So cute look at her go 🥰

I got this pillow and have loved it but it looks like he had a run in with my grumpy old man 🐕 so it’s off to YouTube university to learn how to sew🤣🤞🏻 wish a gen z luck 😅

On every diagram I see of a tarantula (and spiders in general) the book lungs are located on the underside of the abdomen but whenever I see pictures of a tarantula molt you can see the lungs from the top side.

Like in this photo here https://www.reddit.com/r/spiders/comments/r0g5wv/most_spiders_breathe_through_book_lungs_so_named/

You can see the book lungs quite prominently and that photo is clearly taken from the top. But all the diagrams show them on the bottom of the abdomen like this one: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter24/24images/24-07.gif

Can anyone help bring clarity to my confusion?

Pic mostly for attention but it is the horny boy in question. He is a trinidad chevron

He hasn’t eaten in months and i’m not ready to let him starve >:(

is there ANY way to get him to eat? Any tips that work? certain foods they might go for?

My T. vagans molted last night and at the time I didn't notice anything wrong. Now when I went to check on her, I noticed stuck molt on her abdomen and one of the legs looking odd.

Is there something I can/should do in this situation?

She didn't seem to be stressed by it but ofc I'm worried.

I've had her for 5 years now and every molt until now had gone with no issues. I'm thinking the humidity must've been too low due to it still being winter here. I usually make sure to up the humidity when she's started showing signs of an upcoming molt but I didn't notice any this time so wasn't prepared.

Edit. In case it makes any difference, she's 7 years old now

She was fully out so thought I'd get a picture while I can, only ever see her happy dance after a snack or coming out to push her substrate out for renovations 🤣

Hi I'm very new to having tarantulas as pets, and I'm wondering, is this big enough? Or does it need a bigger enclosure?

Current container is about 2.3x his/her size and right one is the one I'm planning to move he/she to.

I heard it was bad for the tarantula if it is in a place that is too big, so I can't decide if I should do it or not (also I'm scared everytime when I'm opening the enclosure because it's really close to running out)

Plus also he/she was only moved to that current enclosure 2 days ago (as well as having a game of cops and robbers with me for nearly an hour) so this also bothers me if he/she would get too much stress in a short time.

Thank you for reading, I hope someone can give me some advice (°-°)b

my obt dcf is always climbing to the lid, before this happens i tried to feed it 2 times a day but it just ignore the superworm resulting that superworm dug through the substrate and i have no choice but to remove it so yeah i kind of ruin the webbings after that i moved it to new enclosure assuming that the old enclosure was so small for my T so i moved it to a new one which is in the picture.

whats the best thing to do now? leave it alone for days?

I feel like there's been a surge of people posing and posting selfies with their tarantula barely hanging on their face and it makes me SO sad knowing that poor guy is one fall away from a brutal death. And that's ignoring the danger to the person (who I would have no sympathy for if they get some hairs to the eyes since they put that tarantula in that position.)

I get it, people want karma and the compliments but I worry it confirms the stereotype that people own Ts for attention and to show off.

I just don't get why someone would risk the life of a creature for karma or attention. It just makes me so sad and disappointed in the hobby.

Edit: because people are accusing me of lying? Two days ago someone posted a picture with their T at face level dangerously above the ground. The comments feature Ts and other creatures in someone's mouth as a prop. THIS is what I'm concerned about. That's what you guys should be concerned about, not "well I didn't see it".

After a little over a year of keeping tarantulas a few things I’ve learned.

1. They do weird things weirder than lizards.
2. When they do weird things theirs always a forum for it or a Reddit post.
3. Keeping lizards and tarantulas. Same but different booth have challenges but 100%.
4. The tarantula community has been better to be in than the other animal keeping communities I’ve been in.
5. Understand that when they do weird things remain calm and learn about why and how to help.
6. Personal preference I don’t recommend a sling or a small spiderling as a first. At least in the experience my first being a GBB spiderling.
7. Be ready to destroy at least one Tupperware container for a ER.
8. I loved monitors and tokay geckos but I find tarantulas are more rewarding and they are super fun to keep.

Just wanted to share a bit.

She’s been against this wall for well over 2 hours now. Idk what she’s doing tbh 🤷‍♀️

I know this isnt really tarantula related but im not sure where else to ask. I do have 1 tarantula along with a small colony of dubias that have been great for the last year but they suddenly had a baby boom.

I now have more dubias than i know what to do with and my parents wont allow me to have more spooders at the moment to help lower it.

I have thought about geckos or bearded dragons since my mom is okay with them and i could probably win her over to let me have one but i dont think getting a new pet is the best answer to this problem as much as i would love one.

I have what i guesstimate is around 40 dubia now in a small container which is not ideal when they're all adults. Currently the only adults are 7 female and 1 male. So LOTS of babies...

I dont have anyone i know of that i can give some to so im hoping there are other ways to try to cut this number in half or maybe even lower.

All idea are welcomed and appreciated!

80% sure it’s a female, need another set of eyes on this one.

Slowly becoming one of my favorite species!

my girl just ate a a bigger roach and then left this behind. it was her first time and i know nothing about bug anatomy, just what am i looking at here? 😅

Heteroscodra maculata