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| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 15:50:12
Well I'm glad I bought those extra cake boxes, so it seems is Euphemia. 
'She' is a fairly big Chile Rose. The sole survivor of a group of 4 rescued after being found abandoned in a flat. Shame the other 3 were already dead otherwise I'd have taken them all. She's in remarkably good condition considering the facts. Anyway, she's eating like a horse and pouncing on everything offered. She didn't approve of the decor, in particular the piece of cork I set up. Wasn't impressed by my idea of a nice split level layout so promptly set about bull-dozing the coco fibre to her own taste and buried the cork. Also put down a nice web carpet to pad about on. 
Here she is munching a cricket. It never saw her coming. 
After the demolition derby and new carpet fitted. 
Hope you like. |
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| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 10/05/2013 : 20:44:58
cool thanks Alan!! |
| Redware |
Posted - 10/05/2013 : 07:04:47
Wow she is stunning, great you could save her! Good Job. |
| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 10/05/2013 : 02:00:39
Don't worry SB, I'll get a mini-vid of her doing the dozer. It'll take a bit of time but it's my next project. |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 10/05/2013 : 01:36:02
Such a shame about the others, she is really pretty, would love to see her re arrange her home!
The pupae is just creepy |
| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 22:40:19
Here's some pics I took earlier. You can't say it's not fascinating and educational.
Mealie Daddy passing round the cigars. The beetles are about 12 mm.
Alien Face Huggers, cunningly disguised as Mealie Pupae. 
Assimilation almost complete. Are we supposed to look like roasted peanuts? 
Ghosty cricket turning into adult stage.
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| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 22:08:53
What amazed me was when the mealie pupae transformed first into what looked like roasted peanuts with legs before turning into black beetles.
When the crickets moult into adults, they look like white ghost moths. I thought I had imagined it when I went back to get a photo. It had hardened and darkened by the time the batteries recharged.
That's a shame tk. They are both missing out on an amazing animal. I can only repeat what I already said. Try and find somewhere with T's and at least have a closer look.  |
| tk72 |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 21:48:47
Looks amazing. Love big spiders. But no chance in our house as son is petrified of spiders as well as wife. |
| Red123 |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 21:33:42
quote:
Originally posted by Auld Baldy
Red, try and find a pet shop or local reptile group which has T's. They are slow moving, really gentle and amazing to watch. It's not just the spiders that keep me entertained. The crickets, locusts and mealworms are fascinating as well. I've just become Daddy to about 1000 mealworms that have just hatched. Amazing to watch them pupate and turn into beetles.
I tried to get a pic of her on my hand just now but she's a bit 'grumpy' after her dinner. She put her head in the wheelie bin and stuck her bum out at me. I'll post more to give you a better idea of size. Nose to spinnerette is about 6.5 cm. Leg span at broad stretch is approx 10 cm in diameter.
Totally agree with that. Our colony of Dubia roach are fascinating to watch, especially when they wriggle out of that old skin, seems to take such a lot of effort. |
| Kyla |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 20:24:14
She is beautiful, such a lucky little T :) |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 20:17:11
Thank goodness you've got her now.
What sort of low-life leaves any animal to die? Makes my blood boil.  |
| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 19:55:01
Yes Donnie, that's a dinner plate in the back ground. It's actually the serving platter I use to serve her a brace of kippers at breakfast time. The black thing is all that is showing of the wheelie bin after she buried it.
Ozziemum, you are quite right about them laying down a web-hammock to cushion themselves when moulting. In this case it is more a camouflaged web radar. Their eyesight isn't very good so anything moving around will drag on the mat and alert her. She lunged at the tweezers I use for spot cleaning. Thankfully they were longish ones.
Red, try and find a pet shop or local reptile group which has T's. They are slow moving, really gentle and amazing to watch. It's not just the spiders that keep me entertained. The crickets, locusts and mealworms are fascinating as well. I've just become Daddy to about 1000 mealworms that have just hatched. Amazing to watch them pupate and turn into beetles.
I tried to get a pic of her on my hand just now but she's a bit 'grumpy' after her dinner. She put her head in the wheelie bin and stuck her bum out at me. I'll post more to give you a better idea of size. Nose to spinnerette is about 6.5 cm. Leg span at broad stretch is approx 10 cm in diameter. |
| mjpeters |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 18:45:55
Reminds me of the spiders in Harry Potter |
| Donnie |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 18:40:48
Well done on another rescue Auld when you say "fairly big" how big is that? Is that a metal dinner plate in the background of the second picture |
| ozziesmum |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 16:47:28
She's beautiful, don't they lay a web down when they're getting ready to shed or am I thinking of something else. |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 16:33:51
sounds like she's very lucky to be a live bless her. She's quite nice for a T :-) |
| Red123 |
Posted - 09/05/2013 : 16:15:55
She is amazing. I am terrified of spiders but the large tarantulas draw me to them. Really amazing creatures. She is a beauty :) |
