugs

>>2235798
I absolutely don't have the money for a S. gigantea at the moment and I can't find a source for any Theraposa that isn't adult. I'm also not really into scorpions but I might consider a Heterometrus if you can tell me I'll actually see it more than once a month.

>>2235823
How big are the babbies? There'll be a gap at the front where the sliding door is.

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>>2235826
Nymphs are pretty small, so front doors could be a problem.

Phasmids like Peruphasma schultei then? Or mantids that can work in groups such as ghosts or boxers.

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>>2235794
>>2235826
Paraponera clavata

Do it pussy. (You won't)

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>>2235831
I haven't done mantids in a long time, this might be a nice idea. And it doesn't have to be a species that you can keep in groups, I could go for a pair of Plistospilota guineensis.

And, well, I did see some offers for Metallytics splendidus...

>>2235834
>ants
>in a glass terarrium
>Paraponera
>in the room I sleep in

You're fucking right I won't.

>>2235840
Well Paraponera are so big there won't be any issues with them escaping a glass terrarium.

Still that sting is something else.

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I have an Antilles tree spider named Molly. I'm not at home so can't take a picture but I love her. Sometimes when I put a bag of worms in her habitat she will eat them and then climb inside and sit there for hours under the fan. Is this normal?

>>2235831
It says Peruphasma needs privet to feed on though, not sure where I'd get that in winter.

I have access to plenty of blackberry and that stays green in the winter. And by plenty I mean about 800 square meter or 8600 square feet and I'm pretty sure it's all one plant too, it all flowers at the exact same time every year. This thing is a monster.

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>>2235855
Peruphasma might be a bit more picky with its food, but most phasmid species work great on blackberry.

How about Phyllium philippinicum?

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>>2235869
I heard they breed like crazy and nibble on each other when their population density is too high, so (legit question) can I use them as food?

>>2235873
Food for my other animals that is. I'm not gonna munch insects.

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>>2235873
Yeah. I remember when I got a single Carausius morosus as my first phasmid. It didn't take long and the tank was overflowing with stick insects. Fed a lot of them to my frogs.

If you use a bright ground substrate you can also pick out the eggs and regulate offspring numbers better.

>>2235823
thanks for bringing assasin bugs up

i was going to buy an adult pair of Psytalla horrida, at the last reptile expo
but some faggot took the box out of my hand and bought it immediately without even thinking about it twice
The seller only had one pair for sale

god damnit, if I ever see that guy again, I swear

>>2235964
Not only was he a cunt he was also a retard. Who buys animals at expos without inspecting them and talking to the seller first?

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Is this thing dangerous? I've been at war with him for the past week. He always moves out of the way when I try to hit him, then drops to the ground and disappears into the grass. But he ends up back in the same spot on my bike every day.

>>2236264
Isn't that a jumping spider?

>>2236264
The colors tell me it's poisonous

>>2236264
Got one of those on my fence. Seems harmless enough. Little bastard is quick, you're right about that.

>>2236264
Jumping spiders are completely harmless and the bigger ones make very interesting pets.

Hey, I have a question.
I recently got into the mantids and now I currently own one.
What I noticed that some mantids have a straight body and wings, while mine has a curved body without wings.
Why is that?

>>2236447
It's a nymph

>>2236447
It's probably not an adult. You should inform yourself some more about them.

Just gave my big S. galapagoensis her first dubia roach. What a fucking struggle, that thing stayed alive for so much longer than the locusts even though it's smaller, holy shit.

The locusts usually seem to die within 30 seconds of when she grabs them. Maybe she's out of venom or something.

>>2236699
Wait no, she just figured out where the head is and bit it off.

>>2236699
they don't always use venom.

probably because they don't need to.

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>>2236699
>>2236702

>>2236699
My subadult S. subspinipes kills adult dubia roaches within 5 seconds.

I doubt this thing can even run out of venom.

>>2236702
>>2236704
Yeah makes sense S. galapagoensis is so big it doesn't need to use venom.

>>2236704
I know. She usually seems to use it though. Either that or the locusts just give up, which I can't imagine.

