Chris WebMaster

while I was house hunting in Arkansas just walking across the street taking his time.

bluetwo

That's a damn tarantula?
So what's the deal? Are they big in Arkansas?
I've seen em at the zoo, but to see one in it's neo-natural habitat would be crazy.

Tark

I always wanted one of those as a pet.

Nightshade

Enjoy Arkansas

Chris WebMaster

The Arkansas chocolate tarantula, Aphonopelma baergi (formerly known as Dugesiella hentzi) is Arkansas' only tarantula.* Females of this hairy spider average 2" long, and males average a little over 1 1/2".* The body and legs are uniformly dark brown.* Tarantulas occur in dry, rocky glades, where they inhabit silk-lined burrows in abandoned rodent or reptile tunnels or in other natural cavities.* They plug their burrows for the winter months and emerge in spring.* They may hunt at night, but apparently they prefer to remain in their burrows waiting for prey to come by.* Crickets, June beetles, ground beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, and caterpillars are favored dietary items.* In June, gravid females, which had mated the previous autumn, begin constructing egg sacs for some 200 to 800 eggs.* They guard their egg sacs until the young have hatched and departed.* The white spiderlings hatch in August and remain grouped around their mother for several days before dispersing.* Spiderlings molt 2 to 4 times each year for their first several years and only once each year thereafter.* Males tend to wander in search of females in late summer and fall (August through November), and they are often found crossing roads.* Females have been known to reach sexual maturity at 11 years and have lived as long as 25 years in captivity.* Males have have been known to reach sexual maturity in 10 years.* Tarantula bites are not considered particularly dangerous.

AcuraFanatic

You need to update your profile f00

asiandoood

grossssss

Chris WebMaster

Why do I need to do that.....

AcuraFanatic

Aren't you moving to Arkansas? :thinking:

Chris WebMaster

But not until I get there. Then you will see the changes.... Foo