Yes, he is a cool spider. And very fast too. Huntsman spiders are not native to my area, so until I got my first one from Australia, I had no experience with them.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Yeah, that's the cave spider. But how did you transport him from Australia? You bought a ticket for him? Isn't it forbidden to transport living creatures in the plane?

It doesn't seem to be growing very fast. And it seems to really like just hanging out up on that web hammock, right by the lid opening. It makes feeding difficult, and cleaning impossible. I'm hoping it will outgrow this location, to give me better access. I already tried rotating the habitat, so this area is in the light, but this spider in undaunted. At this point it's simply a matter of wills...and my will is all that matters 😁

I moved this one into the large habitat way too early. It really should be in the same size habitat as my curly hair (11.4 x 7.7 x 5.9), I just didn't feel like assembling the other one I had... And this spider looked plenty big, until I put it in this 15-gal. tank 😁

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Aw that makes sense! Well I am sure she doing perfectly fine!

It molted last week (first molt since I got it), but it really does not look much bigger. Another funny thing, which I'll mention in an upcoming video, is that tarantulas will move (or play with) their molts. If I don't fish the molt out when I first see it (which I should really be doing), I'll find the molt has been moved to a different location in the habitat. This is something that neither black widow nor huntsman spiders do. Maybe tarantulas mistake it for prey or a rivel?

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Idk I have heard they like chewing on it haha. They are such interesting characters!

I'd never heard that; I'll have to do a little research on that. It might make for an interesting video topic.

They are cool, but they don't live very long. Since almost all are wild-caught, it's hard to know their starting age, but I've never had an Egyptian camel spider (big one) live longer than about 8 months, or a smaller Arizona camel spider live longer than about a year. But they are fun while they last.

Underground Reptiles currently has 3 different types of them in stock. When it comes to camel spiders, it's either feast or famine. There are either plenty of them available for purchase, or none at all.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders I saw a wild one once in Colorado Springs and I was freaked out cause we found a dead on next to the bed the next day!

They have been dealt with 😉

They are very fast; not venomous, but they will pinch the crap out of Ya.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders lmfao thats what I have heard! I def would not put my fingers near it haha

Nice 😎

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders you better touch the spider not venomous

I've been filming black widows for about 8 years, and the main thing I've learned is that they are egg sac making machines. In captivity, one medium or large cricket will translate into one egg sac. Feed them once every 3 to 4 weeks, and you'll get about one egg sac a month. Feed them weekly, and you'll get 2-3 egg sacs every 2 weeks. An egg sac a week, from a well-fed widow is pretty normal. Brown widows, which I've only been messing with for a year or so, are pretty much the same. My smaller brown widow is currently doing an egg sac a week, but my larger brown widow has made none. Clearly, the small one has mated, and the large one has not; they only need to mate once in their lifetime.

Thanx

The thing of nightmares, of course. All of my venomous spiders are kept in double containment, with solidly latching lids. Things are generally safe...but one big earthquake, that's a different story😁

Yes, you are correct. Like most of the "blue" tarantulas, they only get their real color after their final few molts. Now it looks tiger-striped, but when reaching adulthood, it will be an amazing blue color. Something special about the greenbottle blue, is that it still looks cool when it's small (tiger-striped). Most of the other blue tarantulas just look boring brown until their true color comes in.

Yes, it's just a crappy piece of furry green cloth (fake grass, maybe?). The benefit to this type of set-up opposed to the standard coconut fiber substrate, is that when it gets too soiled, I can just yank it out and replace it.

Thanks, and yes cute little spider, and he seems pretty happy.

I've been there. I keep all of my venomous spiders in double containment, so even if the spiderlings escaped, they tended to just stay withing the second enclosure. Also, they are attracted to both heat, and light (a little fact I learned from leokimvideo). So, if you place a light alongside their enclosure, they'll tend to gravitate towards the light, rather than climb out of their habitat.