She also goes straight for the "neck" every time. Even if she grabs it the wrong way around she'll contort herself until she can grab it behind the head and after that they're usually dead within seconds. I think she doesn't know where the head is on roaches, she tried to go for the pronotum.

>>2236707
>subadult S. subspinipes kills adult dubia roaches within 5 seconds.
you probably mean scolopendra dehaani, they became a species like a year or something ago.

s. subspinipes isn't that stronk.
>>2236709
mine did that too.

and then it carried it around for like a minute before actually eating it.

>>2236714
My Ethmostigmus trigonopodus do that. She just eats on the spot, I guess she doesn't give a shit.
She stays out in the open during the day too, even though her terrarium is quite brightly lit and she has lots of caves to hide in.

>>2236720
that species is almost like owning a tarantula.

I gave mine away because it was so boring.

>>2236722
Yeah, they burrow a lot. Blue leg form is really pretty though, that's why I have them.

>>2236724
mine just sat in a corner 24/7

s. hardwickei and s. galapgoensis are the only nice looking centipedes.

>>2236726
And both expensive as fuck. I'll hope I'll eventually find a male galapagoensis as cheap as I got this female and breed them. And then sell every single one of the fuckers for 150+

Alipes though, both species. Good looking, cheap, interesting. And there are some pretty great S. subspinipes color forms out there.

>>2236731
the female usually dies once the eggs hatch, and they often kill the male.

hence why they're expensive, I manged to breed mine twice, it killed 7+ males.

died last time I bred it, unless you watch them all day the babies eat the mother.

>And there are some pretty great S. subspinipes color forms out there.

most of them just appear to be poorly described species like s. dehaani used to be.

>>2236739
also I still made a profit off the babies, but it's not worth the effort.

sexing centipedes is fucking horrible.

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>>2236739
Yeah, the genus Scolopendra needs a major revision, preferably a molecular one. It's a total mess.

also
>E. trigonopodus
>ugly
Under poor light they look like a turd with legs sure but you just haven't seen one in good light.

>>2236745
under good light they're still just turds with blue legs.

centipedes are ugly as shit, but they're less boring than tarantulas, but tarantulas look better.

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Help. Found this guy this morning. He's got a busted wing and isn't flying. I live in the northern bay area of California.

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>>2236759
I've got plenty more pics and he's chilling in a Tupperware right now

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>>2236749
>opinions
also they're more colorful when they're younger

>>2236759
Pretty cute.
If it can't fix the wing itself there's not really anything you can do.

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>>2236766
I should've been more clear... ik looking for an identification

>>2236767
Do you have a side view? Or can you tell me if it has the typical wasp waist ("abdomen" connected via a thin stalk only)?

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>>2236768
I don't believe he has what you're describing

>>2236745
>revision
>preferably a molecular one
thanks for giving me an idea
now I know what I can try to do for my Master

>>2236772
Thought so. Looked like a Sawfly but you can never be sure without looking for that.

It's a male of Sirex behrensii according to this: essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis06_4.pdf

>>2236776
Funny, I only mentioned that because that was one of the topics I was considering for my Master. Don't you fucking dare.

>>2236785
>I was considering for my Master.
kek, let´s see who´s faster, bitch

joke, I´m not that kind of asshole who steals Ideas from others.
Let me know if you really do it though, if not I really might consider doing this

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Ok so I was messing around with my freshwater fauna and flora container and I noticed this shit. I can't tell if they are detritus worms or planaria. Please help me identify these disgusting creatures.

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>>2236789
I don't know if it's a realistic option right now, I'd have to get the university to fund me for more than usual, for which I have to send an application to a promotion program and get through. I'll only know in about 3 to 4months.
If you want to go for and and you know you can, do it, I don't mind. If you get results that'd be awesome but I expect this will be slow and painful. I mean look at this garbage I just threw together.

>>2236792
hard to say
But doesn´t look like planaria to me

>>2236792
Definitely not Planaria. You got worms mate.

>>2236264
Phidipuss Jhonnsoni.

It nested in there, they make a silk tent, let it be they are harmless.

>>2236802
Lol right but which worms?

>>2232702
>>2232723
minor update, i've been finding ootheca splatched onto various places in and out of my house.

I can just safely pry off the ones inside and move them outside without killing them right?

