spiderday Tag Posts Index

Setting the Jumping Spider Free

It has finally gotten warm enough to set my pet Phiddipus audax free. I first noticed her in the fall of last year sitting on my balcony window looking a bit cold.

Spiderday - Odds and Ends for the Garden

Here are a few odds and ends from the garden. This first gal is Argiope aurantia aka the yellow garden spider. I usually see one or two in the fall around here.

Spiderday - City Spiders

Here are a few spiders I've spotted on my commute into Chicago for this #spiderday In Chicago there are quite a few bridges running across the Chicago River. This

Spiderday - Arizona Finds

Here are some Arizona finds for this #spiderday. Here is a common find in everyone's house in Arizona. A giant desert hairy scorpion with a Latin name of Hadrurus

#Spiderday - Tarantula Shopping

Here are some tarantulas from various pet stores for this #spiderday Check out this expensive purple bloom bird eater. Her Latin name is Pamphobeteus platyomma this

Spiderday - Cobalt Blue Tarantula

Here is my pet cobalt blue tarantula for this #spiderday Look at this beautiful blue gal. Her Latin name is Cyriopagopus lividus a tarantula species from Myanmar

Some Arizona Finds

Here are a couple Arizona finds for this #spiderday I know this guy is technically not an arachnid but it is one of the largest centipedes I have ever seen. It was

A Crabby Spider with Guest Jumping Spiders

Here is a crab spider for this #spiderday Here is a flower crab spider from the genus Mecaphesa. They wait inside flowers hoping for bees or flies to come by, then

Carl the Vinegaroon

This #spiderday features my pet Carl the vinegaroon. Carl's Latin name is Mastigoproctus giganteus and he is in the order of arachnids called Thelyphonida. This

My Pet Chilean Rose

Looks like its another #spiderday here I introduce you to my pet Chilean Rose Tarantula. She is pretty large almost as big as your hand. We take her out on walks

Its #Spiderday Again

It's another #spiderday Here is a grass spider that wandered into my condo. Grass spiders (Agelenopsis) typically live on hedges and trees around here. They weave

It's another #spiderday

Looks like it's another #spiderday Currently I am keeping a daring jumping spider as a pet but this photoshoot is from a spider I found a couple years ago and kept

Spider Saturday - Wolf Spider

Here is my first post in the arachnids community on a #spiderday Here is a nice plump wolf spider that got into my condo from my balcony. Fortunately it was so fat