The Most Heavily Webbing Spiders I Keep

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Can we just take a second to appreciate the amazing quality of the footage and the amazing spiders shown? Wow!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank you! It took quite a while to get enought to make this video. haha Hope all is well!

[@georgehill3338]

Always love hearing you talk about how sweet your OBT's are Tom! When I started collecting a decade ago, I always heard how nasty species like OBT's, Pokies, and other old worlds were. Now years later I always laugh at how they are some of the sweetest, gentlest T's I keep. If respected and given proper housing, they are hilariously shy and slow moving, compared to my Tapies & Psalmo's who throw up threat postures like nobody's business and are constantly little track stars running laps in their enclosures

[@TrexxArmz]

I got a couple of threat poses from my OBT when I first got it, but nothing in over a year. Never from my P metallica. But I got a P auratus sling a couple of weeks ago that threat posed me while trying to get it out of the shipping vial. 😂

[@ShadowFox1412]

I have two obts rn. One is very shy and I rarely see them, but prefers to flee back to their burrow rather than throw up a threat posture. My other one is a sling still, and is constantly out and about but also prefers to run rather than fight. Rn they’re just in a sling habitat so it’s not totally ideal but when they get a little bigger I’d love to give them a setup similar to the other obt.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello, George! I have raised up eight over the years, and I've never had a single problem with any of them. They get such a bad rep. The best part is, I'm hearing from more and more folks like yourself who are having similar experiences. Let's keep getting the word out! haha

[@saulgoodman3293]

Tom you just look like such a friendly guy. I just wanna give you a hug.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Awwwww. Thanks, Saul!

[@mikepetersen7319]

Amazing Webcastles!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thanks, Mike!

[@Vivianvixxen]

I absolutely love my Ceratogyrus Darlingi, it's been making a sort of volcano since the new rehouse. Cool little web castles, I love the more webbing types of spiders anyway.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Man, I love those little vocanoes! haha And C. darlingis are awesome spiders. Thanks, Vivian!

[@bunnvui]

Wonderful video as always, Tom. Really appreciate all the attention your Dipluridae have been getting on the channel. Honestly some of the objectively coolest spiders around. Hoping to snatch my first one fairly soon!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I LOVE my Dipluridae and wish that I had kept them sooner. I'm trying to spread the word. And I agree 100%...sooo cool.

[@luffebassen]

@7:20 - absolute fact!! - I once had a big female and its the only spider iv EVER had escape from me for more then 20sec and iv had spiders on/off for almost 38 years now. It took off when i tried lifting the lid to spray some water into its box. This spider was gone for about 2 weeks, until i woke up one morning and saw it sitting on my wall above a door to my bedroom. It lost its grip and fell down on its back and landed on my bed and then bounced back up and caught a grip of the wooden door that was not slippery like the wall. To this day i WISH this had been recorded. Obviously it no fun seeing a spider dropping down from 7 feet and potentially hitting a hard floor on its back. But that bounce it did on the bed was just too funny. Its something you would only imagine happening in a cartoon or something 😂 Hi Tom Hope you are doing well. Greetings from Denmark

[@misseryn29]

So informational. I just entered the hobby after Lucas started my adventure into getting over extreme arachnophobia, 6 years of research and prepping later, my first was a Grammastola Pulchra, then an OBT. I respect her, and have rehoused her once already with no issues, and no threat postures, yet. Enjoying my new hobby after losing my ability to do many of the things I loved - keeping spiders is the ONE thing I can do independently now, and I love them all. Thank you for always being so informative!!!

[@luffebassen]

@@misseryn29 Welcome to the hobby. You have picked some good ones. I have 3 Pulchra myself. They are still juvi though. But nothing but eating machines. I also recently had a big female OBT, but had to let her go to someone else. I was getting too many spiders and too little space hehe. If you want to dip your feet into bigger spiders that are still VERY easy to keep like the ones you already have and which are very cheap, then go get a female juvi Lasiodora Parahybana. Its one i always have in my collection. They never say no to food and get very big, but are still very mellow if kept right. Also very easy to breed in case one wants to practice that stuff. Good luck and thanks for the comment.

[@luffebassen]

@@misseryn29 Welcome to the hobby. You have picked some good ones. I have 3 Pulchra myself. They are still juvi though. But nothing but eating machines. I also recently had a big female OBT, but had to let her go to someone else. I was getting too many spider and too little space hehe. If you want to dip you feet into bigger spiders that are still VERY easy to keep like the ones you already have and which are very cheap, then go get a female juvi Lasiodora Parahybana. Its one i always have in my collection. They never say no to food and get very big, but are still very mellow if kept right. Also very easy to breed in case one wants to practice that stuff. Good luck and thanks for the comment.

