Hartley, JR Hartley

[Mary]

Meet Hartley, my fishing spider ..........................................

[Simon]

what does he eat or is that a stupid question?

[Mary]

Same as aT apparently, I wouldn't have had a fishy spider here, yukkkkkkkkkk

[Tegenaria]

Meet Hartley, my fishing spider ..........................................

Oh cool! It got a latin name?

But i thoght you didnt like trues mary, or was it Jay.

[PhilR]

Dolomedes sp. Larry :)

Dolomedes fimbriatus maybe?

[Mary]

That might be it Phil, it has 4 spots on it's abdomen when adult. this is only a babe.

I bought it because I am trying to get over my fear of trues Larry, Jay don't like them eaither.

[Tarantula]

By looking on the shape of the body its no Dolomedes. Looks like some sort of Ancylometes species.

[PhilR]

Looking closer at the carapace, you may well be right Niklas :)

[Mary]

Thats it Niklas, I honestly couldn't remember. The males have little silvery feet.

[charlene]

*shudders* Dont think i will ever get over my fear of trues. Good luck to ya Mary....:yes:

[Tegenaria]

Mary, i googled Dolomedes, thinking that was the genus(Had a brainstorm theh realised it was Dolomedes, and related to Pisaura mirabilis)

Found this pic of D fimbriatus.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/Dolo15b.jpg

[Mary]

No Larry,the adult has 4 spots on it's abdomen and plain legs.

[Tegenaria]

its a cool looking spid Mary, you must get some more pics!

[Mary]

Have to try Larry, but as it's a SPIDER, I don't go too close *shudders*

[Tegenaria]

lol, well, I'll come round with me macro gear then eh! ;)

[Mary]

Better pics of Hartley.

Larry, you would be very welcome to come down mate, you may have your eyes open to some nice sp here:laugh:

[Tegenaria]

oh he's a beauty, foxy red!
Yea I'd probably end up bringing a few trues home with me ;)

[Mary]

The spider room is full of em, and a calceatum sling now :cry: :cry: :cry: Full of trues that is, loose ones.

[Tegenaria]

calceatum??

[Mary]

Stromatopelma calceatum or feather leg baboon, fiesty little things too.

[Tegenaria]

I googled it, nice T!!

[Mary]

I have just been given a pressie, THE smallest spiderling I have EVER seen, another fishing spider from Geoff, my crix supplier:biggrin_hat: :biggrin_hat:

[Mary]

Oh well, I was given a pressie of a VERY DEAD fishing spider :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Simon Goldsborough]

the adult female fishing spider we bought is going to moult she gone black can't wait to she her freshly moulted these are great spiders

[Mary]

The one I bought, Hartley, eats like a pig, can;t fill it up.:jimlad: :jimlad:

[charlene]

Oh well, I was given a pressie of a VERY DEAD fishing spider :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Is that why it was free??!!!!!

[Mary]

Yes he got it last week, obviously it hasn't been fed.

[Tegenaria]

The one I bought, Hartley, eats like a pig, can;t fill it up.:jimlad: :jimlad:

soon it'll be eating pigs!
Maybe if needs a fish or two!

[Mary]

soon it'll be eating pigs!
Maybe if needs a fish or two!

Well it can catch it's filppin own then.

[Tegenaria]

go get some fish fingers out the freezer. Have to be birds eye tho!!

[Mary]

There are NO fish fingers in my freezer, only salmon steaks:biggrin:

[Tegenaria]

There are NO fish fingers in my freezer, only salmon steaks:biggrin:

Yuk, dont like salmon, and trout(fresh caught) is even worse!
The only fish i like(apart from fish fingers)is tuna, sardines/pilchards(is there a difference?) kippers and the odd goldfish ;)

[PhilR]

The spider room is full of em, and a calceatum sling now :cry: :cry: :cry: Full of trues that is, loose ones.

Do you have any pholcids (daddy long legs spiders) there Mary? If so then you may no longer have a loose calceatum sling :(

[Mary]

Do you have any pholcids (daddy long legs spiders) there Mary? If so then you may no longer have a loose calceatum sling :(


Phil, the daddylonglegs got it:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Mary]

Hartley with a gob full of crickets

[Tegenaria]

mary your Hartley is looking good,how big does it get?

[Mary]

The adults were around 3" l/s Larry

[Tegenaria]

I was reading about these in the marshall book last night,very nice spiders!

[Mary]

Acouple of pics of freshly moulted Hartley

[Tegenaria]

Superb looking spider Mary!
And is that a wooly bear with it? I get at least one of those every time I buy crix!

[Mary]

It is indeed Larry, but it wasn't there for long, soon gobbled up.

[Tegenaria]

put one in with one of my Ts(cant remember who got it!) and it burrowed. Not sure if it got ate or not.

I havent seen anything of Yamaha at all since I got him, apart from different holes that magically appear and disappear, along with small crickets!
Also Curly the albops is notable by his absence, are they obligate burrowers too?

[Mary]

Most lil slings burrow to a certain extent Larry, the second sac cambridgei are burrowers at the mo, some like it up on the cork others have burrowed, but see em run when you take the top off to feed em, I have laughed at them today, like lil balls of fluff rolling round the container.:yes:

[Tegenaria]

Pip has done something shes never donme befre-she has dug out the substrate under the eggbox hide to make it deeper inside, its like a dome over her now.
I put a big black crik in yesterday, its gone so shes still eating,no molting yet!
Come on Pip, shake your booty!

[Mary]

They will do that Larry, big ones do it more, shows she is growing up bless her.

[Tegenaria]

I wonder if she could possibly be getting ready to molt at last!