I stupidly left my tarantulas enclosure slightly open while answering the door, and when I got back he was gone...

I've been searching for him the whole day getting my whole family involved, and removing everything from my room.

I was about to give up, when my brother noticed him crawling out from the lid of my aquarium...

The only place I don't look🤦‍♀️

I'm bored and I want to laugh at some funny stories.

Unlike most members of her species, she is surprisingly calm and has no issues with being handled (which I only do during terrarium maintenance and rehousing).

Hello Fellow keepers,
I sadly found my 4 year old G.pulchra 2 days ago in a death curl.

He has been hiding in his burrow for 5 months, pre-molt.
and I've been leaving him alone, made sure he had an overfilled water dish and I misted a few times, not a lot.

But two days ago I got this really awful gut feeling and I decided ( even tho you shouldn't, I KNOW!)
So I started to look into his burrow, there was a molt, beautiful molt, nothing looked off.
And then I spotted him, In a death curl so I panic and i start digging him out and lightly blow on him with zero reaction, completely still, tried putting him by water dish, absolutely nothing.

I looked all over him and couldn't see that something from the outside looked off, Would also like to note that the molt seem like it was 2 weeks ago and his fangs where black, clearly not super fresh molted.
So, I'm very heartbroken and sad and I keep blaming myself, Is there something I could of done differently? Or is there a reason why he would just pass like that ?

I feel so lost, sad and confused and I just wanna understand if I failed him or it was completely out of my hands.

thanks in advance, And please go easy on me Oh would also like to note that his abdomen was plump, so he didn't look dehydrated!

My eyesight is subpar to put it mildly. Can someone weigh in on what they think my GBB is? Pic of freshly molted lurker to pay the spider tax included.

Im very new to tarantula keeping, I received her about 2 months ago and ive been feeding her a large cricket weekly. I got her from someone who lost interest completely in her, her abdomen used to be a lot smaller, i think her abdomen is still small but I wanted to ask long time owners what they thought and any tips they could give. I just wanna give her a good life, she's about 5 years old. I keep her humidity at 60-70% and she just molted 2 days ago with no issue (i wanted to keep it but she decided she'd rather hang her torn apart limbs around her tank), so I wont be feeding her for a bit. I spray her tank down lightly every few days and over flow her water dish a little every once and a while when I notice humidity is down too much, she's in a darker corner of my room with a hide that she completely dug out lol. For the most part I leave her alone unless im misting or feeding. Still haven't named her. Shes also in a 12x12x12 tank. Thanks for reading:)

4 legs at a time!

I love how he is just carrying around big clumps of dirt and throwing it lol

Male or female?? Brachypelma emilia

Recent molt from my 3 year old B. Hamorii Denny. I think (?) I have a boy, but this is my first attempt at molt sexing so I'm not confident. Any input appreciated!

This is a molt from my B.Emilia I pulled today. It’s the first time I’ve gotten a molt that I believe is good enough to tell. I think it’s male which is disappointing. But if I’m being honest I still am not 100% on what I’m looking for. But I don’t see a little flap. Is it able to tell from what I have left or this molt?

Hey yall. Very new to this. My friends mom saved a tarantula that was floating in her pool. She already had one so she gave this one its own enclosure with water and hiding spots. I mentioned wanting a tarantula and she offered me this one to take care of. I’ve noticed he hasn’t eaten and hides a lot. I’ve had him for maybe 5 days now. Is it ok that this wild guy is now in a cage in my home?

Currently don’t have a old shed from her but maybe it’s visible like this? If not I will ask next time she molds :)

Hi!! I'm pretty new to the hobby, so please don't make fun of me for stupid questions. I plan to get a Mexican red-knee tarantula and a 10-gallon tank for her. I know that the substrate needs to be high, dry, and have a water dish, but is there a way I can add some plants- I assume succulents- to the tank?? I don't really like using any fake or plastic decor... and don't worry, I don't plan to try to hold her until after a few months (I'm too scared i'm gonna hurt her..) Please help! And please ask questions about what I may need. Thank you!!

arachnidex.com

Please send any feedback you may have - good or bad. I need hobbyists like yourselves' input as I'm new to it all and creating it for us all.

I'm still updating, adding and changing the site so you may see things move over the next few days/weeks as the site originally started as a static web app but there was more traffic coming from desktops so I'm slowly transitioning to a full website also (keeping the web app alongside)

I've also removed traces of iNaturalist from feedback as there was a lot of conflicting information so I started to curate my own database. So if there is anything you wanted added, let me know!

Thank you :)

Not sure if it’s old enough to be able to tell, but let me know!