#balfouri

[xymustdie]

spoon my m.balfouri

[saturniidays]

Marigold likes to climb around and pretend to be arboreal when She is Not which drives me crazy but it gave me an opportunity to see some interesting grooming behavior

[poppys-pets-and-arts]

Girls night!!

Candy came out while I was misting her enclosure (came right into the water spray, completely unfazed). Kali was already sitting out, begging for food with her big wet puppydog eyes. Lucky just molted the other nights and needs a few more days for its exoskeleton to harden

[a-lotl-creatures]

Linus was very happy to stay above ground during dinner tonight @kirbyville

[neechiegeckos]

What I think of every time I see Monocentropus balfouri

[postcard-from-the-past]

French general Maurice Balfourier on a vintage postcard

[wonda-ch]

Feeding time in the balfouri cave 🕷️

Watch out for the spider ⬇️

Madame Balfouri is an impressive sight when she steps out of the cave in her eight black stockings.

[jadefells]

[critterstuck-den]

i love blue spider vriska. okok

i am SO sorry for the autism pedantics but while spiders do have 8 legs (and anywhere from 8-16 eyes depending on the genera) they ALSO have a pair of arm-like appendages called pedipalps that are useful in securing prey and moving around dirt/web/sticks/boluses (shrivelled up carcass they leave behind after liquefying the insides as external digestion then sucking them up with what is basically a wiggly straw connected to the stomach). so spiders actually have 8 legs PLUS a set of arms! SICK!

genuinely think this is really cool but im insane about spiders and their anatomy and mannerisms. i hope this doesnt come off shitty or like im trying to tell you what to do with ur own art. if u need species as a reference for vriska, for a non-tarantula, a jumping spider i would suggest phiddipus nikites (bright orange jumper with blue fangs). various tarantulas like ephebopus cyanognathus, chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, poecilotheria metallica, birupes simoroxigorum, chilobrachys natanicharum/dyscolus, cyriopagopus lividum, monocentropus balfouri, etc. all blue and all just SO cool! blue tends to be concentrated within theraphosiinae (tarantulas) because of the way their setae reflects in the light. its not actually a biological color, but simply light refractions. but some of these babys are BLUEEEE

ok i have probably said way too damm much. hope this au goes off its funkaaay

sincerely, with love and peace, a crazy spider bitch.

AG: y'know i really miss having all of my eyes 8ut hey what can you do ::::)

(Critterstuck Discord: https://discord.gg/nQy2e8YU )

[beserkerhealer]

If money wasn't an issue, what animal would you like as a pet?

I would just want a hoard of monocentropus balfouri thh

[saturniidays]

i wish i was a tarantula in my hole. cozy. only disturbed by the occasional snack

[poppys-pets-and-arts]

Lucky is alive!! Haven't seen them in forever, but I just spotted their bum during tonight's watering!

[cerebrodigital]

Monocentropus balfouri, una de las pocas especies de tarántula que vive en comunidad 😨

[sacredbeauty]

Penellaphe Balfoury - Blood & Ash Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

[prionz]

i so wish i had more spider experience bc the shop im going to just got in communal m. balfouris and t. seladonias