I keep big wolf spiders when I find them. I'm not allowed to keep tarantulas, though. What kind(s) do you have?
Brachypelma boehmei 1.0.0 Brachypelma albopilosum 0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi 0.0.1 Brachypelma sabulosum 0.0.1 Brachypelma albiceps 0.0.1 suspect female Brachypelma verdezi 0.0.1 Brachypelma vagans 0.0.2 Ami sp. Columbia 0.0.1 Aphonopelma seemanni 0.1.0 Avicularia cf. avicularia 0.1.0 Chilobrachys dyscolus "blue" 0.0.1 Chilobrachys sp. Saraburi 0.0.1 Chilobrachys sp. Penang 0.0.1 Lasiodora parahybana 0.1.2 Lasiodora difficilis 0.0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. Hatihati 0.0.2 Pslamopoeus pulcher 0.0.1 Psalmopoeus irminia 0.0.1 Psalmopoeus cambridgei 0.0.2 Tapinauchenius gigas 0.0.1 Tapinauchenius elenae 0.0.1 Haplocosmia himalayana 0.0.2 Omothymus violaceopes 0.0.1 Lampropelma sp. Borneo "Black" 0.0.1 Neoholothele incei 0.0.1 suspect female Neoholothele incei "gold" 0.0.1 Hysterocrates gigas 0.1.0 Hysterocrates sp. Nigeria 0.0.1 Hysterocrates sp. Cameroon 0.0.1 Poecilotheria rufilata 0.0.1 Poecilotheria ornata 0.0.1 Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica 0.1.0 Poeciotheria regalis 0.1.0 Poecilotheria sp. Bara 0.0.1 Selenocosmia obscura 0.0.1 Nhandu chromatus 0.0.2 Acanthoscurria ferina 0.0.1 Acanthoscurria geniculata 0.0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. Machalla 0.0.1 Pterinochilus murinus 1.0.0 Pterinopelma sazimai 0.0.1 Harpactira dictator 1.0.0 Ephebopus murinus 0.0.1 Ephebopus rufescens 0.0.1 Haplopus sp. Columbia "Large" 0.2.0 Haplopelma vonwirthi 0.1.0 Grammostola porteri 0.0.3 suspect females Sericopelma sp. Panama/Venezuala 0.0.1 Nhandu tripepii 0.0.1 suspect female Xenethis immanis 0.0.1 suspect female Thrixopelma ockerti 0.1.0 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 0.0.1 Heterothele villosella 1.0.0 Euathlus sp. "Red" 0.0.1 Ceratogyrus meridionalis 0.0.1 Ceratogyrus darlingi 0.0.1 suspect female Pelinobius muticus 0.0.2 Haplocosmia nepalensis 0.0.1 suspect female Davus pentaloris 0.0.1 Phormictopus cancerides 0.0.1 suspect female Ornithoctonus aureotibialis 0.0.1 Grammostola pulchra 0.0.1 Grammostola pulchripes 0.0.1 suspect male The Pamphobeteus sp. Machalla just molted and isn't doing so well, so I might not have her in a few days.
Do the huge orb weavers that hang out outside my windows count? I've been known to name them from time to time.
Of course it does! I once blocked off my front door with crime scene tape because the most beautiful web had been constructed between my two front pillars. (The kids did NOT appreciate having to walk to the back yard and come in the patio door. They couldn't wait for the next wind storm. lol
It's a lot, but definitely worth it! I hope she does too. I also hope she's a male since they have a gorgeous light purple-pink on them.
You could even argue that I feed them by leaving some lights on! The only person who's been upset by my live and let live attitude towards spiders is the terminx guy, who really wants me to pay him to knock them all down whenever he does an inspection. I think I smell a conspiracy there, though, since the spiders are probably doing more pest control than he is! XD
Still far enough! Ha ha. Don't get me wrong, I will always catch a spider and let him outside if it's in my house. But I'd just rather them stay out altogether!
Just recently, I caught a little jumping spider and put it in an enclosure that used to have a mantis in it. I've been feeding it gnats that I find on the window screens. Lol I wish I could get a picture of him, but he's so small...
