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Old 1 January 2009, 06:35 AM   #1
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One of my Hobbies

Since I was reading about all your different hobbies, here are some pictures of one of mine. Some of you know, I have spiders...

Here is the proof

My so called spiderroom
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and here my Latrodectus (Balck Widow) collection:

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the Black Widow from Stan, the Tudorman!

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a Brown Widow

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Widows mating...the arrows pointing to the fully grown male!!!

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guarding her cocoon

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hatching...

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this spider carries my name...how cool is that...

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a housespider, always welcome!!

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tarantula in orange!

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yellow legs, behind glass!

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she moved in a few days ago from Vietnam...

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...and want to be left alone...

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Greetings to all of you and have a great New Year!!!

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Old 1 January 2009, 06:50 AM   #2
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...they are so very NEAT...

...they truly are beautiful!!

...just signed in and saw the thread!

...glad to see our girl is doing so well.

...looking forward to giving you some more this coming summer.

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...curious: does the BROWN widow have an hour glass or just the unique striping???
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Old 1 January 2009, 06:51 AM   #3
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Sorry, you can't be my friend anymore, that is just kreeppyyyyy


























Cool Hobby, even though I am not a big fan of them.
Not entirely true, I appreciate what they do, are capable, their thought pattern is amazing, etc etc.
I just don't want any as pets
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Old 1 January 2009, 06:54 AM   #4
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...they truly are beautiful!!

...just signed in and saw the thread!

...glad to see our girl is doing so well.

...looking forward to giving you some more this coming summer.

Stan.

...curious: does the BROWN widow have an hour glass or just the unique striping???

Stan, yes, our Lady is doing great! The brown widows also have a hour glass, it is yellowish or orange in color
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Old 1 January 2009, 07:01 AM   #5
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Cool Hobby, even though I am not a big fan of them.
Not entirely true, I appreciate what they do, are capable, their thought pattern is amazing, etc etc.
I just don't want any as pets

You are right, there are so many other pets so much nicer...my dogs...all cats...fish
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Old 1 January 2009, 07:04 AM   #6
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Stan, yes, our Lady is doing great! The brown widows also have a hour glass, it is yellowish or orange in color
...get the right "EXPOSURE", could you post a pic???

Thx, Stan.
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Not sure if I should tell you, but at our cabin, there are a ton of spiders.
BUT, everytime we arrive, there is at least one in the sink.
My job, ( for the ladies in the family) is to remove them ( not kill, my daughter will not allow that), but put them outside.
Well one day, I check the sink, and this Hulkazoid spider is standing over the drain.
This is one of those drains that has a metal screen you pull out, it is about 2.5 in diameter, and this dude is straddling it.
Don't know what it was, don't know how he got there, but I was not impressed.
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...get the right "EXPOSURE", could you post a pic???

Thx, Stan.

I think I have a good one, but it is in hundreds of slides...I will find it and I will post it....not in 2008 any more
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Not sure if I should tell you, but at our cabin, there are a ton of spiders.
BUT, everytime we arrive, there is at least one in the sink.
My job, ( for the ladies in the family) is to remove them ( not kill, my daughter will not allow that), but put them outside.
Well one day, I check the sink, and this Hulkazoid spider is standing over the drain.
This is one of those drains that has a metal screen you pull out, it is about 2.5 in diameter, and this dude is straddling it.
Don't know what it was, don't know how he got there, but I was not impressed.
I am sooo glad, you don't kill them...they keep our mosquito’s in check!!!
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VERY cool and some excellent shot of cool critters.
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Very cool pics Fred! Although, I'll admit the hatching babies shot gave me goosebumps.
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Old 1 January 2009, 08:47 AM   #12
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Very interesting pastime. I like seeing them ... from my computer monitor. Would not be my choice of favorite pastime , but fascinating nonetheless . From time to time, I see one of those fuzzy hunters in the bathtub and escort them to the bushes outside.
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Very nice. I love spiders, big and small, but I only have a few big ones...
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Old 1 January 2009, 10:36 AM   #14
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Superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!:clap :
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Creepy collection, Fred; but your camera work and knowledge on the subject are obviously very good.

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Very cool pics Fred! Although, I'll admit the hatching babies shot gave me goosebumps.
JF,
babies will do no harm...and the adult ones give their "poison" to help people with or after heart problems
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Very interesting pastime. I like seeing them ... from my computer monitor. Would not be my choice of favorite pastime , but fascinating nonetheless . From time to time, I see one of those fuzzy hunters in the bathtub and escort them to the bushes outside.

Thank you Stan for not killing them
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VERY cool and some excellent shot of cool critters.
Thank you Mike, it took me a long time to learn good ways to take pictures of spiders...but watches are far more complicated to take pictures of
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Creepy collection, Fred; but your camera work and knowledge on the subject are obviously very good.

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Thank you JJ, I wish I could take watch pictures like you
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Thanks, Fred. Come on over to Auckland. I could teach you a few tricks and you also get the famous "JJ bearhug" as a bonus!!
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Very nice. I love spiders, big and small, but I only have a few big ones...
Zman86 you have a nice collection

I see some nice species you have:

Grammostola
Aphonopelma
Pterinochilus
Ceratogyrus....

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Zman86 you have a nice collection

I see some nice species you have:

Grammostola
Aphonopelma
Pterinochilus
Ceratogyrus....

Congratulations
WHOA!! That's some seriously abusive language, Fred!!
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Thanks, Fred. Come on over to Auckland. I could teach you a few tricks and you also get the famous "JJ bearhug" as a bonus!!

You will be the first to know when I plan to come over to visit your nice country
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WHOA!! That's some seriously abusive language, Fred!!

I know, sorry I could not help myself
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Don't worry about it
It is so much more important to enjoy our nice hobby!
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Arrrghhhhhhhh they are on me....they are under my skin.

I'm sure one has just crawled up my spine.

I am terrified of spiders.

However that is a great collection Fred and some of them are beautiful....terrifying but beautiful! In fact that House spider looks the creepiest!

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