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Larry the Lamb
April 17th, 2007, 06:54 AM
Hardly original I know but Katie picked it so Spidey it is!(she was originally called Thatcher!)

Shes a full grown Mexican Red Knee, just got her today thru the post and shes gorgeous!(Hope shes a girl anyway!)
Dave McCormick
April 17th, 2007, 07:09 AM
Pritty cool trantuala - Spelled right? Anyway, I used to have a spider that was very similar to the looks of that trantula spider except it was black. I found it in a field near me. Don't know what type it was.
Larry the Lamb
April 17th, 2007, 07:20 AM
closwe Dave, Tarantula.
You say you foind a big black spider in a field near you? How big is big cos the biggest spider over here is a Tegenaria, and even thats not Tarantula size.
*There is one spider thats related to Tarantulas tho, and its black, but its very rare, and still only quite small.* Tarantulas have jaws that go up and down, unlike true spiders whose jaws go from side to side,like insects,and that rare spider I mentioned has jaws like a Tarantula, but is a lot smaller
*(Atypus affinis if youre interested)

Atypus affinis - Google Image Search (http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4IRFA_enGB203GB204&q=Atypus+affinis)
Dave McCormick
April 17th, 2007, 07:25 AM
Don't think it was one of those. I only ever saw one similar of the spider I found in wild. I have never been able to find out what it was.
TransplantShock
April 17th, 2007, 07:25 AM
Hardly original I know but Katie picked it so Spidey it is!(she was originally called Thatcher!)

Shes a full grown Mexican Red Knee, just got her today thru the post and shes gorgeous!(Hope shes a girl anyway!)


Nice one! We have two of those ourselves. I guess you'll have to wait for a molt to see if spidy is a girl :)

Uh, they take a long time to molt these ones LOL
Larry the Lamb
April 17th, 2007, 07:55 AM
I wonder if one could sex it from this shot?
Larry the Lamb
April 17th, 2007, 07:56 AM
Oh and check out the fangs!
Larry the Lamb
April 22nd, 2007, 06:24 PM
Another shot from today-I love this spider!

Notice the eyes on top of its head. When hunting food thats right in front of it it cant really see it and senses it with the vibrations the prey makes as it moves.