Nephew and a friend are helping me rehouse some of my tarantulas. My Acanthocurria chacoana, Bolivian Salmon rump, kicked hairs and they got some on them.  They refused to let me get in there and help them do the transfer from her old tank into the new tank and got the worst of the hairs.

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Today I caught one of the butterflies I have always dreamt of having! I'm not quite sure if its a male or female though. The amount of blue on the wings is confusing because it's right in between pretty much every other picture of them I've seen so far.  I'm saying its Female, but I could be wrong.  Either way, an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly!  This completely made me day. :D

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Yesterday I went on a local spider collecting expedition, as Im planning on showing them to some kids at the library this weekend.  I ended up catching a young carolinesis wolf spider, a type of crab spider (not yet sure on its species), three immature audax jumpers (just cuz they are so freakin' cool, lol), a P. tepidarorum, a big female black widow (Yay!) and a Steatoda borealis.

Now, I've seen plenty of the Steatoda around, but I've never really paid them much attention at all.... Read More

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Today I decided to go make a butterfly net out of an old racquet I had laying around the house, some tulle and some fishing line. It works pretty good surprisingly!
I caught a few cabbage white butterflies (that I released soon after) and a beautiful red admiral butterfly!  I decided to keep her so I can add her to my insect collection after she dies (I know, that sounds pretty creepy).  Right now she's in a little cage in my room with a sceen on top, next to an open window. I pu... Read More

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