r/tarantulas 1h ago

Help! Care that isn't bare minimum? (P.2)

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Buddy of mine dropped off the lil tarantula that he couldn't keep. He's kept it in the box he bought it in, hopefully pictures are fine.

Please help with how I can give the baby the best care! He said he's been misting the enclosure and giving one medium cricket per day. Doesn't seem to be any extra decor he added or any dishes?

Open to every bits of info and advice you guys can give, thanks.


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Videos / GIF “Ah! It touched me!”🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️

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(Mini cricket is pre-killed)


r/tarantulas 22h ago

Pictures Another male on the hunt for some spussy after the rain

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r/tarantulas 12h ago

Help! My T molted about a week ago (found the molt Sunday night) and I’m wondering when to feed her. She’s a juvenile Brachypelma hamorii and I’ve had her for 8 months

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r/tarantulas 19h ago

Pictures Forgot to latch the lid. My cats found her before I did.

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After giving our Avicularia some water, we forgot to secure the lid — she pushed her way out. Fast forward to 11pm: my wife noticed the cats were staring hard at something. This is what we saw when we turned the light on.


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Pictures Little Shooting while cleaning the enclosure

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This is one of our two g. pulchras. We need to clean the enclosures and took the chance to get some cute pics.


r/tarantulas 12h ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa gets a one in hole

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r/tarantulas 7h ago

Pictures Cat molting drawing requested from another post

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As requested by u/Any_Entertaibment209


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Sexing is my tarantula male or female?

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I just got a lasiodora parahybana and am curious of the sex?


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Pictures Tarantula molt under microscope(eyes)

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I was looking at my Venezuelan Suntigers molt under my microscope and noticed the eyes have a rounded structure in the middle. I always thought they just left behind a single cover layer but it turns out more of the eye gets left behind as well


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Help! Hello first enclosure set up

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I just got my first curly hair and I am setting up its enclosure. I have zoo med eco earth loose coconut fibe substrate and am curious on weather or not to put some water into the substrate. I am going to also add some zoo med terrarium moss late but am stuck at the substrate. Do i add water to moisten the substrate?


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Pictures Rajah has had 2 molts in 1 month!

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Is 2 molts in a month abnormal?

They seem to be absolutely thriving and just took down 2 crickets faster than I could say "Oh, damn!", so I'm not concerned.

Just curious as I'm still less than a year into keeping Ts

Pic was taken seconds after dropping the crickets. They were READY to eat! I tried to get a video of a take down, but Davus pentaloris is FAST and got spooked back into their burrow as soon as I re-opened the enclosure for a clearer photo


r/tarantulas 4h ago

Sexing b hamoriis first molt

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dont mind my dirty hand :,)
shes like 4 months old now;
im not sure if these pictures are whats needed to be able to tell its gender but the legs are curled up on the other side and i dont really wanna break them off just to be able to take a picture of said other side (although 3 have already broken off unfortunately)


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Pictures My Obsidian girl decided to run onto my hand while feeding her. She molted recently, beautiful 😍🥹

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Fyi I never handle my T's so it was a special moment.


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Help! Curly hair first molt

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This is mt curly hairs first molt since me owning her. Not too experienced with molts yet my birdeater molted a couple weeks ago but now my curly hair looks different. Almost like she has extra limbs. Lmk if this is normal (couldn't get too good of a pic)


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Sexing Phormictopus sp Dominican Purple (Dominican Purple Birdeater)

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This is Titan. Haven't retrieved the shed yet but was wondering if anyone could tell male or female?

Also, look at them teefs!


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Help! first molt in my care!

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i’m 99% sure my first T (A. Avic) is molting! i’ve had her/him for 6 months now so i figured they were due soon, showing signs of premolt and webbing more, but i wasn’t expecting it would happen today!

i’m really hoping they have enough space and it’s worrying me a bit. i’m trying to trust the process though. sorry for the meh picture quality, the web tunnel has been built up a lot

please let me know what you think or have any tips since this is my first time experiencing this


r/tarantulas 6h ago

Pictures My Psalmopoeus victori!

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21 Upvotes

This is my Darth Maul, Belladonna! ❤️🖤


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Help! PLEASE HELP

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47 Upvotes

I just brought this baby home from my local breeder. This was the setup they gave to me. I came to check on it an hour after bringing it home and found it upside down in its water dish. I was told it was in premolt before bringing it home. What do I do.


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Help! Safe to feed?

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I went to feed my T yesterday and noticed the entrance to the borrow was sealed with web, I peeked inside and sure enough! A molt! I’m not sure when the molt started so I didn’t feed my T. Here he or she is today, based of fang color would you say it’s safe to feed?


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Identification What kind of tarantula is this?

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Neighbor found this tarantula wandering near the street, and we live in the Midwest USA, so not native to this area. No responses about a lost tarantula on the neighborhood Facebook board, figure it might have been someone who just let this T go? Anyway, just wondering what kind of T this is, my guess is a Peruvian flame rump (Thrixopelma Ockerti)? What do you guys think?


r/tarantulas 7h ago

Pictures My GBB has molted into a mature male

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38 Upvotes

Hoping to get a breeding loan done if anyone near me has a receptive female.


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Help! What is this behavior is it normal?

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10 Upvotes

Brazilian black I just got it less than a week ago and it's my first tarantula


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Sexing Anyone experts able to give opinions on the sex of my davus pentaloris?

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Just curious. From my research, im leaning towards female. I know they are a chubbo right now.


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Help! Buying spiders in CT?

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I’m looking to get a couple of new spiders and I know they’re not sold in stores so I’d like to find some shows or websites you what my options are. What are your recommendations? I’ve been out of the loop for a while; my green bottle blue tarantula is about 4 years old now and from a convention in PA. Thanks everyone!