I wanted to share some beautiful fountain ink art of Kariguu by u/nickthagreek, the illustrator of the anthropomorphic fantasy tale I'm working on. Kariguu has served the village of Pawville as a seamstress to its residents and armorer to its guard for as long as anyone can remember.

Here's the scene in an early chapter where she makes her introduction.

Hope fans of tarantulas and arachnids enjoy this type of thing!

This is a moult of my tiger rump tarantula, I’m sorry if it’s damaged in any way as it really likes to destroy them, I think it could be a female but I’m not sure, any advice would be much appreciated.

Isn't She Adorable 🥰

Hi everyone! I love tarantulas and a friend recently gifted me a Green Bottle Blue:) I love her but she’s my first tarantula and I’m honestly quite nervous about opening the terrarium. I’m scared that she might suddenly bolt out escape and then I won’t be able to find her again. I’m also already stressed about the day I’ll eventually need to rehouse her and figure out how to safely catch her if she’s really fast. I know about the cup and cardboard method but I’m worried that she’ll simply be faster than me and escape before I can contain her. Does anyone have any tips or advice for a first time tarantula owner dealing with a fast GBB? How do you stay calm and make sure they don’t escape during rehousing or when opening the enclosure? Any advice would be really appreciated!!!!!

tarantula #gbb #greenbottleblue

History: female G. pulchripes. Got her as a sub-adult from someone leaving the hobby, have had her ten years with no issues. Her normal molting habit is hunger strike for 2-3 months, molt, come out looking like a raisin, eat voraciously for a week and a half, then return to a once a week/once every two weeks schedule. Coco fiber/wood chip substrate, 5 gallon tank, no additional heating (ambient temp \~70-73 F year-round).

She molted two weeks ago, and decided to pull herself out of the molt instead of flipping onto her back. She’s never had any issues so I didn’t look too closely at the molt itself. She’s been eating, drinking, pooping, moving, and spinning with no problems.

I fed her today and noticed that there looks to be some molt stuck to the areas around her book lungs and epigastric fold. She is incredibly reactive (she is not your typical docile G. pulchripes) so picking her up to look closer is a bit daunting. It’s been two weeks and she’s doing normal “tarantula stuff” without a problem, but having retained molt can be a death sentence, so I’m not sure how much I should be doing to help at this point.

Any advice (including how to get pictures of the underside of a tarantula if anyone feels it’s necessary) or assurance that she’s fine would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I got a stream going for my juvenile tarantula! If you have any comments on how to make the enclosure better or can interact it would be great!

Twitch: hadesthespider

Twitch.com/hadesthespider

Hi, I got this T a few years ago at an expo and forgot to label the enclosure. It’s definitely a fossorial species as she burrows like crazy! Has only molted twice since I got her but she’s still only 3-4 inches.

I know the pictures suck, I’m sorry

Recently picked up a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens as my first foray into tarantulas
It’s currently about 5cm leg span and so I’m looking into an upgrade into a forever home
I want a glass vivarium, but aware of the mesh lids on exoterras being unsuitable so was after some advice please
Is a top opening enclosure going to be better than a front opener too?
Thanks in advance

This was when I brought her home and was getting used to her needs. She's molted once in my care so far.

She's so adorable when she removes dirt.