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Feeding Four Tarantulas

Just after 6 o'clock I decided to feed my four tarantulas with the super worms that had arrived earlier today. I had ordered accidentally two boxes instead of one with De Kammieshop last Monday, so I have plenty of food.

First, I dropped a living super worm with the female Acanthoscurria geniculata. Normally, I pre-kill super worms to prevent them from burrowing in the substrate. But the Acanthoscurria geniculata grabs everything that moves, including water, so I fell confident she would catch the worm immediately. And I was right.

Next, I dropped a pre-killed Morio larva with the female Pterinochilus murinus. I carefully moved the quite skittish tarantula near the Morio larva, but she didn't seem interested in it. If she doesn't eat it I remove it the next day.

Next, I dropped a pre-killed Morio larva with the female Monocentropus balfouri. But she stayed hidden underneath a plastic leaf, so no photo.

Finally, I dropped a pre-killed Morio larva with the female Tliltocatl albopilosus. She was also not interested, yet.

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Revenge Prey: Good

In the early evening I finished Revenge Prey, a Prey novel book 36 by John Sandford. I liked the book, it was a good read.

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A Tarantula Eating

Later in the evening while checking my tarantulas I noticed that the juvenile female Monocentropus balfouri was eating a Morio larva.

In the above photo some of the webbing this tarantula has made is visible in the left bottom corner. The leaves are plastic.

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