Bug-Lover's Club

[Piney]

Glad you like them. :3 I was going to use a userbar generator but it was being silly with me.




Moar banners. Gotta have a green one for Cass

[Cassowary]

<3<3 Greeen!

[Byakugan01]

*sigh* this is one of the times being an arachnophile BITES-there are things so off about the spider from the comic you posted, Cass, that it hurts. Namely the fangs. No spider, anywhere, has fangs like that or a body like that...although The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is an awesome webcomic.


And those are some great banners-definitely going to look at putting one in my sig


Nit picking aside, I'd like to share a video from one of the larger figures in the arachnid community-tarantulguy1976 aka robc

Spoiler

Should mention that zilla there is actually T. stirmi, but at the time of the video this species was actually not yet known.

[Cassowary]

That... is a bigass spider. I'm surprised at how fast it is.

New respect, man. I always sorta figured they mostly just sat in their tanks, not doing much.

[Piney]

God dang that's a big spider. And it's looking kinda skittish too...




Last banners for now.

[Padfootsmistress777]

owo That spider is awesome, and yet slightly terrifying at the same time I like it

[Byakugan01]

Yes, in that video zilla is indeed skittish and somewhat agitated-and cass, you are for the most part right. Tarantulas are not the most active pets by and large, and are largely nocturnal (they do, however, move about during the day). However, a mature male will be very active, as its main goal is to seek out females to mate with-if it is lucky, more than one female. As a result, these spiders are very active.

However, males have a low life expectancy once they mature-about a year or two, depending on the species. Maybe even less. As a result, females are preferred much more as pets, and cost more as well. It's a worthy investment from my perspective though-depending one the species, a good size female tarantula can go for well over a hundred. A Brachypelma smithi (Mexican redknee)female can easily go for over 200 (this species is CITES listed, and as such all LEGAL specimens on the market were either caught before they were listed, or are their offspring-mostly it's the later).

[Kestrad]

Hi! Might I join? Not quite a bug lover, exactly, but figured since I do research on them...

...uh, I'll just stop talking and post my form now.

New Member!
Username: Kestrad
Favorite Invertebrate: Tribolium castaneum, as long as they stay well away from my cereal and rice

[DoomedDaphnia]

I can honestly say I have never found red flour beetles in my house.

Japanese beetles are another story. How I despise them Nasty invasive buggers.

[Cassowary]

Yeeeey Kestrad!

Guh, nothing quite like eating cereal and only finding out afterwards that it's got beetles in it. I can't eat miniwheats any more...