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Brachypelma boehmei and Pandinus imperator

Just after twelve in the afternoon the tarantula and scorpion I had ordered with Matthijs Tempelman of Tarantulahub yesterday in the afternoon via Facebook Messenger arrived. I paid €25 for the tarantula, €60 for the scorpion and €10 for shipping. All in all €95.

Later in the afternoon I prepared two enclosures. I had expected the tarantula, a female Brachypelma boehmei, to be larger. Her enclosure is now a bit on the large side.

First, I transferred the female Brachypelma boehmei to her enclosure; a plastic container with a piece of cork and some plastic plants. The substrate is a mix of sand and coconut coir, which I had made slightly moist.

Next, I transferred the Pandinus imperator to its enclosure; a small plastic container with a piece of cork and some plastic plants. I don't know yet if this specimen is a male or a female. The substrate is moist coconut coir.

Finally, I cut up a super worm and put a small piece in each terrarium.

Later, in the afternoon, while checking up on the new ones, I noticed that the emperor scorpion was eating!

I also replaced the lid of the enclosure of the Brachypelma boehmei with one with much smaller holes. The one I used originally had holes that are a few millimeter in diameter and maybe the spider could manage to escape through one.

Near the end of the afternoon I noticed that the Brachypelma boehmei also had taken away the piece of superworm. When I lifted the cork tube I spotted her on the inside of the tube holding the piece.

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• scorpion

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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• crime fiction

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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Pages generated with tumblelog

In the evening, when searching on Google for "Pages generated with tumblelog" I found two new, to me, blogs:

• Renee's Photography
• xylin room

It's really nice to see others use tumblelog.

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