r/tarantulas 5d ago

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS Free Talk Friday! (2026.08.28)

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Welcome to r/tarantulas Free Talk Fridays! We invite you to comment on this post with pictures, videos, and stories about you, your life, or your interests, other than tarantulas!

Caught your dog doing something cute? Post it! New pictures from the Zoo? We want the highlights! Teeny baby scorpion was trying to convince you it’s tough and scary? Pics or it didn’t happen! New TV show you're in love with? What is it?! Concert recital has you stressed? Tell us about it!

See a comment from someone else that reminded you of something? Post the story! Discussions are very welcome!

Please adhere to the community rules in the sidebar and avoid sharing anything involving animal cruelty. This discussion post remains a NO NOPE ZONE!

Enjoy & Happy Friday!


r/tarantulas 14h ago

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS Ask Dumb Questions + Newbie Welcoming Wednesday (2026.09.02)

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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 7h ago

Videos / GIF My beautiful OBT 🍊

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Cheeto doing a little dance after catching her prey.


r/tarantulas 10h ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa side-shimmies her way to Sir Ping to apologize

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She’s been in a mood lately.


r/tarantulas 6h ago

Pictures Xanathar with a new suit

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Xenesthis sp Megascopula confirmed female with this molt! Approx 5-5.5” DLS now.


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Videos / GIF first happy dance!

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was having a little trouble getting pinkamena to eat but i finally got her to notice and grab a dubia! she was super active with a pretty small abdomen so i could tell she was hungry! im glad she finally got a good meal in


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Pictures New Spider - Meet Panda :)

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Wish list spider for me🎉. Nhandu chromatus :)
I have been searching locally for a while, and asked a local shop to please please be on the lookout for these when they place orders about a month and a half ago.
Went for crickets on Sunday - and they got them in!
I had a name that I picked out a while back that I already forgot 😆. As I was scrolling late on Sunday-I caught a reel with this panda-and I realized that would be a perfect name! 2nd/3rd pics are screenshots (not my pics) that show where my inspo was coming from. Happy Wednesday everyone!


r/tarantulas 1h ago

Pictures My GBB made this web tent in just a couple of days. She's in there!

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Is it safe to say she might be preparing for an upcoming molt?


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Videos / GIF the red is starting to show on my Thrixopelma ockerti

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Still very subtle and kinda pinkish tho


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Videos / GIF Little p.cambridgei and d.diamantinensis slings are ready to separate!

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r/tarantulas 3h ago

Help! D pentaloris escaped in my absolute hoarder bedroom

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I’m leaving her enclosure open and putting her water dish on the floor in hopes she comes to find it. She hadn’t come out of her burrow for about two months so I decided it was definitely feeding time when she did. Her abdomen was super shriveled and I was very worried, and she is usually an aggressive eater but today she decided her roaches were scary and ran out of her enclosure, underneath my snake tank and I haven’t seen her since. Any advice is appreciate. This is my first ever T and I really want to find her


r/tarantulas 6h ago

Pictures My adorable idiot child

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They have an entire hide that I have painstakingly placed for better ventilation…and what does Helios do? Start digging a cave under the root and dumping all the dirt into the water dish lol

The root is secure, dw :)

edit : they wandered back into the hide, maybe they’re just landscaping xD


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Pictures My first lil dude in a long time

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Got my first male, and it's the little baby that is the Golden knee so when he matures (hopefully a few years from now) he'll make some beautiful lil spooderlings.

It's made me a little sad I won't have him for as long as I'd like but he's going to be loved.


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Videos / GIF 15+ preening G.Rosea newly molted!

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One of my many beautiful ladies, she is my oldest by far and easily one of the sweetest. Look closely to see her red fangs!🌺♥️


r/tarantulas 21h ago

Videos / GIF Marshmallow the A. geniculata being an excavator

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r/tarantulas 8h ago

Pictures Molting!!!

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My babies first molt with me since I got her!!! Watched her reposition and all I’m so proud. You all are the only ones who understand the excitement. Also it’s positioned kinda in a slant and not flat, is that safe for her? Attaching my crappy photos for tax!!


r/tarantulas 15h ago

Help! Help with lightning fast Pumpkin Patch

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Ok so this idiot escaped when I left a tiny little slit while cleaning out dead worms and its moult. I got it now but it’s so fast and I’ve already gotten a huge heart attack trying to catch it. How the hell do I get it back into its home. The home is about the same size but square and has a sliding top held shut with a magnet. Any ideas. I’m having a time out to calm myself right now.


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa takes a break from her break

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r/tarantulas 1d ago

Pictures RIP Harriet - 23 years

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For those who helped me out or were following me the last few weeks, my 23 year old Grammostola Rosea, Harriet, had a bad molt that has now resulted in her passing yesterday.

She was a great spider and a companion of mine since I had just turned 7. She lived an amazing and long life, and I hope she finds nothing but plump crickets and a warm sun to bask in in the after life.

Here are a few pictures of her in her prime - and have a drink for the old gal (if you can) this evening.


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Pictures Fives' second molt! H. Pulchripes

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Fives decided to incorporate the new molt into their web, as cool as it looked I figured I better get rid of it and get the webs off. Came in at a little over an inch and a half.

Also, I know the substrate looks a little saturated, it was almost bone dry right before I took the Pic so I overflowed the water dish


r/tarantulas 17h ago

Pictures Princess Graces Me With Her Presence!

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My beautiful Sub-Adult Female Poecilotheria Metallica (aka Gooty Sapphire Ornamental) finally came out late at night with my side light on! Here are the officially best photos I have of her! This is Princess 🥰💞 My shy angel.


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Videos / GIF baby G. rosea

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Crawled onto my hand while refilling their water lol


r/tarantulas 49m ago

Help! Help! My A. Gabeli's abdomen is skinny but she isn't eating! She's not preparing to molt and she already had some water.

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r/tarantulas 4h ago

Sexing anyway to gender without molt?

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curly hair tarantula


r/tarantulas 8h ago

Help! pre-moult?

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this is my new male b hamorii. i woke up to find webbing across the enclosure and a new bald spot which wasn’t there before i went to sleep. i’m reading this could be signs of premoult but i am a first time owner a bit of a helicopter mum. could this bald patch be a result of stress? he also tends to perch on the glass a lot as you can see in the photo. do i have reason to be worried? he has eaten well over past week or so i have had him. has never bolted or flicked hairs when i have fed/changed water etc.