[@luffebassen]

@@misseryn29 Welcome to the hobby. You have picked some good ones. I have 3 Pulchra myself. They are still juvi though. But nothing but eating machines. I also recently had a big female OBT, but had to let her go to someone else. I was getting too many spider and too little space hehe.

[@luffebassen]

@@misseryn29 If you want to dip your feet into bigger spiders that are still VERY easy to keep like the ones you already have and which are very cheap, then go get a female juvi Lasiodora Parahybana. Its one i always have in my collection. They never say no to food and get very big, but are still very calm if kept right. Also very easy to breed in case one wants to practice that stuff. Good luck and thanks for the comment.

[@christophermcleod5495]

Awesome vid Tom, always love to see some nice ‘white castles’ haha. The Neoholothele species are my favourites for heavy webbing tarantulas, I love all the entrances they make it’s so excessive 😂 One genus that shocks me with their webbing is pamphobeteus, some of mine really go crazy with the white stuff 😂

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hi, Christopher! Gotta love those web castles! haha And I agree...the Neoholothele really do an amazing job with the webbing! And that's so odd with the Pamphos! haha

[@pepperlee2313]

Great video Tom, I know whenever I buy a tarantula I always go to your videos to learn what to do to take care of them and their behaviors. ❤

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank you so much, Pepper! That means a lot!

[@candyscott489]

I got a 3 inch female golden blue leg baboon & a very tiny sling 6 weeks ago. (same species) This is my first sling !! Can’t tell you how happy & proud I am to have kept it alive. Praying that continues. Thinking I have a handle on it now 😳 My GBB is a webbing machine !! A few days ago I got a 2 & 1/2 in female Citharacanthus cyaneus (Cuban orange & violet) beautiful. Doesn’t seem to be very common on KZbin ?? 😳

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hey, Candy! Congrats on getting your first sling! I'm sure that you'll do just fine! :) My C. cyaneus matured male. I'm still bummed. I have a video on mine somewhere. I think that they are underrated.

[@LoriCurl]

Pssst! Hey, Tom....don't panic, but there is a whole bunch of spiders behind you!!!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

WHAT??? WHERE???? Hahaha No joke, but years ago, that would have freaked me out. haha

[@LoriCurl]

@@TomsBigSpiders Everytime you begin the video, I see all those spiders in the background and they move around, and-and-and...Yep! I get a little anxious. I mean, what if there was an earthquake, and you or Billie get trapped with the spiders crawling around...Sorry, I was raised this way!🤪Just love you guys!!❤

[@briancuprisin4571]

Tom, yet another magnificent video. Thanks! I particularly find your LP fascinating. Mine is one of my lightest webbing spiders, just laying down an invisible mat on the substrate and nothing else. My heaviest is my H. pulchripes. I don't really remember how I set up her enclosure to begin with because I can no longer see any of it. 🤗

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello, Brian! First off, so sorry for the late reply. I've been doing a lot of painting in my house, and time got away from me. Yeah, I don't know what is going on with my LP...she's a little odd. haha And my female H. pulchripes blanketed her enclosure, and I had no idea what I had put into it. haha I hope that all is well!

[@DenverWild]

LP really marching to the beat of her own drum huh 😂 Love the heavy webbers! Currently admiring the little web cocoon my little Jumper has made herself, so much web for such a small girl

[@TomsBigSpiders]

She's a bit of an odd one. haha Yeah, my jumpers actually did a bit of webbing as well. Good point!

[@TrexxArmz]

I'm surprised how many on this list I have/had. The heavy webbers are some of my favorites. My LP is the exact opposite of yours, it's only ever made a molt mat. But it's cool to see the potential for heavy webbing is there.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Sounds like you have great tastes in spiders! haha Yeah, a few folks have said that their LPs webbed a lot, but most don't see that behavior.

[@xekis]

Heavy webbers are the easiest to feed. They feel the feeder right away and their food is unable to burrow away. For the non-webbing species I own I drop their feeders into a deli cup to prevent burrowing. But it might take them a while to find.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Agreed! And I just use red runners or crickets for my others, because they tend to wander around until the spider catched them. :)

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information Tom

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thanks so much, Moon! I hope that all is well!

[@GeorgeCardiff]

Absolutely fantastic Tom, very informative and very enjoyable, and every spider 🕷 featured, in superb condition as always Tom.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank you so much, George!