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>>2236844
Yes, but you should put them somewhere where they are able to survive the winter and hatch in spring. Mantids hatch by hanging upside down from the ooth and performing their first molt immediately.

>>2236845
so basically attach them to a nice shaded tree branch in the same orientation it was found, yes?

>>2236848
sounds good

>>2236848
Yes.

>>2236844
Wtf on the house? Do you live in a shack with a dirt floor or something? Be sure you aren't finding cockroach oothecae..

>>2236862
no, definitely mantises.

if you haven't been following they've been sneaking into my house, and i've been letting the buggers out as i come across them. however it would seem they've been doing the nasty all over my house.

and no, it's not a shack though i live in the middle of nowhere and i do have a very large garden with a beehive i've been maintaining.

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Found one around the house... what's the name?

>>2237026
Wolf spider.

>>2237033
Mucho thank you wise Anon!

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I think about starting out with milli or centipedes in a few months.

Already did a bit of research, but most sources on the web I found were quite old, so I don't know if they are outdated in terms of care/species description.

Just some questions: Are there any species you would recommend for a beginner (I come from the aquatic hobby, only kept some phasmids in my youth, as the only bugs I had then)?

I know many are nocturnal and burrow a lot, but using a red LED, like one other anon here, that shouldn't be a problem for me. But if there are some species that may be a bit more active during the day, I wouldn't mind.

Many sources online said beginners should never keep centipedes due to their sometimes skittish nature and their venom, but I wouldn't wanna handle them anyway and just move them, when absolutely necessary. I'm fine then or are they that unpredictable?

Would be a transparent Ikea-Box with a tight clip on lid ( and sufficent holes in it for air) be enough for starters or is that setup somehow bad? I'm eyeing one with measurements like in the pic I attached.

In general, I would prefer a species that doesn't need special heating or super high humidity, which could be ideally kept at room temperature.

>>2236714
>you probably mean scolopendra dehaani, they became a species like a year or something ago.

I bought it as a Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani so could be.

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>>2237059
>I think about starting out with milli or centipedes in a few months.

Don't get a milipede, they can look pretty but are more boring than stick insects.

>But if there are some species that may be a bit more active during the day, I wouldn't mind.

There aren't.

> I'm fine then or are they that unpredictable?

They're faster than Tarantulas if they want.
But if you don't fuck around with it it should be fine.

>Would be a transparent Ikea-Box with a tight clip on lid ( and sufficent holes in it for air) be enough for starters or is that setup somehow bad?

Yes larger centipedes can chew through soft plastics easily. Hard plastics takes them longer but they can still do it.

Get a glass tank with a secure top lid.

>In general, I would prefer a species that doesn't need special heating or super high humidity, which could be ideally kept at room temperature.

Doesn't exist. Most large tropical centipedes need it slightly above room temperature. So they'll require heating. Also humidity needs to be 80%+ and their substrate need to be kept moist. Otherwise they suffocate.

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>>2236799
doesn't look bad to me, m8
You can do it, I'm sure your Uni will fund you, because "we" really need a revision.

>but I expect this will be slow and painful.
absolutely, no revision is quick, especially with a Genus that is as "misunderstood" as Scolopendra

sadly, one of my M. proscorpio is dying and I don't know why, It looks like it is really thin, at least the other one is thicker
strange, There were allways appropriately sized feeders in there

but I guess these things happen, just as with small slings that die for no reason

pretty bummed out about it anyway..
especially because it's not a common species
RIP, lil buddy

>>2237069
that's usually the case.
>>2236799
I had a friend sample some S. subspinipes subspecies a year or two ago, they're so variable no two individuals are the same.

it's going to be a pain in the ass to map them accurately.

Yesterday I gave my mantis a cricket. She just doesn't care and she haven't ate like 4 days. What should I do?

>>2237119
it's probably in pre-molt.

>>2237119
Gonna molt seen, remove cricket ASAP, increase humidity.

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>>2237059
I see german in that screenshot. Buy this book: https://www.amazon.de/Hundertf%C3%BC%C3%9Fer-Lebensweise-Haltung-Nachzucht-Terrarien-Bibliothek/dp/3866592191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475929243&sr=8-1

Contains almost every information you need and includes species portraits.

