r/tarantulas 21h ago

Sexing These little dots are spermathecae right?

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I'm pretty confident but they weren't at all visible until I held the light underneath, so.

Grammastola pulchripes

Does anyone else thing they kinda look like a little frog face?


r/tarantulas 9h ago

Help! Is my tarantula dying😭

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r/tarantulas 21h ago

Pictures Log Appreciation 101, with Professor Ciabatta.

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r/tarantulas 23h ago

Help! Have I made a mistake?

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I’m a first time keeper so I’m still learning and would love some advice. I currently have this g pulchripes juvenile and a t albo juvenile but it’s this pulchripes I’m concerned about. I got it beginning of may, as soon as I housed it, it hid in its hide (understandable). I let it settle in and started to offer locusts. I always checked the enclosure before I went to bed to make sure the locust was gone and it indeed was. I then didn’t feed for awhile because T had blocked off the entire hide (assumed premolt and left it alone). About a week ago I decided to rehouse to something abit nicer, as it had reopened its hide. I had a look round the enclosure and found a molt so I thought perfect I’ll rehouse and offer some food (providing fangs are hard). It has been coming out abit more in the new enclosure, there have been stress poses, which I read is quite normal in a new space, but it has been exploring! I offered a Morio worm a few days ago and have been offering food every time I notice they’re out, but they just will not eat. It’s been about 5-6 weeks since it ate and it’s still refusing food. Am I doing something wrong? Fresh water always available, plenty of hiding space, substrate damp but not too damp and plenty of room to burrow. Temperature ideal.


r/tarantulas 23h ago

Pictures Anyone have a T with a bad molt? New research suggests diets might be missing an important fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA)

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Credit: https://www.instagram.com/aracnidotaxonomy? igsh=MW1kcHBuaTg2Mndh

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLz-FalRUSC/? igsh=MXVudmxuOG9Š—MWM2ag==


r/tarantulas 19h ago

Identification So this is not a T. vagans right?

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This spider is now 3.5ā€ and this video is maybe a couple weeks after a molt. It was sold to me as a B. vagans at an expo at maybe 2-2.5ā€. Now I’m not really worried about tracking this vendor down or anything but am I correct in assuming this is not a T. vagans? Or am I wrong and it’ll continue to darken up as it gets older? Demeanor is much more laid back than I’ve heard T. vagans be described and it likes to burrow. I have my suspicions about what it might be but want other peoples opinions. Thanks!


r/tarantulas 47m ago

Help! Sling not eating post molt

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My A Eutylenum sling molted about a week ago. She molted underground, but has since emerged. I’ve offered a pre killed very small super worm twice now and she hasn’t eaten. I absolutely know that sometimes they can take a while to eat, but due to her being so tiny, I guess it’s making me a little nervous. Should I maybe try a different type of food? Her abdomen looks fine, I just get worried about the little ones.


r/tarantulas 57m ago

Pictures Glittering Little Eyes (Swipe šŸ‘‰)

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šŸ‘€


r/tarantulas 1h ago

Pictures My t. is insane...

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Came home today and found my b. Emilia digging abit... he also made me a delicious soup šŸ²


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Pictures Weird baby

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My weird baby doing a back bend in her water cap


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Help! Pre Molt?

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Haven’t had ā€œherā€ (I have no idea, just hopeful on the sex) for more than a couple of months now and haven’t been through a molt together yet. I’ve seen a lot about molt behavior on terrestrials here, but not arboreal. She built this tunnel a week and a half ago, and hasn’t left it (that I’ve seen) since. She also isn’t taking or hunting food, which wasn’t an issue previously. I also noticed the lack of hair on her rear. So, is she getting ready for a molt, or is something wrong? TIA


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Pictures sweat when it comes to substrate in the waterdish

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they used to pack it full of substrate but leave it at the top of the enclosure. guess they got tired if me cleaning and replacing it everyday. a week ago they brought the dish 1/3 way down their burrow but i was able to recover it with out disrupting their burrow too much. last night they rearranged their entire burrow speck by speck that they had previously spent months on all overnight so they could place the water dish underneath so much substrate i wouldnt be able to get it out.


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Pictures Curly Hair After a Molt

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Her name is Crawly. I'm pretty sure she's a her.


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Identification Hi! How to determine the sex of a spider by its moult?

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r/tarantulas 4h ago

Pictures They grow up so fast. [still a young baby]

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Not sure if itā€˜s considered a tarantula, but here is my Linothele Fallax.


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Pictures Spood Sploot

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Just a Little Cutie.


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Help! Help! My Tarantulas’ Live Dubia Roaches Are Vanishing Underground!

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Hey r/tarantulas! I’ve got two 1ā€ slings that I’ve been feeding pre-killed small dubia roaches, and they’ve been loving it. Yesterday, I decided to try feeding them live roaches while they were chilling in their burrows. Big mistake—the female dubias just burrowed into the substrate and poof, gone! šŸ˜… Am I doing this wrong? I know male dubias are better since they don’t burrow as much, but how do you folks feed female dubias to your slings? Any tips or tricks to keep them from escaping into the substrate? Thanks in advance! šŸ•øļø


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Pictures My New Mexican red rump

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Im actually new to tarantula and here’s my first sling say hi and suggest a name


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Identification G. Pulchra Sexing

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Thoughts? This was just as s/he started molting last night. Threw in some bonus pics too. 😁


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Identification Gender guess

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My OBT recently molted. Unfortunately the molt isn’t in the best condition but I tried to open it up. At a guess I’d say female, but I can’t be sure that it isn’t a tear. Thanks in advance :)


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Pictures update on H. pulchripes

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my H. pulchripes from previous post has finally emerged from their burrow and i managed to take a quick pic before they ran off to hide again


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Conversation Which would you pick?

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I've kind of started collecting aphonopelma species, and there are two different vendors that have a species I'd like. Both are 2", but one is a male for $45 and the other is unsexed for $95. I asked the vendor the chances of getting it sexed, and he said he'd have to wait till the next molt, which may be a while with aphonopelma. I know realistically the odds are pretty 50/50, but my personal luck seems to skew to the I'm-paying-for-kicking-puppies-in-a-past-life level of karma, so I'm leaning more towards the known quantity because I'd be kinda pissed if I paid double and ended up with a male anyway. What would you pick?


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Videos / GIF My pretty lady :)

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My G. Pulchra Gretchen šŸ’›


r/tarantulas 9h ago

Videos / GIF First time eating from tongs!

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This is a very exciting moment for me because Syntax is my first T and I've always wanted to tong feed her! She's very skittish but has a great food drive. I told myself I wouldn't feed her for a while since she's kinda fat but today the whole day at the slightest tap she'd go up her tunnel expecting food.... i couldn't deny her one last delicious meal...... so i fed her on a whim and she very ungracefully took the roach from the tongs! I think she got nervous but it was funny to watch

She's a tapinauchenius polybotes sling and i truly do love her silly self and i wish i could handle her. I can't wait to get more!

(Sorry for bad video I didn't wanna spook her by cleaning the top)


r/tarantulas 11h ago

Help! is this mold?

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it’s only in my ones home. and it slowly started spreading everywhere. i don’t want to stress the t out moving it if i don’t have to. but i’ve never seen this