[@Krystal454]

H villosella is one of my top favorite Ts after getting my first - tiny sling stage is terrifying, but she has been a fantastic eater and incredible webber! Love seeing them get some attention. ❤

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I love them. I'm so glad that I finally have a lady!

[@JJDigitalartStudio]

Tom you have so many beautiful T's in your collection. The webbers are the most interesting. I wonder if their webs can be made into silk like the fluid from silk worms? You have a lot of tats. I bet your class loves that! Have a great weekend and Happy Independence day late.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello, Joyce! I hope that you're having a great weekend! My kids always ask me how I got hired with all of the tats. haha I work at a tech school currently, and most of my kids are from hard working, blue collar families, so I think that many appreciate them. The parents also tend to fine me to be a bit more approachable as a result. And I'm not sure about the silk! It feels like it could be. Hope all is well!

[@JJDigitalartStudio]

@@TomsBigSpiders We have had quite a week since last Sunday. Our great granddaughter's home was crushed by a dead heavy tree. A micro-burst came down and the tree was pushed down and half the home was flattened. They were homeless on a windy rainy night. But we prayed and there is a gofundme on for them. The owner of the park they live in never took that dead tree out so it could have killed them. He offered them another home same financing. It has an extra bath. For 4 adults and a child that is always better. They are moving in now. God works miracles. It is at my channel. The picture of the crushed tree. They have to replace all the food and other things that did not survive the crash. It has been hard on the little one. Thank heaven for preschool, that normalized her day so much. Thanks.

[@didisaythat4230]

I love these long videos. I was really intrigued by the L.P. I saw it and I thought "hey that looks like L.P. but it webs alot" then you said it was L.P. and I was like, DO WHAT? I'm always learning on here. This channel got me into spiders.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I love having more time to put together the longer videos! :) Yeah, I had to show off my odd little LP. haha

[@idarahmqvist1373]

❤ I have seen a few of mine that excavate by wrapping up dirt with some web to easily be able to carry it away, so cool!

[@IguanaGuyReptilesGaming]

I love certain web spiders . There webs feel like thick cotton candy

[@TomsBigSpiders]

They have become some of my favorite animals to keep!

[@Colorista_1]

I don’t like webs because my fabulous brother used to drop spiders on webs directly on my head just to watch me faint from fear. Yup, it’s the truth. I’ve come a very long way in overcoming my arachnophobia, but webs still give me the heebie jeebies. I wouldn’t miss one of your videos because of the webs - your kind education has brought me to being able to admire spiders. Hopefully one day I will admire webs too! Another great video. Thanks Tom

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I can definitely understand that! As a kid, my worst nightmare was walking through a spider web. I always felt like I had spiders all over me. Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words! :)

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Yet people call them unintelligent. It takes at least some brain power to compute all those different entrances and exits in relation to yourself and the food. Very magnificent constructions, yet inconvenient for the keeper. I had a traumatic experience with a webbing species. I got an adult GBB, which filled her whole enclosure with webbing. She was eating fine, but I ignored the signs of premolt. insects kept hiding inside the webbing, I am also sensitive to the hairs and I didn’t intervene much. Finally, they ate her during her mould. What can we do to minimize those occurrences? Also, I never expected Lasiodora parahybana to be in this list.

[@lilspooders]

Thank you for this amazing video!! I adore heavy webbers.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank YOU for commenting! And I do too!

[@trala8911]

My gold form Neoholothele inceis were some of my first spiders, and their enclosures are just fascinating. Burrows and holes and tunnels, just awesome! My sericata has also completely blown me away with its webbing racetrack, which makes sense when you look at those MASSIVE spinnerets!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I had gold years ago, but all three were male. It took me years to finally get a lady. And their spinnerets are HUGE! haha They have giant butt fingers. haha

[@shsd7579]

I got my forst curtainweb sling last week and it webbed sooo much in just a few days its really cool

[@TomsBigSpiders]

That's awesome!

