#grammastola

[theraphosablondie]

went to an exotics expo today!

got to see a lot of cute tarantulas and isopods as well as snakes and other reptiles :) wishin i had $300 so i could've went home w this beautiful girl. another vendor had a gbb too! also saw a ton of regal jumping spiders. it was my first time going by myself and it was a success! excited to go to more in my area :D

[cephalog0d]

Last time I tried to feed Venom (my historically Always Hungry Will Eat Anything best girl) she was like "excuse me I only eat organic free range gluten free flamin' hot flavored crickets, these Will Not Do" and I had to fish them back out and tonight she annihilated them immediately. Glad we're back to devouring all that come before us, lady.

[bramstr0k3r]

Agatha and Rio as tarantula species I would acquire and name after them:

Agatha:

Pictured, in order: 1- Phormictopus Sp., or Dominican purple 2- Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, or green bluebottle. 3- Cyriopagopus lividis, or Cobalt blue, 4- Pamphobeteus Sp. Machala, or Purple bloom

Rio:

Pictured, in order: 1- Grammastola Pulchra, or a Brazilian black. 2- Brachypelma aurutum or Mexican flame knee. 3- Tlitocatl albopilosus, or curly hair 4- Avicularia metallica, or Metallic pink toe

[hazel2468]

New Baby Acquired!

I went to my first expo yesterday! And I got two news Ts- one of whom is pictured above! Grammastola pulchra (Brazilian Black), likely a male. And he is a huge, handsome boy! I am absolutely in love.

He's already living up to the Grammastola reputation. Rehousing was a breeze, no hair kicking at all, very chill and docile. I have a larger and more suitable enclosure for him coming soon, but right now he is in a six inch cube and seems to be settling in alright.

My other new addition is a D. diamantinensis (Brazilian Blue Dwarf) and uhm. His name (her name?) is Menace. Because making housing readjustments to the little fucker was the most stressful thing I have ever done. I lost ten years of my life to the little bolty asshole.

I love him. I adore him. But holy SHIT dude. WHY???

[vyva-melinkolya]

do u have a favorite arachnid?

 OK so, this might be disappointing but, all of my favorite arachnids are spiders. True scorpions I don’t know enough about, and everything else (whip, scorpions, camel spiders, harvestmen etc) freak me out. When I was a little kid, I loved all sorts of bugs, I don’t know what’s happened to me, but, spiders are kind of the only one I can do now.

As far as spiders go, I love the following

Dolomedes fishing spiders

Wolf spiders

“New World” tarantulas (brachypelma, aphonopelma, grammastola, avicularia etc)

Garden Orbweavers (honestly any Orbweaver, shocker)

Grass Spiders (if you live in America and you’ve seen a sheet type web with a funnel, it’s one of these)

Recluse spiders (idc they’re so very pretty)

Latrodectus species (widows/ red back spiders)

Bolas Spider (they swing a ball of web like a lasso to catch prey)

Huntsmen spiders

Indian Ornamental Tarantulas

Velvet spiders (much cuter than jumping spiders in my opinion)

Southern House Spider (so very pretty in a understated way, I’ve only ever seen one and it was a dead one at Hayden ‘s old house)

[alrightyspidey]

My Grammastola Pulchra Batman says hello to Spidey! He's just a juvenile right now, but I'm hoping he's going to be female, but too small to tell. Also, he rips his molts up everytime, so I can't check lol I hope you have a great day!

Thank you! Spidey says hello back <3

[auckie]

Im lije an accidental bug killer by nature if they hurt me i smack them like a caved man and i am scared of bites truthfully. Maybe theres a way 2 get past that like if a bite doesnt hurt maybe it wudnt phase me? The blue tarantulas man.....theyre so gorgeous.....i want to put on jazz records for them...i want to play with them....i want to build those blue beetle guys a doll house and put them in it and officiate their weddings......oogh......i feel i wudnt want roaches unless i did the composting thing? This also reminds me. I wonder if i cud do a worm bin with like native earthworms rather than the euroupean ones......but i may still end up w a fishy bc i love them. My cat love them......but if i find a bunch of local isopods i may consider keeping some im dead ass....plus if i move i cud set them free bc theyre native. Triops r cute too....Ty for yr responze. Sry abt urticating hairs i hope they dont make u sneeze. Also whats yr opinion on mantis pets they feel like hard to keep arnd indoors like pitcher plants or something

You totally can do a worm bin for composting! In fact it’s like, almost necessary. I mean, as far as finding local ones it’s def easier and cheaper too, plus if the compost goes in your yard the cycle is complete 😌

The blue tarantulas are my absolute fav. They’re so cute, so fun and easy. So long as you do your research and know what you’re doing! They’re not crazy expensive as slings either and fairly easy to find— maybe not at pet smart but if there’s any sort of weird pet shop around, chances are they sell at the very least GBBs and some brachys or grammastolas, which aren’t as fun but as I mentioned the Brazilian black is a very hardy and chill spider. They do get pretty big tho and are terrestrial more than fossorial, so you’ll see them more often than not.

