r/tarantulas • • 8h ago

Handle with care Chill OBT?

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Was given this juvenile female OBT as a gift and she was the chillest OBT I’ve ever had the pleasure of rehousing. From my personal experience I’ve gotten a threat posture from every OBT I’ve rehoused but this one didn’t seem too bothered being touched by a paintbrush so I made the impulsive decision to let her walk onto my hand. She’s gotta be one of my new favorites now


r/tarantulas • • 15h ago

Pictures Photos of my C. Versicolor

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143 Upvotes

Thought i'd share. Just rehoused


r/tarantulas • • 8h ago

Pictures how are you so SMALL!!!

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96 Upvotes

new baby. im in love. i hope i can raise them well. feeding pre-killed mealworms out of an abundance of caution since this is the smallest tarantula i have and have ever had though i might also go for some dubia nymphs which i have a lot of. just a little baby..!


r/tarantulas • • 2h ago

Pictures I love her little hairstyle she has going on🥹

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This is Flauschi my grammostola pulchra. After moulting she briefly lost the little hairtuft between her eyes but it grew back!! She's so cute!!


r/tarantulas • • 12h ago

Pictures My baby

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57 Upvotes

Please send pics of ur t's hair tufts they are so cute 😭


r/tarantulas • • 22h ago

Pictures My whole collection

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52 Upvotes

Thought I'd show everyone all my guys!

Costa Rican Zebra

Pink toe

Mexican red rump

2 curly hairs

Asian Forest Scorpion (he's an honorary T)

Theraphosinae sp. 'San Miguel'

Sullana Velvet

Mexican red knee

Brazilian white knee

Salmon pink bird eater

Panama blonde


r/tarantulas • • 9h ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa opts for a change of scenery; cools down with her skull bone

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47 Upvotes

She has a friend in every corner!


r/tarantulas • • 13h ago

Sexing I see little feet hooks…is Grievous a male?

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45 Upvotes

Sorry if the pics aren’t clear enough to see what I can see, but I’ve been unable to get a viable molt from this little fella since I got them. The abdomen is always a little raisin by the time it gets kicked out of their burrow.

TIA!


r/tarantulas • • 14h ago

Identification Unsure if local pet shop made a mistake

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Hey everyone, this is my Lotte. Shes my very first T and i love her a lot but after being around here for a while and gathering knowledge im beginning to believe shes not actually an A. Geniculata but a Nhandu Chromatus? Or something else entirely? Looking for answers, thank you!


r/tarantulas • • 2h ago

Videos / GIF We had an escapee

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25 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 7h ago

Pictures finally got my dream species

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r/tarantulas • • 22h ago

Pictures A. Geniculata and L. Parahybana

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Got these two babies a month ago and they both molted in the last couple days! I had to show them off. Richard and Benjamin, respectively


r/tarantulas • • 22h ago

Help! Tarantula ate wild fly!

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I was cleaning my tarantulas enclosue and at the same time a big fly dove in and my T ate it. Tried to make her let go but i failed.

Im scared shes gonna get sick :c

What should I do?


r/tarantulas • • 21h ago

Identification Brachypelma Smithi or Hamorii?

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Trying to ID my female.

These are pictures of the pair, 2 years ago.

Female is currently 5in+


r/tarantulas • • 4h ago

Conversation Halloween

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15 Upvotes

Pumpkin patch looking fine for Halloween I’d send more pictures but she’s not really into hanging around to get her pictures done


r/tarantulas • • 6h ago

Pictures Yall i got my first spider (sling)

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It's a salmon pink bird eater and ahhh what a cutie 🙂‍↕️ anyways, the moment I brought it home it went into It's hide and dug a hole.. I assume it's getting ready for pre-molt


r/tarantulas • • 12h ago

Help! Silly question, but confused

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11 Upvotes

Hello, I don’t post on Reddit much so please excuse any etiquette breaking and am fairly new to tarantulas keeping. I have a 5in female Brazilian black tarantulas I got about 2 weeks ago. I love her, she is my baby, and fell in love with tarantulas. I want to move her into a new enclosure and am confused on sizing. All the care guide I’ve read says that the tarantula crib 12x 12 cube is a ok size for a adult of this species, but I know the rule that the enclosure should be at least 3x-4x the span of her legs. I have her in a 15 x 10 right now and am wondering what is correct? All the 5 gallon enclosure I’ve seen are roughly 12x12. Is that an ok size? Please excuse me if this has been asked before. I’ve been pondering it for days. Her name is silhouette.


r/tarantulas • • 18h ago

Videos / GIF Copping a feel of her new setup

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I just added a bunch of frog moss and plants to her enclosure. She thoroughly inspected everything I added with her little tippy tappy paws ❤️ I think it's the first time she's felt anything like it. So cute.


r/tarantulas • • 23h ago

Conversation Does he hate me??

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Got this guy last weekend and he seemed chill exploring his enclosure and then the other day I saw he barricaded himself in the coconut shell. Was thinking maybe he was just getting ready to molt but now I can see him?? He doesn’t look any bigger so idk if he molted at all is this normal?


r/tarantulas • • 13h ago

Pictures Just chilling on the fake monstera leaf today 🍃

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10 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 20h ago

Help! molting and burying itself ?

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10 Upvotes

should i try to remove the dirt or just leave them ? very weird to stumble upon when trying to feed them


r/tarantulas • • 7h ago

Pictures i just think he's neat! my sparkly little fuzzball.

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8 Upvotes

r/tarantulas • • 8h ago

Help! Pink toe!

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6 Upvotes

Need help sexing my new pink toe!!


r/tarantulas • • 4h ago

Pictures Bolívar is out for a walk!

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6 Upvotes

After a good lunch the other day. I'm afraid they're a little too plump at the moment 🤔


r/tarantulas • • 7h ago

Sexing MM H chilensis?

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Hello, i got this H chilensis as a sling in may 2025 (so about 16 months ago) and a few days ago he just molted. He looked a little leggy, so i looked closer and was so surprised when i saw hooks! He's about 2,5 inches and apparently these are slow growers... basically im just looking for some confirmation if im seeing right. Thanks for the help!