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- From: ardie@UIUC (R.D. McClary)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets
- Subject: Re: trap door spiders
- Message-ID: <ardie.147.722093228@UIUC>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:27:08 GMT
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- In article <adwright.722031855@vincent1.iastate.edu> adwright@iastate.edu () writes:
- >From: adwright@iastate.edu ()
- >Subject: trap door spiders
- >Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:24:15 GMT
- >Is any pet store selling trap door spiders as pets? I had some once when i
- >lived in Africa (found them in my garden). I put them in an aquarium filled
- >with dirt. They would tend to build the tunnels next to the glass so they
- >were fairly visible. It was sort of fun to watch them crawl up the tunnel, open
- >the door and pull in whatever insect happened to walk across the door.
- >I miss those guys! Are they indigenous to Africa alone or can they be found in
- >North America too? They make a nice, low maintenance pet and could probably
- >work well in a terrarium too. Any info appreciated.
- >Al
- >
- >
- >
- >
- I understand that trapdoor spiders (at least the Australian variety)
- can have a rather nasty bite. A fun pet spider is the common heavy-bodied,
- mostly black jumping spider (Phidippus audax). They are even LESS
- maintenance, and they make the most incredible twisting leaps as they assult
- flies, some of which may be twice the size of the spider!
-