Fire is good; more than once I've had to implement Protocol Zero 😁

Welcome; I'm new to brown widows (about a year or so), but I've filmed black widows for about 8 years. So far, they seem to act pretty much the same, and like black widows, a well-fed brown widow can easily produce an egg sac a week. Like black widows, they only need to mate once to produce egg sacs for life. So, if it's never mated, you'll never have to worry about egg sacs (and escaping spiderlings). And word on the street, is that brown widows are less venomous than black widows...and you know what they say about word on the street 😎

Thanks; this is the second Mexican tarantula I've had. I used to have a Mexican red knee tarantula.

Yes, it has some very cool, almost tiger-striped looking makings. And when it reaches adulthood, it will be a very cool looking blue color.

Yes, a thing of nightmares. I usually remove and eliminate the egg sacs within a week of finding them...I clearly dropped the ball here. But with that said, I keep all of my venomous spiders in double containment, and never had a spider (or spiderling) escape that second "wall of protection." The spiderlings are attracted to both light and heat, so if you have a heat lamp near their habitat, that's where they will go. Most importantly, I now feel pretty confident that these spider cubes do a good job keeping them contained.

And when it gets big, it will be a very cool blue color.

Yes, pretty much a Protocol Zero response is needed here (cleansing fire), but I opted for the exact opposite. I tossed it in the freezer for an hour, which froze the spider babies, but allowed the adult black widow to survive. And then I sealed up and disposed of this habitat and put the adult black widow in a new spider cube.

How much space does a black widow actually need? Have you ever seen a black widow in the wild? Do you know how much space they take up in the wild? Do you know anything about black widow spiders, how and where they live? They don't need any more space than this. They do need: food, water, and a place to hang from, other than that they don't need anything. These are the perfect size for widow spiders, as well as smaller sized jumping spiders. These cubes are made for this exact purpose. In fact, they even come with that little stick you see in it (but you do have to supply your own glue to anchor it, which is a bit silly).

Why? If it's because the color, it will turn blue once it becomes an adult.

The video, or the spider? Yes, the spider is short, but he's still young. If the video is too short, well that's so people don't get bored and fall asleep or drift away 😁

These spider cubes are perfectly fine for a black widow spider. They do not need very much room. They only need food, water, and a place to hang from. The smaller habitats make it easier for them to catch their prey.

Thanx😁

Which part couldn't you see?

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders I couldn’t see the brown widow spider. The video cuts off right after it gets in there & doesn’t give us a good look at it.

The video runs a total of 1 min. 33 sec. If the video cut off prior to that, then there was a glitch. If it ran the full length, but you didn't get the view you were looking for, then I can explain that by noting that this was an arrival/transfer video, and there are other videos posted after this one showing her living in this spider cube. I hope this clears this issue up for you, if not, just let me know and I can make some adjusts to future videos.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders oh, I will watch more videos of her. I just didn’t get a good look at her in his one. Thank you 😊

...and hairy😁

actually spiders ave 8 legs

@@nicolasprudhon7544 then there is no spider in this video

My Mexican fire leg is that way. I can't keep him from hanging upside-down on the ceiling of his 14-inch-tall tank. But my Mexican redknee never climbed his tank walls. At least this guy knows his limitations, and hopefully will remember them when he moves into a larger habitat.

I recently found these small spider cube habitats on Amazon. They work well for spiders that prefer to be up in a web, and it helps if it's one of the slower spiders (I wouldn't use this for a tarantula sling). They do have their obvious limitations with the way they open, but they have one very good feature. The vents on the sides are small enough to stop spider babies and baby mantids from escaping. I recently had an unscheduled hatching of western black widows, and the vent mesh kept them all inside with no escapes.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders OMG, YOU BREED THEM????😫😫🤣 I do understand that we need spiders in the world, but I wish they would conduct their business OUTSIDE of my house!!🤣And why do they have to be so damn poisonous??🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I don't usually purposely breed them, they kind of do that on their own. A black widow only has to breed once, and then she can lay viable egg sacs for the rest of her life (1-3 egg sacs every couple of weeks). I remove (and dispose of) the egg sacs before they hatch (3-4 weeks after they are laid), but a couple of times I've had them hatch early.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Oh gosh! That would be crazy to have to constantly home little black widow babies

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders def dont want them to be loose at all!

