wild vinegaroons

[johnnyjohnjon]

who all here can catch wild vinegaroons. if you can pm me.

[Arachnopuppy]

Before this thread, I had absolutely no idea such a creature existed.

[johnnyjohnjon]

has anyone here ever caught a wild vinegaroon?

[Immortal_sin]

we catch them at the ATS conference, so I know they are in New Mexico.
If you come to the conference...you can catch your own :)

[Wade]

I've collected them many times, but I'm guessing you're looking for someone to send you one.

Wade

[cricket54]

Do you sell them Wade?

Sharon

[Wade]

Not right now. If I could get out west again I probably would. Eventuallly I hope to breed them. They are great pet arachnids.

Wade

[nmbugfreak]

I wild collect Vinrgaroons here in New Mexico...

[SinisterSpiders]

When im in Florida, we catch them.

[Galapoheros]

I have seen them in Uvalde Tx. and westward. I look for snakes crossing the road in the Del Rio area in May and June at night. I usually see and catch one or two vini's on a three day trip. I snag them crossing the road too. Most people don't see them and pass them right up. I'm sure I have past several up myself. Someone told me that a good road to find them on is FM 101 in West Tx. But never been over there. They differ in size. I have caught some really big ones. Females will kill each other. The males I have had didn't seem to bother each other too much but they are not "community" animals. Best to keep separate. Easy to mate. You drive on the back roads all night, maybe until 5:00 am if your hard-core about it. I usually pack it up around 2:30 or 3:00 am. Getting lazy. Drive about 25 to 30 miles per hour on roads with very low to no traffic. When you see a black thing that looks like it's moving, stop. You will stop for beetles, scorpions, but will eventually come across a vini. They are really pretty common I think....but not easy to find. The big male in the picture is wild caught just this past June. The small one is CB from a female I had about two years ago. These are neat animals and I think they are long-lived. They don't seem to have a big problem with mites either. I had one that did get infested because of the humidity. Then, I put it in a drier environment and the mites disappeared. Another interesting thing that happened (man this is getting long), happened when I lived in an apartment over 10 years ago. I had a Tex Alligator liz and a Vinegarone temporarily living in the same terrarium. The lizard new better than to mess with the vini after one flick of it's tongue. I came to the apartment from work one day and fire ants had invaded the terrarium. They killed and were eating the lizard. But the vini was sitting on a rock untouched. I think this had to do with the acetic acid Vinegarones produce. That is what ants sting with, acetic acid....that's the only connection I could make to the reason why the ants left it alone. The ants were all over the place but staying away from the Vinegarone. Fire ants will try to kill anything that moves. Well, that's most of my story. Are you looking for one? Want to know where to find them?
http://users2.ev1.net/~atrox/Dscn0114.JPG

[darkeye]

Anyone know how to sex them?

[Galapoheros]

Yea, real easy. Males have much longer pincers. And you don't have to wait until the last molt to be able to sex them. You start seeing the difference in the sexes pretty early in their growth.