Just one of my spiders

[Heering80]

This one is Pterinochilus murinus

[Pekka]

Very nice animal. How does it handle humans? I would not sleep a minute if that was in my house, even inside a terrarium.
PS. You'll need to get someone to clean that glass - your Mother-in-Law perhaps? :)

[JK]

Man, that's one hairy arachnid - I hope you've bought it a shaver for Christmas! :)

[gramps]

How do you cook those? BBQ, bake or broil?

[stoneylonesome]

Nice photo, but I'm with Pekka 'NOT IN MY HOUSE' :roll: :roll:

[PhotosGuy]

"You'll need to get someone to clean that glass - your Mother-in-Law perhaps?"
;-D

[DocFrankenstein]

Dude - that is so cool!

I've caught a tarantula when I was a kid and fed it with flies and bugs at home. Then it ran away and I found it squashed in the kitchen. It was BIG!

How much does that thing cost? For the terrarium and the spider? Are they hard to keep alive?

I want one, as you guessed :)

[Heering80]

This genus is supposed to be quite agressive and venomous. I've never seen it give a threat posture so right now I'm living in false feeling of security. They are fast as lightning!!

I don't know about prices in U.S. cause I live in Finland, but I ordered that one from Germany. It was only 8€. A box that it now lives in is something like 15€. It's not an expensive hobby if you don't buy adults. Adult tarantulas can go even as high as 300€.

They eat live crickets and roaches and stuff like that. I also have some bigger species that you can give live mice etc. That's illegal here in Finland though.. But I've never heard any one complain.. Squiiik SPLASH! This species is very easy to keep alive because they don't require high humidity. Just give them water in a little cup (if you have guts to put your fingers in the container). Well these are handeld with long forceps.

You can find A LOT of info from www.arachnoboards.com . It's a very interesting forum about tarantulas, just like this one about fotography.

P.S. Thanks for all the comments :)

[marie]

This genus is supposed to be quite agressive and venomous. I've never seen it give a threat posture so right now I'm living in false feeling of security. They are fast as lightning!!

I don't know about prices in U.S. cause I live in Finland, but I ordered that one from Germany. It was only 8€. A box that it now lives in is something like 15€. It's not an expensive hobby if you don't buy adults. Adult tarantulas can go even as high as 300€.

They eat live crickets and roaches and stuff like that. I also have some bigger species that you can give live mice etc. That's illegal here in Finland though.. But I've never heard any one complain.. Squiiik SPLASH! This species is very easy to keep alive because they don't require high humidity. Just give them water in a little cup (if you have guts to put your fingers in the container). Well these are handeld with long forceps.

You can find A LOT of info from www.arachnoboards.com (http://www.arachnoboards.com/) . It's a very interesting forum about tarantulas, just like this one about fotography.

P.S. Thanks for all the comments http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gifthanks for all the great information

~ and the nice picture ~ 0^0

I love taking shots of spiders ...whenever a chance ( or a spider) comes along

he he he

[Heering80]

You can find more of my tarantulas from http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=34476