gigantic jumping-spider VIDEO

[smokehound]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oRRBPdM6Wc&feature=related

I'm TOTALLY getting one of these!!


Way cooler than a tarantula IMO!

[tacklejunkie]

Meh I can never do spiders as pets.

I have a soft spot for Orchid Mantids though :Cool:

Loads of character. Kinda cheap too. Just have to feed them live houseflies from blue bottle fly larvae.
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6600000/Orchid-Mantis-praying-mantises-6623546-1080-829.jpg

http://www.projectinsect.com/paintings/Ophelia_Orchid_Mantis.jpg

[tacklejunkie]

HAaaa look at the little reggae spider.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3ZLtRfsrCcs

I suppose if I did do spiders, the little jumping spiders would be the smartest and cutest of the spiders out there.

[fish-o-haulic]

Have you guys seen the freakin camel spider. that crap scares the mess outta me, i can just imagine having one of those as a pet. Come here fido hiss hiss hiss, good boy jump for the frisby ut time for dinner heres your flies boy, hiss hiss hiss. I can imagine my house being full of spider webs. Dont let an intruder come or um fido would be forced to attack. LOL

[Mr_Dunev]

Have you guys seen the freakin camel spider. that crap scares the mess outta me, i can just imagine having one of those as a pet. Come here fido hiss hiss hiss, good boy jump for the frisby ut time for dinner heres your flies boy, hiss hiss hiss. I can imagine my house being full of spider webs. Dont let an intruder come or um fido would be forced to attack. LOL

Those Camel Spiders, are some craaaazy mother f**kers

[DockRat]

I'm TOTALLY getting one of these!!

X2

Then put a hook through it and see how good they are for bait.
DR

[tacklejunkie]

We have a miniture version of the camel spider here in the states.
I hate them. I shreek like a girl everytime I see one.
They haul freakin ***, look light colored and hard to see like a scorpion and have the three jaw deal going on. Hate them. Nasty
They look sorta like this but without the hair.
I have never seen them larger than a couple quarters in diameter though thank goodness.

And yes they are aggressive too. They have to be for groundspiders.
I believe they are called desert web spider.
Their "snout" is a bit shorter than this one here. IT has two fangs on top and one on bottom.
Looks like something out of a horror movie. Worse than this one below
http://cams7science.wikispaces.com/file/view/camel_spider.jpg/76757733/camel_spider.jpg

[smokehound]

We have a miniture version of the camel spider here in the states.
I hate them. I shreek like a girl everytime I see one.
They haul freakin ***, look light colored and hard to see like a scorpion and have the three jaw deal going on. Hate them. Nasty
They look sorta like this but without the hair.
I have never seen them larger than a couple quarters in diameter though thank goodness.

And yes they are aggressive too. They have to be for groundspiders.
I believe they are called desert web spider.
Their "snout" is a bit shorter than this one here. IT has two fangs on top and one on bottom.
Looks like something out of a horror movie. Worse than this one below
http://cams7science.wikispaces.com/file/view/camel_spider.jpg/76757733/camel_spider.jpg

They aren't just found in the deserts, you can find them in orange county, too. We actually have lots of large arachnids around here that people don't know about.

Like these:

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/reusable_components/images/deh/chd_scorpion1.jpg

You can find these all over Orange county foothills. I've seen a few at laguna lake at night. they burrow and only come out at night.

[TheMightyGerbil]

I'm a spider nut (despite being female LOL.) I have four tarantulas, see pics below.

T. Blondiaka Goliath Birdeater, largest known species of spider on the planet with some specimens reaching 13+ inches.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgu1s5Qzu41qeiqoao1_400.jpg


P. Metallica or Gooty Sapphire Ornamental (bet you never knew a tarantula could be colored like this!)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXNe5OvBiHA/Ta3Bhck6vZI/AAAAAAAAAJk/DoXH1aabapA/s1600/P_metallica_adult_female.jpg

P. murinus, aka Usumbara Orange, aka OBT or 'orange bitey thing,' so nicknamed for their nasty tempers.
http://www.swiftinverts.com/pix/P.murinus1.jpg

The fourth is P. Regalis, ala Indian Ornamental.
http://www.shrani.si/f/h/k8/18IzWpH2/dsc00843.jpg

All are female and yes they have names. :p

[smokehound]

I'm a spider nut (despite being female LOL.) I have four tarantulas, see pics below.

T. Blondiaka Goliath Birdeater, largest known species of spider on the planet with some specimens reaching 13+ inches.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgu1s5Qzu41qeiqoao1_400.jpg


P. Metallica or Gooty Sapphire Ornamental (bet you never knew a tarantula could be colored like this!)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXNe5OvBiHA/Ta3Bhck6vZI/AAAAAAAAAJk/DoXH1aabapA/s1600/P_metallica_adult_female.jpg

P. murinus, aka Usumbara Orange, aka OBT or 'orange bitey thing,' so nicknamed for their nasty tempers.
http://www.swiftinverts.com/pix/P.murinus1.jpg

The fourth is P. Regalis, ala Indian Ornamental.
http://www.shrani.si/f/h/k8/18IzWpH2/dsc00843.jpg

All are female and yes they have names. :pThat is awesome! Did you get them as slings?

[ZipperWurm]

http://static.themetapicture.com/media/funny-gif-toilet-spider.gif

[TheMightyGerbil]

That is awesome! Did you get them as slings?

Sure did! Most came from Swifts, the p metallica I traded Disneyland tickets for. The blondi is seven years old and will be bred soon. I also have one M. cabolca sling that I forgot to mention. :)