[@arupian666]

"OMG, my spider webs TOO much"... said no-one, ever. Gotta LOVE the white stuff

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Sadly, I've had several people say that they don't like the webbing. People are strange... haha

[@arupian666]

@@TomsBigSpiders well, those people clearly shouldn't be allowed in public on their own, haha

[@mistysblues1980]

I've had 4 N. incei, all male. Someday, I'll have a female 🤞 My Pumpkin Patch and Speckle Patch are both constantly trying to run out of their enclosures, I ended up putting them in the enclosures with a lip around the top. They're worse than cats trying to run out of the front door 😂

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I hear you! I kept 8 before finally getting a lady. I'm glad that I finally have one. Yeah, those little pumpkin patches didn't get the memo about not running out. haha

[@charliemum]

Hey Tom hope you n the family are keeping well, I have a random spider suggestion for you. If you like heavy webbers try Tegenaria, they may just be common house spiders but my girl filled a 6lt jar so thick with web I couldn't see in the jar . People often over look them but they are an amazing spider that webs like crazy and has an extremely good food response, more ppl should have them imo. Great upload as always Tom thanks for taking the time to do it 😊

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello! Sorry for the late reply; time got away from me! I will definitely given them a shot, as I've been really into true spiders lately. Sounds like it would be an awesome spider to keep. Thank you so much, and have a great weekend!!!

[@thomasbazin1529]

Hey Tom! Great sumup of why Ts web up their enclosure! 👌 My only heavy webber out of 7 species is my GBB female. Over 2 yrs she made herself a confortable home. Several burrows, high up in her 18" tall enclosure. Ofc she killed all her plants, but they served their purpose as anchor points. 😅 My pampho sp mascara mostly liked to web the entrance of her burrow until few weeks back, but now she's webbing the whole floor (no blanketing though) in a circle around her place, pinning the plants to the ground. Wonder what she'll do upon these premises. My P metallica (in an undersized enclosure) just molted after she totally webbed up the place. I moved her to smth bigger, wait n see what she does. My other Ts (P sazimai, P cancerides, T blondi) are not so much into the webbing business. But they love to re-arrange their enclosure, which is a lot of fun to watch. 😊 My old C versicolor male... he built a cocoon behind a cork bark, but now mostly hangs out in the 'canopy'. Matured out 8 months ago so he's really only surviving now... I wanted to give the enclosure to my P metallica but in the end decided to let him have a quiet end of life in there. Cheers, keep it up mate! 🤟

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hey, Thomas! First off, so sorry for the late reply! I've been doing painting around my house, and time got away from me. Thanks so much for chiming in with your heavy webbers! That's so cool with the P. matallica. I've raised 11, and none of them have webbed that much at all. That GBB enclosure must be insane to see! haha One of my T. blondis webbed up at the mouth of her den, but that's about it. I hope all is well with you; have a great weekend, bud!

[@thomasbazin1529]

@@TomsBigSpiders Hey Tom! No problemo, Summer is the time to get off from the screen and do other "important" stuff. :) Yeah over a month after rehousing my P metallica has hardly done any webbing. If she 's happy like that, so be it. :P I'm sure my GBB can still do a lot more over time! ;) Cheers mate!

[@laurnakingsley6947]

Thanks for a great video! I keep predominantly arboreals, and I recently got a couple of P. Redunctus slings. I didn't know they webbed that much, so I am very excited to see what they do when they grow up!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello, Laurna! Both of mine did a great deal of webbing, although the one in this video did the most. Congrats on getting some!

[@garynorton6853]

I love the fact you've put this video out on the world wide web, yours is the biggest web teaching thousands 😂

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hahaha Using the web to show off the web!

[@traviscoombes3578]

My GBB webs in spurts. Slowly, her enclosure is being covered.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

You bring up a great point, Travis. It takes them time to lay down all of that webbing. Some people freak because a week goes by and there isn't a lot of webbing.

[@LadyKakizaki]