>Are there any species you would recommend for a beginner
Just don't spend a ridiculous amount on something like a gigantea or viridicornis, get something cheap first.

>But if there are some species that may be a bit more active during the day, I wouldn't mind.
The really big ones stay out in the open during the day but they don't do anything. Also those are the ones that I just said you not to get.

> I'm fine then or are they that unpredictable?
It all comes down to experience. A powersocket can also be very dangerous if you're stupid but you're not afraid of them are you?
They can be fast and they are very defensive but if you don't fuck with them they don't fuck with you. Just leave them alone and don't breathe on them, they hate that. Get a pair of those long (30cm) pincers, maybe you have some from your aquarium already. Those are long enough that you can drop them should the pede decide to run up them.

>Would be a transparent Ikea-Box with a tight clip on lid ( and sufficent holes in it for air) be enough for starters or is that setup somehow bad?
Those boxes work but visibility isn't great. You also don't need many air holes. If you put a bigger pede in one make sure to weigh down the lid with a book or something. Protip: Hornbach has very similar ones for for less money.
If you really want to enjoy your pede get a glass terrarium though. They aren't expensive. Find your nearest pet shop that specializes in terrarium animals and you can have one custom build for little money. I just ordered a top opening 40x40x30 with extra ventilation for 35€.

>cont

>>2237187
>>2237059
>In general, I would prefer a species that doesn't need special heating or super high humidity, which could be ideally kept at room temperature.

Depends on what you mean by room temperature. I have mine in a south facing room that stays warm during the year. 23/24 C even in winter. I don't need extra heating for most species. A bigger problem with centipedes is overheating. Over 28 C and they quickly die, if it gets warm in summer you might have to move them to your basement during the day. They all need high humidity or they dry out very quickly. The substrate must also never dry out.

That's all the advice I can give you for now. If you get your setup and so on, post it here. I'm sure we'll be happy to help.

>>2237187
I wouldn't recommend having larger centipedes in plastic boxes with holes, they'll chew right through them and feeding is going to be a pain in the ass.

>>2237205
Only if they have a point where they can start, like these air holes. But yes, glass terrariums are better. They will still chew on the silicone but that shouldn't be an issue.

>>2237215
if you're drilling air holes in a plastic enclosure those are the points where it can start.

Is bugzUK a good place to buy inverts?
I'm thinking about buying stuff from him, but I don't know how well he packs stuff up and if he sells healthy animals (I'm from the european mainland)

>>2237077
>>2237187
>>2237189
>>2237205

Thanks for the input, guess I'm ordering that book, customer reviews seem very positive. With room temperature, I meant indeed something along 24-25 degrees.

Will also go for a real terrarium then. Any idea on where to pick up a centipede in germany? I figure I may find some during reptile fairs, but many are not very close to me (southern bavaria) - How is shipping them from a breeder in general, when the temperatures allow for it of course?

>>2237302
>southern bavaria
m8, you are a week too late
last week, there was one in Passau (Exotica, because they banned expos in Austria)
A guy sold centipedes there

but, look around on Thorsten Trapp's site, he always has interesting pedes for sale

>>2237287
Yeah, great site but you shouldn't wait much longer, it's starting to get pretty cold. Everything I've ordered from there has arrived alive and healthy.

Also what this guy said >>2237308
I have most of my pedes from him.

Fuck, my kill jar needs more ethyl acetate. This assassin bugs been going strong for over an hour now.

Is Scolopendra dehaani worth having?
And are they easy to rear as tiny pedelings? Or do they have a high mortality rate when they are young?

>>2237962
Just get a subadult or adult one they're cheap as fuck.

>>2232355

I've been looking into the brown marmorated stink bug recently. I live in Ohio and they are starting to become a real pest here. Not as bad as they are in PA and Virginia but it's getting there.

I was researching natural predators of the stink bug and I ran across this thing called a wheel bug. Had never heard of it before but apparently they are pretty common across North America and especially in the East.

Anyone ever seen one? I'd love to find one and get some pictures. Apparently they're shy.

