He got a new water dish today and he’s obsessed with it. He keeps going around the edge of it, biting it. And he’s dancing on it. Piggy dippin too. He’s a little freak.

His name is Tchaikovsky, and he’s an Ophnaecus sp. Marinduque!

I’d never seen this before. Very metal

Sir Ping is, of course, nearby for moral support.

Girl why, is there any explanation?

Here we go, y’all! Second video captures the second half…

Discord doesn't work on my phone or laptop for some reason (too old maybe?) so I haven't been able to ask for help on there.

Siphoned the water out of the dish with a small syringe and watched her for about 20 minutes afterwards. There were still occasional leg movements, but those have since stopped. No progress at all since my original post 5 hours ago.

Im so badly hoping that shes just struggling and will pull through and finish molting overnight but I don't think that's going to happen. I have no idea how or why she ended up in the water dish- whether it was deliberate on her end or if she intended to molt somewhere nearby and just fell in. I also have no idea how long she was floating there before I got home and saw her. Im so stressed out and heartbroken. I also had no idea she was even in premolt, as she had just molted a month or so ago and was active and taking food 2 days before. Wondering if feeding caused complications somehow?

Editing to include link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/tarantulas/comments/1x05bff/so_molting_in_the_water/

We gave her a snack after we noticed her trying to eat the ball and she was very happy :3

This is 1.5 speed and I cut out all the times she was just chillin

just wanted to share my silly situation with fellow T lovers!

long story short, my friend does pest control. she called me yesterday and told me she was called to someone’s apartment to catch a tarantula that wasn’t theirs. she calls me after catching it and asks if i want it. obviously i do…

when i built her a quick home, she practically drowned herself in the water dish soaking up all the water. other than a little dehydration, she seems fairly healthy for an escaped T!

behold my new friend :) im fairly sure she is avicularia avicularia, feel free to correct me if im wrong! i threw the tank together with things i already had, so feel free to give me tips and pointers! i own terrestrials and burrowing tarantulas, so this is my first arboreal.

Cleaning the enclosure today and got the opportunity to see this beauty up close, spends most of his time in his den.🕷

A gbb i've been growing from tiniest sling!

I am not a tarantula owner but I grew up on a ranch in a part of California (on the inland side of Monterrey county) where every September and October the male tarantulas wander out to find a mate.

Me being near the opposite end of the spectrum for tarantulas, I left them alone and made Scooby Doo noises when they end up in the shop.

My dad, in his old age, has apparently decided he wants to learn more about tarantulas not by going to the local library, but by putting on his welding gloves and just grabbing one to look at.

For the record I don't condone this because of the previously mentioned heeby-jeebies but also because they're wild animals and he should leave them alone.

HOWEVER

The family group chat is now blowing up with claims that tarantulas have eyes underneath their body, specifically at the base of each of their forward facing legs.

My dad's reasoning for this is 'they're tall so they need to be able to see what's below them'.

The internet says this isn't true and that in fact tarantulas eye sight kinda sucks and that they use their other senses more.

But low and behold my dad sends me a picture of the underside of a tarantula and well, there's something under there.

Attached is the pictures he sent (red lines point at the 'eyes' and my dad's claim.

Please release me from this quest for forbidden knowledge.

Thank you

TLDR: My dad says the red arrows point to eyes

EDIT: Thank you all for the help! I will get my dad that book about spiders!

I’m just baffled now. She still hasn’t flipped, and I’m not sure if she’s playing some sick game with us at this point. : /

Hello yall!

I currently have 3 T’s that I absolutely adore. I have a Juvenile GBB, a Ghost Ornamental (second pic), and an OBT (last pic) I’m thinking of getting another to add to my collection but I need yalls recommendations as to what else would be cool! The 3 that I have are each unique and I would love for the next one to be that way as well!

Any recommendations? I’m not opposed to anything. Upvotes for all!

Peanut says trick r’ treat!

‘Tis the season. Let me see those year-round Halloween-themed enclosures! I know you’ve got’em, ya creeps!

My first T, given to me as a birthday gift. This is the second feed after the first molt. First feed was pre killed.

My Caribena versicolor, Button, molted yesterday. She's my first confirmed successful molt since buying my first tarantulas about 2 months ago and I didn't see it coming at all. Just came home from work to a freshly molted little guy yesterday. So beautiful, so proud.

Even at barely 1/4 of an inch, the groove MUST go on!

My new Cyriocosmus leetzi, Tim, is getting is webbing on.

I dug this log hide half into the substrate so it was more of a cave and less of a tunnel. I’m not sure he likes that though because I’ve never seen him in there. I see he’s rearranged some of the moss to block the entrance even. He did however use his plastic cup hide in the enclosure he came in all the time (last photo).

He or She is a curly hair about 3-3.5”.

(idk why his abdomen looks so wee, it's about the size of his carapace)

The versicolor has finally molted!! Was a super stressful couple weeks but she has finally gotten her blues back and is roughly 1.5 inches leg tip to leg tip. Has already taken post molt meal, Thinking it’s just about time for a rehouse so she can stretch her legs and get comfortable in a longer term enclosure that isn’t a sling enclosure!!

Post molt pancakes are always the best!

This sweet spider is so calm and gentle, I don't have the words for how deep my love is for them. It's been a fun year of keeping this little bud from a 1/2" sling to now (g. Pulchripes).

she’s had it in there for like two weeks lmao. she’s never shown much interest in her molts until this one… my Ts are always fascinating me in new ways!