Hey Tom! Love seeing the longer videos over summer break! Awesome video! One thing I like to do is pump my heavy webbers full of high protein food (mostly roaches) when I rehouse to help them replenish some of the proteins they expend on the webbing. I have no idea if it makes any difference but the logic is sound. I also like to give my heavy webbers MUCH larger enclosures than necessary so they can create the intricate web burrows or "swiss cheese" arrangement. My H. villosella is in an XL critter keeper which is gigantic for her but she uses the space beautifully and her webbing is breathtaking. My N. incei will be going into an XL critter keeper soon as well. Also, my O. aureotibialis and P. johnreylazoi are on sacs! I'm super excited. Unfortunately yellow jacket season is in full swing so I don't have time to incubate or take care of the slings, but my local vendors are happy to take the sacs off my hands. Also, thank you for introducing me to ScareTheater, I love his videos! I'm seeing more and more keepers I deeply respect take steps away from Facebook groups because no one listens to them, even though these are people who have been keeping and breeding tarantulas for decades. It's a shame that wilful ignorance is so prevalent these days that elder keepers feel forced out of the groups THEY started to help educate/discuss these amazing animals. I know you always say "it's great that the hobby is growing" and "we need new blood" but I'm seeing the quality of the "new keepers" and it's like... do we really, though? Is this the best we can do? There is no place in this hobby- or any hobby involving living animals- for lazy, wilfully ignorant people who refuse to do a modicum of research before bringing a living creature into their care. I know we've discussed this before but it seems like every day one of my friends is posting something along the lines of "taking a step back from the groups as there's no point trying to help people who won't listen." Recently an individual has been making the rounds on the groups asking some very concerning questions. First he asked what the best "breed" of tarantula was for handling. Eventually he settled on T. blondi and is now making numerous posts asking about price ranges for 11.5-12" blondi (which is concerning on so many levels), and numerous keepers have put this together with his previous post and are expressing concern. The guy disregarded dozens of highly experienced keepers and their advice. Honestly that's natural selection at its finest but the underlying issue is that obviously this puts the spider in danger and the risk of bad publicity should something go wrong. I guess I just wish people had the wherewithal to recognise when others may have more experience and may know better, and that the advice is not meant to berate, but to help. Another individual has taken a liking to me for some reason I cannot fathom, but he was a keeper in the 90s and is just getting back into it. Which would be great and fine and wonderful if he was able to understand that we do things very differently now. In the past, idk, 5 months? the guy has picked up at least 20 additional animals, all of which were wild caught, btw, and many of which were gravid. And he's done no research on any of them, then comes to my DMs asking me why his xyz died. He's got giant centipedes on clutches and hot scorpions with babies and honestly the thought of that makes me sweat. I tried gently explaining why we don't buy wild caught and he says he can't afford captive bred. Okay dude I can't afford a Ferrari so I don't have one. That's it. If you can't afford to do things correctly and ethically, then you don't get to do them. I have spent HOURS of my time trying to set this individual on the correct path to be successful in the invert hobby and he just isn't listening. I stopped trying but he still messages me daily asking extremely basic questions and showing off new acquisitions. He also refuses to learn scientific names because they're "too complicated" whereas he's telling me he got some Peruvian Blue Butt Goliath or whatever silly common names there are and asking for advice on it and I haven't the faintest idea what species of animal he's referencing. I really cannot express to you how unfathomably frustrating this is for me. I TRY to be nice and help when people seek me out for advice, but I cannot deal with blatant stupidity. I'm the same way with my clients. I can take clients yelling at me, pointedly ignoring my advice, self-treating and making my job a million times harder, etc. What I can't tolerate is when I tell someone something THREE TIMES and we're both speaking the same language and they just don't get it. You can't argue with stupid but what do you do when stupid keeps knocking on your door? I really don't block people and I was hoping the dude would get the idea if I just stopped responding but he clearly didn't because he continues to blow up my DMs asking why his scorpion died or how to find the 6 inch old world arboreal that escaped. Not trying to be mean but the guy is an idiot and has no business keeping any living thing. In my opinion, the hobby is better of WITHOUT this type of person, as they just don't have it in them to be successful in a hobby that relies heavily on knowledge, research, and advice from veteran keepers. The only things in life that really just infuriate me beyond words are blatant animal abuse and blatant stupidity, and this guy checks both boxes. Really nice guy, just not equipped for a hobby full of venomous arthropods. Sorry for the long rant, but had to get it off my chest. Also, I know you've mentioned doing a podcast about Backwater Reptiles horror stories and I would love to hear that honestly. I don't think anyone would give you grief for calling out that place as I firmly believe that anyone in this hobby with two brain cells to rub together should know at this point that they're highly disreputable. Hope you're enjoying the summer and that Billie and her techs are staying safe out there! - Charlotte

[@LadyKakizaki]