Thanx; at least he made his lair against the side of the habitat. I currently have a cobalt blue who is pretty much a pet hole, and a Singapore blue who spends way too much time hiding in a web nest. So, it's kinda refreshing that at least one of my burrowers makes himself viewable 😁

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders lmfao gotta love them pet holes! I have a few of those too!

I just wish it would grow faster. I didn't realize these tarantulas take a couple of years to reach maturity.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Yea ik how you feel! I had a A. Chalcodes and that sucker was a sling for like 4 years

This one is starting to grow on me; I didn't really expect to like him much when I bought him at PetCo (it's where the pets go). My favorites are still my Greenbottle Blue, and my Gooty Blue. But they are fast and aggressive, and this guy is pretty chill for a fairly active tarantula.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Yes curlys are pretty cool but they can take off occasionally. My bigger female took off up my friends arm once when he was looking at her

These giant huntsman spiders are very fast; pretty much as fast as the giant house spiders are. But they can be trickier escape artists than the giant house spiders because these guys can change directions on a dime. And you have to be prepared for them to run any direction, at any time 😁

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders I can believe it! They are speedy asf!

These look really cool even when they are juveniles; very different than when an adult, but still very cool.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Yes I have one too and they are amazing throughout their whole life color wise and such great eaters!

He's like a puppy over-exaggerating his jump because he knew people were watching.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders So freaking adoreable! Hes a main character!

And getting bigger 😁

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Gonna be a thick baby soon!

Around here, to get one of these guys you just need to look under (or behind) your living room furniture. And they certainly rule under the house, and in backyard sheds.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders Awww shes a roommate there for pest control!

So, I guess I'm really doing a service by posting this black widow spider video here on YT; I handle the spiders so other people don't have too😁

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders YES!! YES,YOU ARE!! And doing a grand job of it too!! 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks; around here we have a lot of those big brown giant house spiders, which left me not liking spiders at all. But after I started filming black widows several years ago, I learned spiders are not that bad when viewed thru my camera lens. So as long as they stay inside their habitat, spiders and I seem to be getting along fine.

@@SpiderSpiderSpiders I take it you live in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, perhaps? You’ve probably guessed I’m in Scotland? The spiders here seem to be getting SOOOOOO BIG!!😫😫What’s your theory about that?? I SWEAR one ran by me the other day wearing a hoodie and had a flick knife!! 😳😳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I actually live on the US west coast, Oregon. Black widows don't live in my area, although the western black widow lives a couple hundred miles away. Black widows (like all spiders, dangerous or not), can be legally purchased online, and shipped domestically. As for the giant house spiders we have here, they originally came from the UK. The thought is that some time ago they landed in North America in shipping containers at two locations (B.C. Canada and Michigan USA). And have been migrating south ever since. The first time I saw one, I was laying on the floor watching TV (in a house I had just moved in to), one ran by me, and I thought it was a mouse...as it turned out, it was much worse as I found a dozen of them over the next couple of weeks. Spiders are always there, even big spiders. But it seems we rarely notice them until we actually start looking for them.

When I picked him up at PetCo (it's where the pets go) I didn't think I'd like him much (he looks a bit goofy and has boring colors), but he's turned out to be pretty impressive.

I bought him a larger water dish; this one is too small.

Yes, he's a lot faster than thought he'd be.

I too was impressed at how fast he was. I have a few very fast spiders, and he is not one of them. But really, most spiders are fast when they want to be. Even black widows, which are normally pretty slow, can move fast when prey is involved.

It's the amazing spider dog 😁