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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 191517" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>No, I do not walk on water! Sorry. But I do tread lightly around tarantula burrows! For example, I am now staying in an RV park (I live in a motorhome) just outside Zapata, Texas. In my yard I have at least two Rio Grande golds (<em>A. moderatum</em>) and one or two Texas trapdoor spiders (<em>Ummidia</em>, sp. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ummidia" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ummidia</a>.) I check on them a couple of times a day. When I leave for Canada in a few days, I plan on throwing a little party for them, and leaving them here for my return next Fall.</p><p></p><p>But, the park host caught a very young Texas tan (<em>A. anax</em>) that I'm probably going to take back to Canada this Spring.</p><p></p><p>About the photo of your TKG3: You're not using it anywhere near enough. By now it's supposed to be dog-eared, coffee stained, with ketchup and mustard smears, maybe even beer stains, with all sorts of notes and cross references penciled in the margins, and post-it notes marking key pages. Maybe even with a few pages falling out! As a pristine, museum specimen it's next to worthless. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>But, do not throw away the old, worn copies. Those are priceless. Bequeath them to your grand-kids, or donate them to a local library. Everybody in this world needs to discover what a tarantula <strong>REALLY</strong> is!</p><p></p><p>_______________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Three evangelistic creatures that are simply intolerable:</p><p></p><p>A recovered alcoholic,</p><p></p><p>A born-again Christian,</p><p></p><p>And a converted arachnophobe!</p><p></p><p><roflmao></p><p>_______________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p>The photos:</p><p>RRG-095046-020.jpg - Adult female Rio Grande gold (A. moderatum)</p><p>Aph_moderatum-Zapata-230.jpg - An RGG in its burrow. Not to be confused with the piece of weed resting across the entrance.</p><p>A-anax-20365-031.jpg - Very young, probably male, Texas tan tarantula.</p><p>Texas_trapdoor-20358-020.jpg - Can you pick out the trapdoor spider's burrow?</p><p>Texas_trapdoor-20358-021.jpg - There it is! I've circled it in red.</p><p>Texas_trapdoor-20360-020.jpg - I've propped the lid open with my pocket knife (~5" point to butt). And yes it's in there. You'll just have to take my word for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 191517, member: 28438"] No, I do not walk on water! Sorry. But I do tread lightly around tarantula burrows! For example, I am now staying in an RV park (I live in a motorhome) just outside Zapata, Texas. In my yard I have at least two Rio Grande golds ([I]A. moderatum[/I]) and one or two Texas trapdoor spiders ([I]Ummidia[/I], sp. See [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ummidia[/URL].) I check on them a couple of times a day. When I leave for Canada in a few days, I plan on throwing a little party for them, and leaving them here for my return next Fall. But, the park host caught a very young Texas tan ([I]A. anax[/I]) that I'm probably going to take back to Canada this Spring. About the photo of your TKG3: You're not using it anywhere near enough. By now it's supposed to be dog-eared, coffee stained, with ketchup and mustard smears, maybe even beer stains, with all sorts of notes and cross references penciled in the margins, and post-it notes marking key pages. Maybe even with a few pages falling out! As a pristine, museum specimen it's next to worthless. :) But, do not throw away the old, worn copies. Those are priceless. Bequeath them to your grand-kids, or donate them to a local library. Everybody in this world needs to discover what a tarantula [B]REALLY[/B] is! _______________________________________________________________________ Three evangelistic creatures that are simply intolerable: A recovered alcoholic, A born-again Christian, And a converted arachnophobe! <roflmao> _______________________________________________________________________ The photos: RRG-095046-020.jpg - Adult female Rio Grande gold (A. moderatum) Aph_moderatum-Zapata-230.jpg - An RGG in its burrow. Not to be confused with the piece of weed resting across the entrance. A-anax-20365-031.jpg - Very young, probably male, Texas tan tarantula. Texas_trapdoor-20358-020.jpg - Can you pick out the trapdoor spider's burrow? Texas_trapdoor-20358-021.jpg - There it is! I've circled it in red. Texas_trapdoor-20360-020.jpg - I've propped the lid open with my pocket knife (~5" point to butt). And yes it's in there. You'll just have to take my word for it. [/QUOTE]
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