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kraken
07-20-2006, 11:08 PM
I just wanted to show my only true spider,I got this about 3 weeks ago,i believe it to be Nephila madagascariensis, I may be wrong though.It is a really neat spider.It is a very vigorous eater,thats for sure!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k80/JamesRussellGeorge/DSC03455.jpg
crashergs
07-21-2006, 12:46 AM
bites an venomous?
sick4x4
07-21-2006, 12:49 AM
maybe im wrong but shouldn't that be kept like orb weavers???nic spider though!!!
Cigarman
07-21-2006, 09:10 AM
From what I saw on "Buggin' with Ruud" the madagascar ones arent harmful to humans and are quite gentle. They also spin gold webs so that probably would be the giveaway. If you watch the opening credits to the show you can see one crawl up his face on its way back to home. Funny.
kraken
07-21-2006, 09:49 AM
He has spun a web in a LARGE jar....he nails any crickets i drop in there.I want to build him a larger cage,or possibly see if he will start a web in this recess I have in my wall,and I will put a screen over the recess.It would give him about a 3'X 6' area.The guy i got him from has one that is as big as my hand!
Tarantula
07-21-2006, 12:14 PM
If thats the "LARGE jar" you are keeping her in the pic its to small... The best is to let them loose in a large flower in your apartment/hose and let her build a web there... they thrive better then. Just tend to die easy when kept in enclosures.
bistrobob85
07-21-2006, 06:07 PM
Great spider :). Keep us posted, i've always been told that they do poorly in captivity and they die really easily, but if yours is doing fine, then those are great news :)!!!!

phil.
Gigas
07-21-2006, 07:15 PM
i dont think Jars are too good, this spec does like ventilation, Like Metaldragon says, if you let them setup somwhere in your house they wont move from their web ever
kraken
07-21-2006, 07:18 PM
That is the jar it was in for about 2 days.now,it is in a glass 5 gallon pickle jar, and the top is screen.It may not be enough ventilation though.Would it wander off if I place it in a large houseplant?
Oh,I didnt delete the image,i had a pic of my wife on there and she was in her birthday suite:D ,and photobucket deleted ALL my images.They should have only done the one!
Gigas
07-21-2006, 07:20 PM
It wouldnt, you just need to make sure it mabuilds the web first and it gets food and it should stay a long term resident
Tarantula
07-22-2006, 07:20 AM
i've always been told that they do poorly in captivity and they die really easily,


Thats because people keep them in tanks not loose in the house.