Trapdoor Spiders

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Superfamily:	Ctenizoidea
Family:	Ctenizidae

Lycosa sp.

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Lycosa

CEPA - Rugendas

Today is a very special day, to me at least, exactly three months ago, my colleagues and I went to a camp studying at CEPA Rugendas. Right there I found a spider, i went crazy, spent half day staring at it *-*. At first I thought it was a Lasiodora klugi, and… I thought wrong, actually it was a Grammostola acteon that some buddies helped me to identify it. So that’s it, this day made me really happy.

Cat and Spider

"It is hoped that the reader approaches the subject of spiders with as much curiosity as this cat in 

this Japanese silk painting. Curiosity does not necessarily kill the cat—nor the spider. 

(“Cat and Spider” by Oide Makoto, 1836–1905; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

New York.)(FOELIX Rainer F., Biology of Spiders 3rd Edition,Oxford, 2011 )"
 

So, i saw that some readers have this "fear" about spiders, I don’t know, probably is because you were warned that they are dangerous and blablabla, but it’s not that it seems to be, of course there’s the dangerous ones, but most of them are inoffensive to humans and, some of them can be domesticated. Or, just because you think they’re ugly, maybe, some species look ugly in some way and other species can be beautiful in another way.

I will talk about venomous spiders and how you can raise them soon, for now i hope you keep reading my blog, and lose that “fear”.

How does a spider grows up?

Well, spiders don't grow like us, because they're arthropods. =D They have a exoskeleton, that's exchanged from time to time, thus allowing the spider to keep growing, this process is called Ecdysis (or "molt"), and yes, it's for all the arthropods. You may be asking, "so?". It's a awesome process, keep reading and you won't regret.

Avicularia Metallica

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Aviculariinae
Genus:	Avicularia
Species:	A. metallica

Pterinochilus Murinus

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Harpactirinae
Genus:	Pternochilus
Species:	P. murinus