Follow up question: I keep my ac on during the day in the tarantula room to keep it at 78-79 just because my ac doesn’t keep up but the end result is that the temperature during the day is around 80. I would like to turn it off at night to save electricity but that would give them a night time RISE in temperature by several degrees, as the room hovers around 83 without ac at night. I know it’s only a 3 degree difference, but is this problematic? To be clear, I am NOT fixating on precise temperatures here. I know what range of temps I prefer to keep mine in, and all the numbers listed are in that range. That is not my question. My question is, could the fact that they experience a daytime DROP in temperature and a nighttime RISE when it should be the other way around be problematic? There is lots of natural light in the t room so that is their day night cycle. Hope this makes sense, sorry I am half asleep. Thanks!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Did you get my response to your email? I'm paranoid that it didn't go through! Congrats on your gorgeous slings!!! That was so awesome to see! Yeah, I love having more time to record and edit during the summer. I just wish that I could do this all year long. haha Yeah, I think that it's important that if you know a spider is going to web, to give it the room to do so. ScareTheater is the best! He was a really nice kid, too. I just wish that he had posted the video we did at my house. That was a very...interesting day. haha I still have footage of he and his girlfriend at our house. Maybe I'll upload it, keep it private, and send you a link. And what you're describing is exactly why I don't go on Facebook or read these social media threads anymore. I know that I probably come across as really nice and calm, but this type of stuff pisses me off so bad that it's difficult for me not to break character at times. Poor Billie has to listen to me MF these people on our walks. haha And I've had a LOT of people commenting lately that they just purchased adult Theraphosa which were obviously imported. WHY are we still doing this? They are captive bred now, so there is no reason to by one cruelly plucked from its natural habitat. This is the type of stuff I wrestle with as someone who shares his collection online. I'm part of the reason this type of stuff is still happening. And I've interacted with poeple like this as well, and I've had to cut them off. Years ago, I lost it with one guy who wasn't listening to a word I said and kept killing things off. He actually threatened to post my messages on a forum. I told him to go for it, because people would see someone who loves animals getting pissed because a guy with ZERO experience has ignored all of the advice he asked for! Trust me, I totally get it. Billie is doing well, although the weather was in the 90s all last week, so she and her techs were probably dying. haha HOpe all is well!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Follow up answer...haha I usually keep it around 84 during the day (I kicke the AC on when it hits 86). Could you do that? Then, if it hit 80 at night, that would be your low temperature range. That's how I make sure they have a rise during the day and a drop at night. Hope that helps!

[@LadyKakizaki]

@@TomsBigSpiders Hey Tom! Would LOVE to see that video! Your email didn't go through, haha, but I figured you'd get back to me in the comments anyway! Thank you for saying so, I am such a proud grandma you wouldn't believe it. No idea on the Theraphosa. They're easily bred and grow so quickly it just doesn't make sense. Work has been insane in the heat, half us the techs didn't even show up because of the heat and I don't even blame them! It was brutal out there. Hope all is well there too!

[@LadyKakizaki]

@@TomsBigSpiders Follow up reply: Great idea, I will try it! Thanks as always!

[@spiderrico250]

YES! ❤ I am ecstatic to watch this. I'll reply to this comment after I finish watching it ❤

[@spiderrico250]

Best for last! 🎉 I have two Linothele sericatas and a Harmonicon oiapoqueae. I wish I could find a fallax! That's been a bucket list spider for a while!! Along with the Macrothele gigas!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I hope that you enjoyed it! And I LOVE my curtain web spiders; they are amazing! I hope that you find an L. fallax!

[@alicemilton8756]

I’m going to start referring to my closest friends as sackmates 💛

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hi, Alice! hahaha I would do that, but with my guy friends, the might be weird. lol

[@Ferdy-c6w]

Nice haircut 🎉

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Haha Thank you! I gave up on trying to keep my hair. :)

[@Ferdy-c6w]

@@TomsBigSpiders hair is overrated. Bald bully squad for the win lol

[@TomsBigSpiders]

@@Ferdy-c6w Bahaha I do miss my long hair, but if I was to grow it out now, I'd look like Hulk Hogan without the bandana. haha Bald for the win! haha

[@jennyrogers7985]

Green bottle blue she has a large 12x 12 and all of ity is white. Even my new sling who has been upgraded in one week has coveered a lot of her floor

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Mine did the same thing, Jenny! It was so cool to see. And hopefully my juvie gets to work soon. haha

[@michaeltaylor2449]

AWESOME video Tom some AMAZING WEBBAGE there lol

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank you so much, Michael!

[@michaeltaylor2449]

@@TomsBigSpiders Your welcome

[@spydermatt01]

I have a sub adult GBB that has done a bit of webbing but not alot for a heavy webber i have alot of hiding places like cork tubes, succulent plants and drift wood roots for anchor points in the enclosure but it loves to chill out on top of one of the pieces of wood in the enclosure always in view for me i am assuming its the perfect hunting spot i haven't sexed it yet and i have always assumed it might be a male because of the lack of webbing and the amount it wonders around the enclosure but its a really chilled out tarantula never kicks hairs and isn't skittish at all

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I get a LOT of emails and messages from folks who have GBBs that aren't webbing. Some just don't seem inclined to do it. You'll have to let me know if it turns out to be a male!

