Sometime very soon, I'm planning on doing some hiking in the desert outside of the Reno/Sparks area where I live. I know we have tarantulas for certain, I caught a mature male south of Pyramid lake 16 years ago. My first tarantula. I was young then and there wasn't much of an internet to speak of since Al Gore was too busy with other things at the time. Anyways, I was turned off of keeping them cuase I just couldn't get him to eat no matter how hard I tried, he died about 3 months after I brought him home, and I went on for years thinking that they are ridiculously difficult to care for because of that 1 T. (LOL I was a total noob).
My questions are... Does anyone on these boards live in my area? Have you had any luck finding tarantulas around here? What species can be found here? I'm going to guess Aphonopelma Californicum, but was wondering if there were others. I'm sure that southern Nevada would have alot more, but I know they exist up here.
Any info would be great, I'm looking forward to meeting arachno-philes in my area!
My questions are... Does anyone on these boards live in my area? Have you had any luck finding tarantulas around here? What species can be found here? I'm going to guess Aphonopelma Californicum, but was wondering if there were others. I'm sure that southern Nevada would have alot more, but I know they exist up here.
Any info would be great, I'm looking forward to meeting arachno-philes in my area!