Thread about spiders (not for the arachnophobic!)

[Mumbles274]

Just come across this guys vids

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Just come across this guys vids

It should really have horror music as the background theme as the insects meet their doom.

 

[tonysingh]

Just come across this guys vids

He's got some lovely spiders but i wish they were in bigger setups.

 

[Mumbles274]

He's got some lovely spiders but i wish they were in bigger setups.

Yeah, I can understand that. Although a lot of them seem to live in holes or their webs and dont move much

 

[tonysingh]

Yeah, I can understand that. Although a lot of them seem to live in holes or their webs and dont move much

Yeah, i've a few of the pet hole variety myself. I think it's maybe just a personal thing with me that would prefer to give more space and have fewer tarantulas. I also fucking hate the plastic box homes he has on the left screen there, there's no room for burrowing.

 

[tonysingh]

Really sorry for the rant but i'm a miserable prick.

Aside from the setups, he's filmed this video to appeal to the side of the hobby that makes a big thing out of having tarantulas i.e "look at me. Aren't i cool having these vicious creatures. Look at them eat!" I don't understand the need for feeding videos as entertainment. There's a place for them as informative pieces for sure but you dub wanky music over the top and make what commentary you have as puerile and overacted as possible then it becomes clear that you're just appealing to people who don't have the tarantulas best interests at heart. Everything about that video is badly misjudged, from the music to the logo and the presenters general tone.

There are tons of good keepers out there and we get tarred with the same brush which is understandable given the reach of YouTube etc. Perhaps it might be time for others to give the opposite view and educate with feeding or keeping videos. You could do a banging 10 to 15-minute feeding video on a species and cover everything from the ideal setup, to how and what to feed etc and make it accessible for all.

(sorry, i'll stop moaning soon)

 

[Mumbles274]

Have you watched any of his other videos?

 

[tonysingh]

Have you watched any of his other videos?

Just that one so far. It was enough to irritait me, which granted, is an easy task.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Have you checked all your spiders are present and correct tonysingh?

Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train

The venomous spider was in a plastic box and is believed to be an abandoned pet.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[tonysingh]

Have you checked all your spiders are present and correct tonysingh?

Tarantula found by passengers on London Bridge train

The venomous spider was in a plastic box and is believed to be an abandoned pet.

www.bbc.co.uk

Actually yes, earlier on. Found one of them dead from a bad moult. Am fairly gutted tbh.

 

[iona]

Look at this cute little weirdo

(Technically a harvestman rather than a spider, but still an arachnid)

 

[iona]

Really sorry about your spider, tonysingh

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is interesting - developing artificial spider silk. The last couple of minutes of the video is an advert (from about 15 minutes) so there's not point in watching to the end.

 

[blossie33]

Fascinating!

 

[mx wcfc]

Sorry, copy and paste fail

 

[tonysingh]

I treated myself to 2 tarantulas that I'd been after for a while.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

False widow spiders feeding on bats. Only a matter of time before they work up to bigger mammals like humans.

Noble false widow spider captures bat in UK attic

Irish scientists publish images of spider feeding on pipistrelle bats in Shropshire

www.theguardian.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

from https://twitter.com/InvertoPhiles

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A crab spider - it's arse mimics an ant which it preys on.

From https://twitter.com/Myrmecos

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Be careful where you put your hands.

From https://twitter.com/glynknapton

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Friendships.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From https://twitter.com/mainlymono

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fancy a trip to the US east coast moochedit?

Huge invasive spiders native to Asia expected to spread along US east coast

Joro spiders will likely survive on the east coast because Japan has a similar climate and is located approximately on the same latitude

www.theguardian.com

 

[moochedit]

Fancy a trip to the US east coast moochedit?

Huge invasive spiders native to Asia expected to spread along US east coast

Joro spiders will likely survive on the east coast because Japan has a similar climate and is located approximately on the same latitude

www.theguardian.com

We should nuke it now before it's too late

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Behold, Bambootula, a newly discovered tarantula that lives in bamboo.

From https://twitter.com/ConductScience

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The stuff of nightmares for spider-phobes

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A field full of spiders

From https://twitter.com/LouiseFrary

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From https://twitter.com/sophiecooper193

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Especially for moochedit, a beautiful wasp spider. Isn't it glorious?

From https://twitter.com/FolkesMaya