[@spydermatt01]

@@TomsBigSpiders its one of my T's i struggle to get a molt out intact so i will wait to see if any tibial hooks appear. On the other side i have a 4cm (inch and a half ish) harpactira pulchripes and it has webbed its small enclosure like crazy almost into an inverted spiral cone shape with a hole for a burrow which looks really cool

[@RealMelodyBlue]

BALFURRY❤!!!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hahaha Yessssss!!!

[@FearedToFascinated]

Neoholothele incei are amazing webbers! We currently have about 12 of them and now a bunch of slings just hatch from a gold male and gold female. I'll be pairing our olive forms this weekend. By far my heaviest webbers! Amazing and severely underrated species. I'd like to send you a few when they're ready.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

That's awesome! Yeah, the webbing is insane, and I agree completely that they are underrated! Thanks so much!

[@ChantalsCritters]

Great video as always

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thank you, Chantal!

[@connerking574]

the N. incei have got to be my favorite. even as slings mine have webbed like crazy.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hey, Conner! They are quite underrated!

[@Spiderdan-59]

Chilobrachys best webbing tarantula ❤

[@TomsBigSpiders]

They are definitely up there with heavy webbing spiders!

[@jamesprice7470]

Gteat video tom.ive got admit I have I have 3 obts and one of them has no Web in her enclosure because she prefers her hide.where as the others webbed up a lot and stay out.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Thanks, James! Yeah, out of mine, two web a lot, one webs a bit, and the others don't web much at all. Crazy little obts. haha

[@Wocyppah]

I love watching my heavy webbing T’s build their lairs. It’s a built-in 3D printer!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hahaha It really is!

[@fcastle4]

Great video! Do you think the LP webs so much because it doesn’t like the texture of the substrate? Of course that could be too much anthropomorphism. My has only laid minimal webbing in her(?) hide.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I've had some other folks comment that theirs are doing the same thing, so I'm apparently not alone here. haha Spiders will often web up the mouths of their burrows to help them to detect prey that is passing by. It's likely that she just webbed up her enclosure for this purpose, but who knows? haha

[@clnfreakone8486]

Been a tough week for me in the hobby .. had versicolor sling and Vietnam silver sling pass away this week for unknown reason .. my P. Murinus (I have 3) are one of my favorites they check a lot of the cool boxes for the perfect tarantula

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Awww...I'm so sorry to hear that. I always take it hard when I lose one. And the P. murinus is one of my favorite all time species.

[@matthewjohnson1290]

Hey man I was part of that rayon / silk shirt phase in the 90s as well😂

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Ahhhh...Matthew. The good old days! hahaha

[@helenpatterson5616]

Hello Tom, my question is not in relation to this video. I have recently purchased a grammostola actaeon, a spiderling at around 2cm. I have watched your video on the G. Ieringi, and wondered if the husbandry for the Actaeon would be the same? I have researched the results of care, mainly humidity levels have varied. I'm thinking of dry substrate with a water dish and moisten down one corner. How does that sound to you? I really value your opinion. Thank you.

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hello, Helen! Congrats on your G. actaeon. That's exactly how I would keep it!

[@helenpatterson5616]

@@TomsBigSpiders thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate your advice.

[@lukeottenbacher1232]

This is off topic Mr. Tom, but I was wondering if you have a Stromatopelma calceatum video on husbandry and all? If not, do you plan on making one? I also was wondering if I could get your take on them?

[@Spiderdan-59]

02:30am watching Tom Moran video 🕷😂😂🇬🇧

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hahah Get some sleep! haha

[@silvanusasher446]

I've never seen a video about the husbandry of Linothele species, I'd watch it and seriously consider getting a specimen if someone were to make that video

[@TomsBigSpiders]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4iTqKWebN6dmZIsi=CEGGrWLL5zA44Wjg. And there you go!

[@silvanusasher446]

@@TomsBigSpiders oooooohh!

[@connerking574]

hey Tom, i recently found someone on facebook that has bred some E. pachypus slings. i sent an email with a link but was unsure if you got it. thanks! thought you’d want to know

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Oh, wow! Are they in the US? Hopefully, People keep breeding them. Thank you!

[@leesreptilesandaquatics6368]

I have 6 pink salmon birdeaters and all mine do heavy webbing plus my bahia Grey bitdeaters do as well . I have 167 tarantulas and true spiders now and about half of them do very heavy webbing I'm working on a Balfouri communal next I hope mine comes out like your it looks amazing

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Glad to know that it's not just mine! My other LP does almost zero webbing. And I'm sure that it will go great!

