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Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: Some of my inverts
These guys are my main interest. What I post here makes up a small fraction of what I've collected and purchased in the two years I've been heavily into keeping invertebrates (and reptiles again as a result).
Well, I'm impressed! That is a wicked collection!
Thanks for sharing!
Are you into mantis species at all?
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Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:
eradi wrote:
Well, I'm impressed! That is a wicked collection!
Thanks for sharing!
Are you into mantis species at all?
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At one point, I was doing a lot of research on them after seeing some very interesting Old World species in a book on terrariums I have, but after I looked into some of the laws in Arizona, it turns out that nearly all of them require some form of permit to own because of them being potential invasive species, especially with the African and Madagascan mantids, which are my favorites.
I'm limited to what I have here, and that's the Chinese Mantids and some smaller native species. This summer I hope to finally catch some Litaneutria minor (tracking the babies across the ground is difficult with their cryptic coloration), and if I'm lucky enough, Pseudovates arizonae. The bushes around my house probably have Tenoderas, so if I feel like it, I'll catch a couple babies sometime this month.
edit: What the heck, here's some more:
Scolopendra polymorpha (Tiger Centipede)
Vaejovis spinigerus (Stripetail Scorpion)
Centruroides sculpturatus (Bark Scorpion)
Stromatopelma calceatum (Featherleg Baboon)
Grammostola aureostriata (Chaco Golden Knee)
Mastigoproctus giganteus (Giant Vinegaroon)
Latrodectus hesperus (Western Widow)
Hogna carolinensis (Wolf)
I hold a lot of my animals, but that doesn't mean I endorse it. It's just my choice to hold something a bit less conventional, like a centipede or wolf spider.
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 521 Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject:
well, congratulations on a sweet collection, but i couldn't ever do that, im a big wuss when it comes to spiders, i don't like them outside my house let a lone free handling them... imo you are nuts but we all have our own things. And its not even the whole venomous and poisonous thing to me, i just can't stand most insects, i have no problem with crix and diff worms, i can and do hold cockroaches, but i dislike doing it. anything else, such as spiders (no matter what size or type) scorps, cenipedes, millipedes, etc. I don't know what my problem is, i just don't like them, and ive tried, but i just can't bring myself to do it... so overall i guess im a wuss in that aspect... oh well. but sweet collection man, def awesome. _________________ -Art-
Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:
Nero557 wrote:
well, congratulations on a sweet collection, but i couldn't ever do that, im a big wuss when it comes to spiders, i don't like them outside my house let a lone free handling them... imo you are nuts but we all have our own things. And its not even the whole venomous and poisonous thing to me, i just can't stand most insects, i have no problem with crix and diff worms, i can and do hold cockroaches, but i dislike doing it. anything else, such as spiders (no matter what size or type) scorps, cenipedes, millipedes, etc. I don't know what my problem is, i just don't like them, and ive tried, but i just can't bring myself to do it... so overall i guess im a wuss in that aspect... oh well. but sweet collection man, def awesome.
If you want to know, I was severely arachnophobic up to 2 years ago. Couldn't be in a room with a little jumping spider and definitely couldn't sleep until I knew it was gone. That really interfered with my life, so I decided to educate myself on them. After a couple months, I was ready to get something. I caught a bark scorpion and decided to keep it. I was extremely afraid of it at first, but just observing her kind of dissipated the fear. After that, I bought a docile tarantula and caught a widow, and it all just went from there.
You just need exposure to them. Worked for me. I can't imagine how I would live in Arizona if I was still afraid of spiders. Just last night a huge Pholcid was crawling around the bathroom. Every now and then gravid female bark scorpions crawl into the house and there are countless widows in my backyard. I leave all except the scorpions alone. They're not going anywhere, so might as well live with them.
I'm not as crazy as I look too. What I hold is hardly dangerous. I know my limits. I'm not going to be holding anything that can hurt me significantly.
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ive wanted a wolf for so long, whered you get yours?
Caught her. I know some areas around here which are full of them.
Here's a recent picture of her. She molted a couple weeks ago.
I'm probably going to breed her soon enough.
Here's a new widow I have:
And one more recent molt:
There's a reptile show coming up in September, and since a lot of my spiders died in the drought a couple months ago, I'll probably pick up a good number of species.
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 521 Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:
well that's good to know im not the only one, and although i'll try and educate myself on them and everything, i doubt i'll be holding anything any time soon, but if i think about it, it makes sense, cuz i used to hate roaches and although not so fond of them, i do handle them when i have to for my animals now... so yeah it all makes sense... I'll just have to give them a shot i guess. thanks _________________ -Art-
Joined: May 18, 2007 Posts: 485 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:
I also agree.
I never in a million years thought I could have a lizard with a forked tongue like a snake.
Even when I got my first Tegu he sorta gave me the creeps.
My next step would be a snake because I really do have a fear of those.
Brat! _________________ Tegu's are like potato chips,you can't have just one!
I now have 4.
Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:
Swtbrat wrote:
I also agree.
I never in a million years thought I could have a lizard with a forked tongue like a snake.
Even when I got my first Tegu he sorta gave me the creeps.
My next step would be a snake because I really do have a fear of those.
Brat!
I've never been scared of snakes, but my father was. It's funny how he changed in regards to them. He used to think every snake in the wild was a rattlesnake or dangerous, and completely hated pythons. Then I bought a Jungle Carpet Python. The python and my dad connected. He even named it before I could. Every time I have him out, my dad wants to hold him.
He's still kind of against me getting rattlesnakes, but not nearly to the level as he was a year ago. By next summer I'll probably be able to start keeping front-fanged venomous. So far I'm limited to rear-fangers, like Boiga catsnakes, False Water Cobras, or Hognoses.
Amazing what some exposure can do. I've seen it happen with a lot of people I've met who gave reptiles or arachnids a shot. They come in afraid and leave with a different mentality.
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