The Arachnoid's Blog

08 August 2009

RIP Sam

On 3 August morning i received a sms from Dennis telling me that his female Regalis have eaten Sam during mating attempt

I loaned Sam to Dennis for a breeding loan with his two female earlier

He spend one night with each female and at the morning spending a night with the 2nd female he got eaten

Whether is there any insection or not remain mystery, we will have to wait for the time to tell

Im happy if its a success mating, he will make me proud if he came in 2 female before he passed away =p

Anyway i guess its his fate, he is dying from old age so its better if he die under the fang of female while attempting to breed him then dying alone at the corner of his old enclosure

I hope if i can get babies from him i will setup a communal setup for 5 of them, hopefully things turn out well

RIP, Sam, hope u meet my dad up there and say hi for me

A day without work

Finally there is a off day for me after being busy with work recently

One day off everyweek is just not sufficient for someone who have 60+ inverts to take care

Spend whole day maintaining my inverts

My room have become like a microwave recently, the weather is hot here, i'm worried bout my bark scorpion especially my R.Junceus because a friend of mine lost a lot of his barkie recently

I'm relieve that none of mine met the grimreaper yet, and to my surprise one of my C.Margaritatus molted!

Everyone's else have molted except for mine, so happy to see it molt, but the other one is still yet to molt

My Curly Hair tarantula that i got from Dennis have outgrow its enclosure and in pre molt so i rehouse it to a bigger container, hopefully it will be comfortable there and molt in no time

My centipede (Scolopendra Subspinepis) is thirsty, luckily this guy is very hardy, i'm glad that it make it through the dry days (My bad)

Bad news is that i found 2 dead Hottentotta Hottentotta baby. I found that the mom love to stay one the damp area so i thought i should keep the babies a lil damper but looks like i overdid it...

I guess they died cause of the damp environment

Feed it to my O.Innesi

Pictures speak louder than words

My curly hair, u can see aside from the side, mold is another reason i rehouse this guy

After transporting it into another temporary container and ready its new enclosure i gently push it onto a bark and transfer it to the new container and push it in it and done rehousing

My fresh from oven Centruroides Margaritatus, 4th instar

This one is yet to molt

Fat Liocheles Australasiae, wonder when will she pop

Thirsty Pede, sorry Saint =(

7th instar, matured R.Junceus female

Orthochirus Innesi eating Hottentotta Hottentotta

Jungle Nymph eggs =p

Ciaoz =)

31 July 2009

Animals Wonder, Insect Week at Jaya One, Palm Square

Last Saturday and Sunday, there is a exhibition in Jaya One, Palm Square
Though its the insect week, but the area was dominated by arachnid instead, the only insect i saw was the Jungle Nymph
Majority was Tarantulas and Scorpions
Well, not much educating on that day, most of the people just came and "Yer... So geli" and walked away although i tried to greet them and talk to them
More like a freak show, hopefully we can overcome the problem where we can encourage people to ask more question rather than just come and go in the next exhibition....

At least i have a lot of fun chatting with fellow hobbyist there and finally i met the guy with balls of steal, Ken aka freeloader
As usual, met a lot of people with different attitude, some like to show off, some curious, some was so paranoid and keep swearing at our inverts

Saw some handling of scorpion as well though i think it's a very bad habit (No offense)
People will get the wrong idea that scorpions are pets for u to handle when they saw it
A few of them came to me and asked why they can be handle when they are so dangerous
Personally i'm against handling of scorpion especially during exhibition, sorry to be frank but this is just what i think
I do occasionally handled my AFS at home once in a blue moon, gotta admit it's tempting but IMHO just keep it for yourself is good enough
Different scorpion have different personality, sometimes accident might happen where they sting/pinched the handler and if that happen it will only make the public who saw the incident get more bad impression bout scorpions

Overall it's a good experience in the exhibition, enjoy chatting with fellow hobbyist and thanks Darren for giving me 24 free jungle nymph eggs to incubate although they need more than a year to hatch :p

Pictures

Bro Dennis educating the public

Look at the crowd =p

Curious exhibitor checking out the inverts

Bro Dennis teaching us how to sex a tarantula by exoskeleton method

Trying to make a hissing roach hiss

Learning how to DIY a aquarium cover

Images credit goes to tzuen

Ciaoz

21 July 2009

Fucking bad month

In just 11days, i lost 6 of my invert!

1st Androctonus Australis, follow by Orang Baboon Tarantula, Tityus Stigmurus, Parabuthus Pallidus ,Isometrus Maculatus and finally my Rhysida Longipes centipede!

A.Australis died from bad molt, OBT tarantula from oversized mealworm, Tityus Stigmurus unknown but suspect to be dehydration, P.Pallidus suspect to be old age, Isometrus Maculatus perhaps dehyration too but its eating a pin head cricket the last night before it passed away zzzzzzz and Rhysida Longipes for the same reason

I have been busy recently with all the outings, convocation, interview and my job, that's why i tend to neglect them and forgot to check on them when i got home everyday

I'm not trying to find excuse for my irresponsible act but i just want everyone know what is going on

I ll put extra attension on my invert from today onward, i cant afford to lose anymore...

The only good news aside from the dead is my Rhopalurus Junceus molted to a female adult

Hopefully i can find her a male soon so i can have some babies from her to ease my sadness from the lost...

Sad pictures as always

Lets start with the deceased

Parabuthus Pallidus