[@Tarantulautist]

Tom what size enclosure and substrate depth do you recommend for a Neoholothele incei? Thanks!

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Mine is in an 8 x 8 x 12 acrylic enclosure with about 4" of substrate and lots of anchor points for webbing. My girl seems to be doing well in that. You could go a little larger if you wanted, which would just leave more room for webbing. :)

[@gerardo5047]

Hi Tom could you make a video on Cyriopagopus sp hati hati care and husbandry? Thanks a lot

[@ElfyFireKitten]

Which species of roaches were you feeding the balfouris in this video?

[@TomsBigSpiders]

B. lateralis mature males (red runners or Turkish red roaches).

[@leesreptilesandaquatics6368]

I have trinidad olive, pink and chevron all beautiful tarantula species and all mine are heavy webbers I show mine off alot on my channel so some of us do talk about and show them alot just gotta find the right channels 😊

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hi, Lee! Great point!

[@codyhinkle9499]

Hey Tom what's a good sized enclosure for an adult h pulchripes. I don't have many specimens so I would like to put it in something nice

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hi, Cody! I had mine in one that was about 9 x 9 x 13, and she did fine. That said, you could go with something larger as well. A 12 x 12 x 12 exoterra would work, as would something like this: www.amazon.com/Reptile-Growth-Terrarium-Amphibians-Stainless/dp/B09CGY5LQM/ref=sr_1_5_pp?crid=2XYJ3OHBPXGWA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xmC_rF_Q5c5g8pqKL2dwEn_emhOO8SS4S_VTFZWs-r6MLTIWm2OHE2b7lq6bzDZMpZ1q1EBvMkw75m668NfeFtb3CT0UtMiWHpf1BwcB4WS6nFSxaPKyYFlHLJhAmcCOuoZgMb158GD-wlTMBJtLWLFt6jIwwz9xEd2Tu2rCo_bXahDw0NRJ64Ac_SArtgxnEf1KbA7Z2xWQ2eUzj9gMJ6Dh2jdCd3JbACrPn2rISPRouvSziZkdY-jdo7BaMgZkkb8C_B6oPp7s_vP7znBbKoIioaoHN3jSN8-5hTKZIwQ.faxSyOzdbpkvGaeUTey7bmIiVDYTz9lgahJrntfYxEw&dib_tag=se&keywords=tarantula%2Benclosure&qid=1723728946&sprefix=tarantula%2Benclosure%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-5&th=1

[@codyhinkle9499]

@TomsBigSpiders thanks tom I actually have my t. Albo in the barbous growth so I may go with that. One more question, I recently got an avic sling. How did the great value 5.5oz snack cup enclosures end up working for you. I have mine in that now, and it seems it has a hard time gripping on the plastic on the side. So, I put a piece of cork bark in there, and seems like it's doing fine.

[@321cynth]

I just can’t like those curtain web spiders…too quick and too scary😳

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I can totally appreciate that! :)

[@PW-72648]

My LP doing the same

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Glad that it's not just me!

[@CAT_SAYS_NO]

Do you keep any spiders of the Mesothelae suborder?

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I do! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqS2k3WZbdKif6ssi=QIaGss3wiK_079-G kzbin.infoh9zuqVHgnbk?si=w9pJ2oYPNK5nGMjG

[@CAT_SAYS_NO]

@@TomsBigSpiders Awesome! Mesothelae is such a fascinating group of spiders.

[@benjaminclifford2095]

What I don't understand is how do they live in the wild if they don't like open spaces. Also I have two Australian s.p blacks and my female is a heavy Webber but my male not so much. ✌️

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Hi, Ben! Well, in the wild most don't roam around looking for prey. They find nooks and animal burrows to set up shop in, and they they ambush hunt from there. Many species don't roam far from the mouths of their burrows. And I always wondered if females and males had different webbing habits!

[@bighashgang1990]

Heterothele are slept on imo I have a couple gabonensis and they r stunning females

[@TomsBigSpiders]

I will have to be on the lookout for one. I agree that the genus doesn't get enough respect.

[@Chacho-i5y]

He said small.....

[@TomsBigSpiders]

Alrighty then...

[@Chacho-i5y]

@@TomsBigSpiders small collection lol

[@TomsBigSpiders]

@@Chacho-i5y Ahhhh, okay! haha

[@chimpy666]

Hey Tom can since your mention of stout legs i’ve got myself 2 slings in the uk 😆😆😆 thank you for being so helpful to us retuning to the hobby :)

[@TomsBigSpiders]

That's awesome! I LOVE those spiders!