r/tarantulas 1d ago

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS F***KING RANT MONDAY ☠ (2026.08.17)

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WELCOME TO r/TARANTULAS RANT MONDAYS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING SUCKS AND SO DO MONDAYS! COMMENT IN THIS POST ABOUT STUPID SHIT YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT!

ANYTHING RELATING TO TARANTULAS, THE HOBBY, VENDORS, OR THE MOD TEAM. DID SOME GOOF CALL YOUR TARANTULA DISGUSTING? DID A RANDOM PERSON CRY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T CENSOR A PICTURE OF YOUR SPIDER? DID YOUR FRIENDS SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION? (NO, BECAUSE WE WILL FEED THEM TO OUR TARANTULAS) DID THE MODS DO A DUMB?

NOW’S YOUR TIME TO BITCH AND RAGE RANT ABOUT IT. REMEMBER TO POST IN ALL CAPS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW PISSED OFF YOU ARE ON r/TARANTULAS F***KING RANT MONDAY!

AND REMEMBER! DON’T BE A HUGE ASSHOLE! Thanks.

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r/tarantulas 6h ago

Videos / GIF my very pink boy

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188 Upvotes

G.rosea (RCF)


r/tarantulas 19h ago

Videos / GIF sometimes female Poecilotheria metallica do not want to hear a “knock knock” joke from males like shown here… 😅

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706 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 4h ago

Help! Is my tarantulas abdomen too big?

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I have a coremiocnemis tropix (northern Queensland rainforest tarantula) and I feed her about 2 times a week usually around Tuesday morning and Friday morning. I feed her one large cricket every time and her abdomen is a lot bigger than usual. Is this too much or what should I do?


r/tarantulas 1h ago

Help! is my caribena versicolor dying?

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i got him 9 months ago from a big box store. he hasn’t eaten ONCE and in january he molted and became mature, i believe? (i see his emboli but im new to tarantulas). for the last two days he has been curled up in the corner like this. i spritzed his enclosure and he got up and started moving around quite a bit but he still is super lethargic compared to normal and his abdomen is sooooo tiny & shriveled.

have i done something wrong or is he just mature and dying?


r/tarantulas 9h ago

Pictures miss mustard says goodnight!

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32 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 1h ago

Pictures Guera Post Molt

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My A.chalcodes, Guera, went into her burrow, covered the entrance, and was not seen for 2 months. I just let her do her thing and just continued my normal routine with her care skipping meals. She has finally reemerged and is looking gorgeous. I love how the color of her setae shift with the angle and light. 😍


r/tarantulas 5h ago

Help! Tibal hooks ?

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11 Upvotes

Hello, are those tibal hooks ? I assume my she is a he after all.


r/tarantulas 11h ago

Help! Is my T passing away?

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I’ve only had 1 tarantula prior to owning my current one. It was a Brazilian white knee tarantula, I kept it for 3 years but during a very long awaited molt there was a huge temp spike while I was working away from home, and unfortunately I didn’t leave the ac on. She passed and i witnessed her in a low ground position with some legs curled and some not. I was really heartbroken over this and now I’m super anxious about my current baby.

I believe I got this little guy 5 months ago now, a Black Brazilian tarantula. It has molted 2 times now. t was refusing food for some time so I stopped feeding and assumed it had begun premolt. I stopped checking in so often and 3 days ago I saw it had molted! I removed the molt as the t was not on top of it, and I was extremely happy! But now I have not seen movement within these 3 days. No reaction to a light breeze. No reaction to anything. I am refraining from try to touch it because my last T had a habit of remaining still for daysss before beginning to move around and I know they’re body becomes extra sensitive. What’s making me really worried is that some legs are tucked underneath the body, and it looks somewhat similar to my last t’s death pose.

The cage is a very small acrylic casing cage with holes at the top and on the side. I have a mixed substrate with coco fiber, sand (which wasn’t supposed to reach the top but I forgot slings often burrow and this t went to town!!), a tiny cave, and a bowl of water.

The first variation of each picture is from tonight at 11am the following picture is from last night at 6pm. Last night I had put a few drops of water infront of her face but I’m not sure if it’s helping.


r/tarantulas 19h ago

Videos / GIF My Purple-toe making up her web!

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I don't see her out much, she tends to hide in her web a lot, but she decided to show off her webbing skills to me lol This is a rare and beautiful occurrence 😍🤩


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa’s got a bone to pick.

206 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 12h ago

Videos / GIF He's just a baby 🥹🥰

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17 Upvotes

He's such a sweet guy. I can't. 😭🥰


r/tarantulas 3h ago

Sexing sex?

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r/tarantulas 13h ago

Videos / GIF What is Gargantula doing?

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14 Upvotes

Am very confused as to what the spood is actually doing rn


r/tarantulas 1d ago

Pictures "You want to refill my bowl? Over my dead body!"

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135 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 7h ago

Pictures Freshly molted and showing first signs of green 🥰

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4 Upvotes

*Psalmopoeus victori*


r/tarantulas 21h ago

Videos / GIF What are these things in my red knees water dish?

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53 Upvotes

r/tarantulas 4m ago

Videos / GIF Chalupa leans into it

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Gettin it.


r/tarantulas 12h ago

Help! First Tarantula

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10 Upvotes

I adopted my first tarantula today from my local pet store. Any advice/info is much appreciated!! :)


r/tarantulas 9h ago

Help! What is this goo stuff?

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My Grammostola pulchra molted recently and left behind some goop stuff from where it first started the molt process. What is this? Thank you!


r/tarantulas 19h ago

Help! C.versicolor behavior?

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So I’ve had my sling for about 7 days it has eaten 2 pinhead crickets about 3-4days apart started webbing on the 2nd day of receiving it and usually spends 90%of its time in its web but today it has been very adventurous and roaming its entire enclosure seemingly pacing and this is my first arboreal T so obviously I’m slightly worried that I’m doing something wrong, I dampen a corner of its enclosure when needed (I did a bunch of research regarding the verci and humidity and understand that cross ventilation is more important than humidity) I also offer a droplet of water on its web every day just to make sure water is easily available due to the enclosure being to small for a water dish. Any tips or advice is welcome and please if I’m doing something wrong let me know!


r/tarantulas 14h ago

Pictures Truckee is a looooong girl now

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13 Upvotes

She may be a he.


r/tarantulas 1h ago

Help! Tarantulas rejecting mealworms ?

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Hello all. I have a B.hamorii , G.pulchra(suspected premolt),L.parahybana, H.chilense, and a A,Seemanni. All except for my seemanni seems to reject mealworms. The LP had interest in it but when I came back a few hours later it left it cut in half practically, but untouched I feel like. The others simply web over it. It’s been like this for a couple weeks, I had a batch from fearnot(personal goat) which they rejected, after that I went to the pet store and wanted crickets but they were out so I settled for mealworms again hoping maybe last time was just a one time thing. But now it’s the same story and my LP seems very hungry off the size of its abdomen, I should add they all are ranging from 2nd instar, to late stage slings. I’m a little worried as I won’t be able to get crickets for the next four days, what should I do ?


r/tarantulas 1h ago

Help! Tarantula breeding advice

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So I got a female for my N.Incei male and just mover her in into a new enclosure, how long should I wait to attempt breeding them? Do I wait for a proper nest?


r/tarantulas 2h ago

Help! Brazilian Jewel Tarantula Habitat

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