Good luck with the fish! They are very fun! My work keeps some large discus and we get to feed them straight up meat. It’s a big beautiful tank with plants above it, and we also have a palladarium with frogs and geckos and little guppies in the water portion. I love feeding all of them.

The pods are a great, cheap and easy thing to do in addition to the fish tank as well! And like you said, if you realize it’s not for you, dump their asses outside. I had a potted plant that I brought in for winter that had a ton of isopods and millipedes. When I left it outside it was full of lynx and jumping spiders too, but I set them loose so they wouldn’t explore my house. The pot was large enough that the isopods couldn’t escape and since I was feeding them regularly, the plants got a ton of nutrients and would bloom like crazy year round. Come spring I just set it outside!

I get the roaches, I just am contractually obligated to attempt a sell. I’m they’re only advocate 🥺 I get it tho like whenever I do get bit by something my instinct is to kill it or shake it lol

I’ve kept mantids before and they’re very finicky. I think I didn’t give mine enough space, plus the ones I had didn’t live super long (but it’s bc I was breeding them lol). Depending on species they do well in large, moist, naturalistic set ups, and have a voracious appetite so you’ll have to go buy appropriately sized feeders for them. You can usually follow the abdomen rule of feeding them whatever size their butts are, and if they don’t take it, offering softer bodied, smaller options.

[thistlebugs]

Introducing the first of my pets, Paprika the Brachypelma boehmei tarantula! She was my first exotic.

(I took this right before cleaning and refilling her water, pls ignore that)

I also have a Grammastola pulchra, Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, and a Brachypelma smithi. I don't have good pics of them and they're still slings.

[ase-trollplays]

Hi Distol! Can you tell us about Ladybritches? Is she a fancy species? Handleable?

X3--Ladybritches is what's called a Grammastola Pulchra, otherwise known as the Brazilian Black. They're "the black labs" of the spider world and basically gentle giants. She's eight inches, and she tolerates handling well. I've never had a bite or hair flick in the thirteen sweeps I've owned her.

:)--I got her as a sling on a whim. I was looking for a pet lizard, but I fell in love when I saw her. Best fifty caegers I ever spent.

[cosmicmewtwo]

Oh my gosh, I saw your post about what animal you would get and I totally endorse getting a tarantula! I love mine and Canada has some really good arachnid breeders. I highly recommend a Grammastola pulchra. Beautiful velvet black, low venom potency + a generally chill temperament. They are excellent eaters, are almost always out rather than hiding in the burrow, plus the females can live to be 25+ years. Mine is so curious, she always wanders over whenever I open her enclosure. She's friendlier than hamsters I've had.

(ps her name is Lucky btw!) (pps She uses leaves like a little door to her teacup house.)

I just looked up this species, they're so pretty! 🥺 and that's a crazy lifespan, I had no idea!

[hopefulqueer]

HELLO I HAVE NEW SPIDERS

went to the reptile show today and came home with THREE NEW SPIDERS (these were planned purchases, i intended to come home with a tarantula of one of two species, depending on which i found, and 1-3 jumping spiders of various species, and that's what i did)

no excellent pics yet bc i'm leaving them to acclimate to their new houses, and they don't have names yet, but here they are!

~2.5 inch brazilian black tarantula Grammastola pulchra, young Apache jumping spider Phidippus apacheanus, and young regal jumping spider Phiddipus regius (plus bonus picture of the regal's fantasy kingdom housing setup which i'm gonna add to but i'm already quite proud of)

The G. pulchra is currently in an 8-inch cube, the regal is in a 6 inch, and the Apache jumper is in a 5 inch hexagon, all from TarantulaCribs. SO excited to watch these babies grow and get to know them!

[babyfrick]

01.25.23 Darcy. Grammastola pulchripes

[kittywerewoof]

Grammastola pulchra sling

[swag--hudson]

Spinner’s new home.

[amai-kurusu]

Capybaras. And a grammastola rosea (chilean tarantula)

You can have any animal for a pet. Any complications such as “keeping the animal healthy and happy” and “the time and effort it would take to keep happy and healthy pet” and “keeping yourself uneaten” and “the pet I want is kind of extinct” have all been solved perfectly. You don’t have to think of that.

What is your pet?

[thetarantulacollective]

Grammastola pulchra (Brazilian Black Tarantula)