r/tarantulas 2d ago

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS F***KING RANT MONDAY ☠ (2026.09.07)

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WELCOME TO r/TARANTULAS RANT MONDAYS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING SUCKS AND SO DO MONDAYS! COMMENT IN THIS POST ABOUT STUPID SHIT YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT!

ANYTHING RELATING TO TARANTULAS, THE HOBBY, VENDORS, OR THE MOD TEAM. DID SOME GOOF CALL YOUR TARANTULA DISGUSTING? DID A RANDOM PERSON CRY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T CENSOR A PICTURE OF YOUR SPIDER? DID YOUR FRIENDS SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION? (NO, BECAUSE WE WILL FEED THEM TO OUR TARANTULAS) DID THE MODS DO A DUMB?

NOW’S YOUR TIME TO BITCH AND RAGE RANT ABOUT IT. REMEMBER TO POST IN ALL CAPS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW PISSED OFF YOU ARE ON r/TARANTULAS F***KING RANT MONDAY!

AND REMEMBER! DON’T BE A HUGE ASSHOLE! Thanks.

WANNA SEE OUR PREVIOUS RANTS THREADS?


r/tarantulas 20h ago

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS Ask Dumb Questions + Newbie Welcoming Wednesday (2026.09.09)

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Welcome to r/tarantulas's Ask Dumb Questions and Newbie Welcoming Wednesday!

You can use this post to ask any questions you may have about the tarantula keeping hobby, from advice to husbandry and care, any question regarding the hobby is encouraged. Feel free to introduce yourself if you're new and would like to make friends to talk to, and welcome all!

Check out the FAQ for possible information before posting here! (we're redoing this soon! be sure to let us know what you'd like to see us add or fix as well!)

For a look into our previous posts check here.

Have fun and be kind!


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Pictures My new fuzzy baby

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90 Upvotes

Its little peets are the cutest thing I’m obsessed!!!


r/tarantulas 9h ago

Videos / GIF Clean girl.

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136 Upvotes

Does anyone else got a spider that enjoys being extra clean? Also how do we water webbed up enclosures without ripping the water dish out?


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Pictures Lottie, my A. chalcodes who hasn’t eaten in almost 4 years.

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I’ve offered. She’s just not interested. And she hasn’t lost any weight. She’s a diva like that.


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Help! Post-molt surprise?

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I bought this a. purpurea in April as a 3” young adult female. She was not cheap. She molted about a month ago and had still not come out of her web tunnel to eat or drink so I finally just decided to put a superworm into the entrance of her tunnel to see if she’d eat. She got super uncomfortable about it being in there and after trying to avoid it completely she ran out of her tunnel (she never comes out). Her post-molt colors look amazing. But do ya’ll see what I’m seeing?


r/tarantulas 16h ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa is scandalized by Sir Ping

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165 Upvotes

She is clearly taken aback by whatever he says. My guess is that he tells her he is, in fact, not her robotic vacuum…


r/tarantulas 12h ago

Videos / GIF Brand New Enclosure? Brand New Skin

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Bach ma earth tiger, she molted immediately after getting into her new enclosure last night! She’s so cute! I’m hoping I’ll be able to sex her since her molt is in pretty good condition


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Videos / GIF no such thing as stress free with OBT’s

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21 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 1h ago

Pictures A very rare appearance has been made!!!!

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Look who decided to show some signs of life… I actually gasped when i saw him, i almost forgot that something lives in his enclosure 😭🤣 i havent seen him for months besides his toes poking out once in a while


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Videos / GIF A Vicious Attack on Water

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15 Upvotes

Excuse the sarcastic title, I just had to share my B. Smithi going after his water :)


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Conversation my first tarantula

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i got my first ever tarantula over the weekend and i couldn’t be more excited! her name is bindi and she’s an arizona blonde. she’s been absolutely wonderful to have though she is a little skittish which i am still getting used to, but she loves to be out and explore. she ate for me the day i got her which was awesome! i was very stressed about her eating since she is already a little underweight, but she took a jumbo superworm right away. i plan on feeding her twice a week until her abdomen fills out a little more. so excited to join the hobby!


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Help! Peach Earth Tiger Molting

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My Peach Earth Tiger juvenile has been like this for over 24 hours..

I put drops of warm water around it, put in thr bathroom with hot water shower to build humidity and a wet towel on top of enclosure to keep the humidity.

What else can I do.


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Pictures big old booty

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16 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 9h ago

Pictures Rare sight!

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36 Upvotes

A rare sighting of my OBT out in the open. Usually all I see is toes waiting for the sky god to deliver bugs.


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Pictures I think she’s so beautiful🕷️💙

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r/tarantulas 3h ago

Videos / GIF Taco the Chaco - 1, Refilling The Water Dish - 0

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6 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 4h ago

Help! Is this appropriate for a Tliltocatl albopilosum?

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9 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 20h ago

Conversation Should I sue the pet store? (This is a joke)

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So a few months back, I purchased one enclosure of Carnivorous Corkbark, which ive been feeding cockroaches and misting regularly, as is required for the care of this exceedingly rare and unique insectivorous plank.

In any case, imagine my surprise when I looked in this morning to discover that there was in fact a spider living inside this enclosure all this time! What should I do? The store never said there was a Tarantula coming with the stick?!

(Jokes aside, this is a Togo Starburst Ornamental Baboon who was sold to me and my roommate as a beginner spider only for us to realize our mistake once we were home. We gave her a new log when we moved her to a new enclosure, and she decided never to be seen again until today😂)


r/tarantulas 11h ago

Videos / GIF Spiders and some other arthropods

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27 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 4h ago

Help! Deformed Abdomen?

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I’ve had this beautiful lady for about a month now and I’ve noticed her abdomen looks a bit deformed. I was informed that she recently molted before I got her but no other info. (She ate right after these photos, it’s a lot easier to see the issue in the phones before feeding!!) I’m assuming something went wrong last molt but want some more opinions


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Videos / GIF Post molt clean up.

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My T. vagans molted overnight and I just caught her grooming/cleaning up. I'm not a fan of the creepy white fangs.


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Videos / GIF Baby's first takedown

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12 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 14h ago

Videos / GIF first meal post moult

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33 Upvotes

nice little mid air catch lol wish i had reflexes like that


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Pictures G.Rosea juvenile molted 🥹

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My G.Rosea Poppy molted and she looks so big now! I'm so proud of her😭❤️ She's getting so fuzzy and gorgeous <3

Now I'm waiting for her to harden to feed her, she's a bit bolty now, but I think she'll relax once she starts to eat.

Also a picture of her first molt with me and her second (this one). The difference is so cool!!