>>2237931
As long as you're not killing butterflies and want A1 quality just fucking drown them in that shit, it doesn't matter.

>>2237962
They're even more susceptible to temperature changes and low humidity and the small boxes you keep them in overheat easily. Get a decent sized one for 20-30€.

>>2238055
They are super common and sit everywhere in vegetation but they're hard to spot and they let themselves fall down if they're disturbed.

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>>2238181

What kind of vegetation? I read that they will hang out in dead leaves. Are they also on living undergrowth? I've got an acre and a half of fairly dense forest.

>>2238224
Probably not. Find some hedges or other meadows and shit that get plnety of sunlight and go through there with a net.

anons, will scolopendra regrow their claws after moulting? The petshops here in my 3rd world Asian shithole country sell them as fodder for arowanas.

>>2238639
Yes. They'll eat fresh meat and freshly killed insects until then. Depending on how big they are it might be a few months before they get their claws back.

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Anyone know where I can get a P. regius male in europe?
Mine sadly died and I only had one Pair

pic is my female, which is looking for a future m8

>>2238890
polyped.de has them listed.

thepetfactory.de also occasionally offers them, but not at the moment

>>2238902
if you buy them from polyped you're guaranteed to get an unsexed sub-adult male.

his sexing is unreliable or just plain false.

I'm in a nightmarish battle with bed bugs if that counts. I absolutely just wanna die rather than deal with this shit. I could fucking kill the downstairs neighbors for bringing this plague into our building. Anyone else ever deal with this??? I've done sooooo much and feel like I'm in a losing battle, bc every step I take forward the other tenants set me 2 steps back:/

>>2238890
zoohaus-ws.de

They have them regularly, are actually good and not overpriced. Really nice and knowledgeable people too, talked for like half an hour to them in Hamm. You're like a week to late. They had a ton of them in Hamm (got my pair there) and there were still when I checked last week.

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thanks, guys

>>2238902
saw them at polyped's pricelist, but they seem a bit overpriced
I also heard that he sometimes sells sick animals, is that true?

I sometimes bought animals from him, but allways at fairs, where I could expect them beforehand

>>2238903
well, in this case, a juvenile/subadult male would be fine, but I know what you mean

>>2238967
thanks, I didn't know this site
>You're like a week to late
fuck, that's a classic, I'm allways too late

>>2238908
There was an anon on here a while back who ingested horse dewormer to deal with a bedbug infestation...

>>2238983
>I also heard that he sometimes sells sick animals
it's not 'sometimes', almost all of his shit is wildcaught, they're often sick or carry parasites.

>a juvenile/subadult male would be fine

it would be fine if he didn't sell it to you as a female.

he also feeds sick animals to the healthy ones on expos to lure customers.

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>>2238983
>fuck, that's a classic, I'm allways too late
Patience anon. They're pretty regularly available nowadays.
Like I said they still had a ton in Hamm where I got a subadult pair from them. The male just molted last week and I think he's an adult now. I'm just waiting on the female now and then it's (hopefully) sexy time for them.

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>>2238994
Hey that's not the pic I posted. Still kinda fitting though.

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>>2239003
>tfw no space to keep large huntsman spiders.

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>>2239007
>that exact fucking feel
>just saw Heteropoda boiei and Heteropoda lunula on sale for dirt cheap
>CB juveniles too, not wild caught

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>>2239019
>you'll never have an entire room dedicated to large Nephila.

>>2238985
Desperate people take desperate measures. I've always kinda scoffed at the notion of bed bugs and always figured people were overt reacting about them, but no. Absolutely not. I'm 100% convinced that these bugs are some type of demon reincarnate. My heart goes out to anyone who has had to deal with this absolute nightmare.

>>2239025
It's either that or a girlfriend and you know that.

>>2239032
He actually reported back and claimed that it worked amazingly, for what it is worth.

>>2239075
Not sure I'm to that point yet, but I sincerely appreciate any advice or ideas. I'm 100% new to this whole situation, so I've been trying to see it from every angle and any 'n every bit of info helps! I've gotta win this battle before it turns into an all out war:/

>>2232387
>>2232388
How active are these in general? My whip spiders are out every night, even when they're so full they won't even eat. Are they like that or are they more like scorpions?

