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WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS Ask Dumb Questions + Newbie Welcoming Wednesday (2026.10.14)
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WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS Free Talk Friday! (2026.10.16)
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r/tarantulas • u/stoic_salmon • 1h ago
Pictures Loki (my cat) imitating his pink salmon Brother (Thor)
r/tarantulas • u/Fuzzy-Present2065 • 17h ago
Pictures Jake
Showing off my sweet guy
r/tarantulas • u/Different-Zucchini-7 • 1h ago
Pictures Chalupa says good morning
I took away the sun to try to get measurement and forgot to put it back. She started me down until I took note.
r/tarantulas • u/Chemical_Shoe8294 • 14h ago
Pictures Persephone loves to sit out in the open
She is a confirmed female
r/tarantulas • u/kraut0r • 18h ago
Videos / GIF Watch Mrs. H as she performs her happy food dance, stumbles over the pumpkin, and then crawls into her hole
🔊sound on
r/tarantulas • u/Successful_Salt_1838 • 9h ago
Pictures I guess you can starve then 😒
Kuma was quite feisty during this afternoons feeding lol. Dont worry though, I came back later and he was chompin’ down on it!
r/tarantulas • u/Pure_Huckleberry1583 • 14h ago
Pictures My 12 year old Brachypelma Boehmei
r/tarantulas • u/Spidereye5 • 2h ago
Sexing Is my G. Pulchripes definitely male?
I’ve had him (or her) since 2021, bought as a small juvenile, sold as male, and they molted last night so I took a look at the molt again. Now I’m thinking he might actually be a she, but I wanted a second opinion because they’re my first T so I have no prior experience.
First picture is the latest molt, and the second picture is the last one.
Proportionally they look male, more leggy, but since they‘re so old now and I don’t spy any hooks yet I’m a little suspicious.
Thanks for any help!
r/tarantulas • u/Maximum-Act-8452 • 11h ago
Pictures Rare sighting of my tiny Curly Hair sling
My tliltocatl albopilosus named Bogo (because he was a buy one get one freebie)
I rarely see him but he’s doing good work excavating his little deli cup! Look at that burrow!
r/tarantulas • u/0jigsaw0 • 2h ago
Pictures bioactive enclosure for my p.meta
posted yesterday about designing my enclosure for my business, here’s it scaped
p.s. i dislocated my elbow so i did this one handed
r/tarantulas • u/_gothgonzola • 21m ago
Pictures I’m already obsessed with Atropa (P. regalis)
This is Atropa, named after deadly nightshade. Ages ago I said I’d succumb to a pokie and it’s finally happened. I worked with one years ago at my zoo and she was perfection. Atropa has already moulted, so this is them extra fresh.
r/tarantulas • u/CalmMe60 • 2h ago
Pictures Heavy construction 2
I question the motives....
She did build the soil nearly to the top.
Is there a escape plan ahead?
r/tarantulas • u/Known-Conclusion-58 • 1d ago
Videos / GIF Caught Charlottes molt!
(Upon inspection of molt, Charlotte is now Charlie)
r/tarantulas • u/CalmMe60 • 36m ago
Help! Feeding recommendation
'Fussel' the heavy construction worker builds a lot.
Had 2 full size crickets / Week (one every 3/4 days)
For a 5,5-6 cm bl fem Curly too much?
Abdomen seems about carapace size
r/tarantulas • u/triengi • 19h ago
Videos / GIF Psalmopoeus cambridgei hunting #2
She’s my favourite spider ever. Her speed and aggression soooooo cute.
r/tarantulas • u/Jacob12have • 15h ago
Help! My T isn't doing well
This is my C darlingi, old world rear horned baboon, I've had her for roughly 3 years now and this is the weakest I've ever seen her in(not that this happens alot, in fact extremely rare). As you can see clearly, she lost a leg to which I have 0 idea on how she lost it, but I only noticed that she's missing a leg just a month ago. Since then she's getting more and more inactive. But just a day or two ago, she started doing a stress curl to which I've began to panic and placed her into ICU. She's not doing well and I've did as much as I can for her, I left a water dish but I don't think she's dehydrated and her abdomen isn't shriveled so I really dk what's been causing her to be so lethargic. I'm looking for some advice on whether I can do anything more to save her, it really breaks me to see her like this.
r/tarantulas • u/AllDayGainz • 15h ago
Identification Mites or springtails?
Should I be concerned? I change the water with glass bottled water every few days.
r/tarantulas • u/Timely_School_8077 • 10h ago
Help! Is this a costa rican zebra or a juvenile lp?
Seller said lp, but looks alot more like A. Seemani, what are your thoughts?