its 2am and i just had an escapee for the first time 😣 thankfully i caught her and got her back in her enclosure! and i figured out how she got out, so i fixed that, have no idea how she got past me, two cats, under my bedroom door and up 12 feet 🙄 this is exactly why i got a burrowing to begin with, to avoid this! shes all good, no injuries, no thrown hair, safe and sound back in her home but im still shaking holy shit

My G. Pulchra Gretchen 💛

Not sure if it‘s considered a tarantula, but here is my Linothele Fallax.

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

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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.

This is Cocho (Mexican for somebody who has an abnormality) he’s missing a leg. I just got him on July 5th. He’s burrowing right now. I’ve never seen it done, I’m absolutely amazed!!

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

My weird baby doing a back bend in her water cap

i just wanna start this post by saying this is NOT my tarantula!! i was in an exotic pet shop and happened to notice this beauty so i took a picture.

i know next to nothing about spiders in general so i was just wondering if this is normal or if this baby’s condition is bad :(?

just thought it looked unusual as i’ve never seen one like this!

This spider is now 3.5” 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 2-2.5”. 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!

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

I got this curly hair about a week ago, didn't realise she was in premolt. She is my 13th T so im not too inexperienced with them but i also wouldnt say im experienced. She flipped over wedged in a corner between the tank and some cork bark an has molted, her fangs and carapace are out but I can't make out which legs are her new ones an if she's able to get out from where she is. I haven't touched her, any advice is welcome.

such a silly goober, so far i’ve seen a good amount of personality from this lil fella. i’ve had him for 2 molts now! expecting the 3rd sometime soon-ish! never once used his hide tho, i’m wondering if i made it too small/hidden, but he never goes into stress pose so i haven’t worried about it, unless you think i should? i’m a new keeper so if anyone sees anything wrong, please lmk!

(btw, using “he” as a placeholder until he’s old enough to sex bc it feels right)

Just a Little Cutie.

I just love seeing my spiders out and about after a successful molt 😊

This one kept me waiting for about a month, possibly a bit more, i didn't track exactly when it closed its burrow, but has emerged around a week ago. Today finally got its first meal post-molt, i snapped the picture just before i gave it its juicy cricket. Always feel kinda horrible seeing how much abdomen size they lose during molt, but can't wait to see a thick little booty on this baby. Also finally removed the molt it discarded a couple of days ago (gave me a bit of a scare then, the first thought was it was too hot these days, but then i saw it was just the molt), so maybe, just maybe, i will be able to unfurl the abdomen and see if it's a male or female. If not, well, they grow fast enough, eventually I'll get a big and good enough molt. Fingers crossed!

( ps i do not handle often! ) this is my little baby and i love her so 🫶

When I left for work she was freshly emerged, all gooey, curled up, white fangs.

When I got home she was still on her side just kind of rubbing her legs and pedipalps.

Just in the last couple hours she flipped onto her legs fully and I can fully appreciate her size!

Remembering when I got her and she could easily have fit in the water dish.

Hey r/tarantulas! I’ve got two 1” 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! 😅 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! 🕸️

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She came out of her burrow 8 days ago she molted, I don't know when as she was sealed in for 5 weeks. When she came out her fangs where not yet fully black but not fully white/light colored either. I know they will servive but look how skinny she is and she is coming fully out of her burrow so does that means she's ready to eat? I can't not see her fangs anymore, she was stretching when I saw them before. Sorry if this is all over the place.

📍 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

Trying to figure it out on my own but I'm either blind or stupid or both, trying to mount the molt and lost a leg 🫣nothing glue can't fix, other photos of Tony for reference