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>>2239495
not very, they often bury themselves for months.

>>2239509
Had no idea they bury. Do they actually build caves and such or do they just like to tunnel?
Do they *need* to bury or is providing stuff to hide under (like bark and such) enough?

>>2239512
both.

when they're active they just tunnel a lot, when they're inactive they build simple cave systems, just one tube with a small cavern in the end.

>>2239526
Huh, alright. Guess I'm not that interested in them then. The whip spiders and centipedes have spoiled me.

I just wish it wasn't so god damn hard to find anything other than D. diadema.

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Mantids are bro-tier. Found this little lady on a plant in the garden center at Wal-Mart, brought her home and released in our veggie garden.

>>2239636
That's a fat one, probably gonna drop some ooths in your garden.

>>2239636
How very pretty. Any idea what the species is?

>>2239699
Not that fat for an adult female desu. Probably fertilized but it's not gonna lay any time soon I think.

>>2239714
Stagmomantis carolina/californica

>>2239087
You live in an apartment building? If so you might have to bring it up with the landlord, since eliminating them would essentially take a coordinated effort from you and any afflicted neighbors, which from your previous posts indicate is not ever happening.

>>2239699
She was feasting on grasshoppers when I first spotted her. Definitely well-fed, at least.

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>>2239636
>tfw no native mantids.

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Some of you guys seem to know a lot about centipedes

Does someone know if "Scolopendra" mirabilis stays blue-ish throughout it's life?

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One of the P. marginemaculatus from cuba molted

can't w8 until they show their beautiful adult coloration

>>2240067
I wish I had a better camera, and not just a shitty phone which takes horrible pics of tiny arachnids

>>2240043
Depends on what exactly you get. There seem to be 2 different color morphs. Also just like with E. trigonopodus the bigger they become the darker the blue gets which makes it hard to make out without bright lights.

>>2240067
So these don't turn blue after molting or is that just the camera not showing it?

>>2240102
Oh also where the fuck do you get these from? All I ever seem to find here (central yurop) are D. diadema/variegatus.

>tfw Euphrynichus amanica never

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>>2240102
they turn blue, but not as obvious as D. diadema for example

>>2240107
I know a guy who breeds many different species
He sometimes has a few juveniles to give away

>>2232355
This thread needs to be burnt

>>2240112
Is that guy in europe and if so how can I contact him?

>>2236416
What species of jumping spiders to people keep as pets?

>>2240627
The genera Phidippus and Hyllus mostly. And of those Phidippus regius and Hyllus diardi and Hyllus gigantea.

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>>2240708
You can actually buy these, they're not expensive.

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Heres one of my hissers being silly on an orchid root.

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N. fenestrata juvenile

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>tfw your country doesn't allow live import of cool invertebrates
>tfw you live in australia so all the cool invertebrates are already here

>>2240750
There are some very cool things you're missing out on though.
I think that's also why your country doesn't allow export of its cool shit. Petty revenge.

What's the bump limit on /an/? I think we might a new thread soon.

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>>2240871
>I'll never get a Bulldog Ant Queen

I'm still salty as fuck at the Aussie Gov.

>>2240728
>Hyllus gigantea
What kind of spiders are these?

>>2241005
https://www.google.at/search?q=Hyllus+giganteus&biw=1600&bih=794&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPr8akvtjPAhXEVRQKHUeqD1UQ_AUIBigB

>>2241008
Sorry I should have specified, I was talking about the spider that was covering itself in sand

>>2241018
Oh, thought you meant the one you mentioned
the one in the pic should be Sicarius terrosus

need quick help here. i'm doing /o/ things in my garage and there is a spider egg sack in my wheel well next to a bolt i want to undo.
these eggs should be almost new since it's early in winter over here. is there a chance i'll get crawlies over everything and is there a mean mom waiting to crawl on my hand nearby? best way to remove or disable?

>>2241200
If it's warmer than outside in your garage then yes, you'll have babbie spiders soon.

>is there a mean mom waiting to crawl on my hand nearby?
50/50 chance. Blowing on it will scare her away or lure her out. Either way you'll know whats up.

>best way to remove or disable?
Just...take it??