#aphonopelma

[laneybeetle]

🕷 pet intro . heather

Heather is a 1-2 year old, confirmed female, captive bred, juvenile Arizona Blonde Tarantula (aphonopelma chalcodes) that I picked up at an exotics expo on January 28th, 2024.

She is named for the movie Heathers! <3

She has a very gentle and docile temperament 🤎

#entomology #exotic pets #insects #pet insect #invertebrates #pet bug #arachnid #arachnids #tarantula #tarantulas #aphonopelma chalcodes #a chalcodes #aphonopelma #spider #spiders

[bl4ckbox]

pepsis mildei telling me, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off

#got too close to her tarantula #bugs #insects #arthropods #spiders #tarantulas #wasps #tarantula wasp #tarantula hawk wasp #pepsis #pepsis mildei #aphonopelma #aphonopelma steindachneri #animal death #predation

[pinkjacket110]

New friend, Valium :)

#aphonopelma #chalcodes #arizona blonde #tarantula #entomology #bug #insect

[vixen525]

My Texas Brown Tarantula (A hentzi) named Gwen loves the coconut hide given to us by @jewishdragon

#Texas Brown Tarantula #A hentzi #Aphonopelma hentzi #Aphonopelma #tarantula #Gwen #gwen the tarantula #exotic pets

[birdsy-purplefishes]

So yesterday at sunset I saw these little bugs all lined up like ants but they were #SPIDERS! Baby spiders! Baby #TARANTULAS! 😍 In multiple lines! It turns out #Aphonopelma species do this right after they hatch. It was adorable until they started to come into the house and we had to catch them and put them all back outside. I had a total count of 21 by the end of the night and there were a few more the next morning. It’s not possible to ID them down to species at this age so they’re one of the two species that occur in San Diego County: either A. eutylenum (CA tarantula) or A. steindachneri. I can’t really tell them apart at full size either. 😅 Anyway, I hope they’re all out there thriving. #tarantula #spiderlings #spiderhatchlings #aphonopelmasp #theraposidae #mygalomorphae #araneae #arachnida #arachnids (at Jamul, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chs5u-kvcuD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#spiders #tarantulas #aphonopelma #tarantula #spiderlings #spiderhatchlings #aphonopelmasp #theraposidae #mygalomorphae #araneae #arachnida #arachnids

[arachniraviensts]

Aphonopelma chalcodes absolutely Beautiful 😍. #tarantulas #arachnids #arachniravien #aphonopelma #eightleggedfreaks https://www.instagram.com/p/CWv-QgXLqWE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tarantulas #arachnids #arachniravien #aphonopelma #eightleggedfreaks

[onenicebugperday]

@thrones-of-buer submitted: Opinions?

Their head is empty, not a single thought.

Nor should they have to be plagued by thoughts. They're far too pretty for that.

#animals #spider #arachnids #submission #aphonopelma seemanni #tarantula #costa rican zebra tarantula #bugs

[i-m-snek]

Sweet Loofah! <3 She's been so picky about what she wants to eat lately. I'll have to pick her up some hornworms at the expo this weekend

#spider #arachnid #aphonopelma marxi #a. marxi #tarantula #spiders #loofah #arachnophobia

[crevicedwelling]

introducing Cassandra!

she is an Aphonopelma chalcodes, or Desert Blonde Tarantula, a species native to southwestern North America.

I got her some years ago before I learned to be suspicious of all bug vendors, so she’s unfortunately wild caught (please do not ever buy a wild caught tarantula, no matter how cheap). that means I don’t know her real age—she could be over 10 years old since the species is slow growing. I’ve given her a home of naturalistic deserty clay that she’s dug an impressive cavern into, and I’d like to think she’s quite content here.

these are some of the first photos I took of her.

Cassie doesn’t do much. I left the lid off her tub for about 12 hours early on, and she’d “escaped” about a foot away under the nearest shelf. her walking speed could be surpassed by a particularly lethargic snail, but she can move blindingly fast if she’s hungry, which she usually isn’t between molts (she hasn’t eaten since June of this year).

female mygalomorphs have it all figured out, I think.

her skills include fat storage, hair kicking, sitting very still, and making gauzy web doors and mats. and also looking cute:

#aphonopelma chalcodes #tarantula #spider #arachnids #bugs #cw bugs

[8-legged-cats]

Debbie and I are on speaking terms again

#bugs #spider #tarantula #arachnid #arachnophobia tw #aphonopelma chalcodes

[bl4ckbox]

aphonopelma steindachneri wandering male

#bugs #spiders #tarantula #aphonopelma #aphonopelma steindachneri #video

[laneybeetle]

sorry, what did you say about not anthropomorphizing tarantulas? I was too distracted by heather being a coquette icon, a barbie girl in a barbie world, even

#this is silly #arachnid #tarantula #aphonopelma chalcodes #arizona blonde tarantula #pet insect #exotic pet #arachnids #spiders #bugblr #invertebrates #entomology #inverts #arthropods #insects

[jenfoundabug]

More tarantula

Aphonopelma iodius, Northern California

#tarantula sexy time #tarantula #spiders #arachnids #Aphonopelma iodius #nature photography #nature #bugs #biodiversity #inaturalist #arthropods #spider appreciation #bugblr #tarantula mating season #bay area #spooder

[ollierachnid]

Mutually Assured Destruction is a beautiful name for a baby boy

#pretzel's art #home alone #should i be put down like a dog this is highly unserious behaviour. ah well enjoy hiiiii home aloners #the wet bandits #kevin mccallister #harry lyme #marv murchins #also i feel the need to add i have been reading the novels (thanks Internet Archive) and Buzz's tarantula is called Axl #she's an aphonopelma seemanni (which i knew immediately bc i am a saddo but i love my t s)

[alienbath]

Look at this little fella with his winter boots, so cute!

(Source: Dave the Bug Guy)

Thank you anonymous ask!

#Aphonopelma chalcodes #spider #spiders #tw spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #bugs #Arachnida

[onenicebugperday]

@thrones-of-buer submitted: Molting time lapse.

I know this is about the tarantula but shout out to my phone, it was on 10% battery and was recording for an hour into 5%, what a chad, thing was HOT.

Glad your phone didn't explode to get this video! I love watching spiders molt though, what a process. Wish I could do that. Please tell them they're beautiful now! And also they were before. And will always be in the future.

#animals #spider #arachnids #submission #aphonopelma seemanni #costa rican zebra #tarantula #costa rican stripe knee #video #molting #freshly peeled angel #in the process of peeling!