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Pippin the Tarantula

August 11, 2014 by Caspar Leave a Comment

Pippin my tarantulaPippin is my tarantula, Phlogius cf. papuanus. She is very cute (in my opinion) and is about 6.5cm long with her legs stretched out.

We got her from The Green Scorpion, which sells invertebrates.

She is very secretive and once, because of that, I thought she was dead.

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Phlogius sp. “rubiseta”(Red Haired Tarantula)

May 11, 2014 by Caspar

Red Haired Tarantulas are a very lovely type of tarantula. This specimen was found under a rotting log at my friend’s place. They live up in Kuranda which is the perfect place for a tarantula to be!

Red Haired Tarantula Phlogius sp. rubiseta

I have a tarantula too, but it’s not as big as this one. It is a Phlogius cf. papuanus. She is very  hard to see. In fact she’s so hard to see that for a long time I thought she was dead. But luckily I was wrong!

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