Poecilotheria Regalis-Indian Ornamental

This is a neat looking spider that I refer to as a Poe. (As in, Edgar Alan.) But most enthusiasts refer to the Poecilotheria species as Pokies.

Pokie

Legspan: 8-11″

Aboreal– Meaning that they need taller tanks as opposed to short/long enclosures. 10 gallon tanks are good for this.

Humidity: 80-85% Should be misted, but spiderlings should be misted more often, and when they reach a leg span of 1.5″, they should be provided a water dish with moss in it.

Growth Rate: Fast

Life Span: Up to 10 years, if not longer.

Species: Old world. Fast, agressive, will inflict a nasty bite.

*Eats: Crickets (adult) and roaches (spiderling). Pokies prefer flying insects, locusts and others.

New Things and Slings

Next weekend I get to add a couple more new spiderlings to the zoo. I am pretty excited about this as I have thoroughly enjoyed watching my Red Knee, Arizona Blond, and Davis Mnt Rusty slings.

I am currently undecided which slings I will be taking home, so over the next week I will be featuring a few species that I am interested in. Each day I will choose a sling or 2 to feature, and for each, I will post a care sheet as well as a picture from the web of that sling as an adult.

I will post here as usual, but possibly start a Care Sheets section on this blog, as well as a page of sheets on my website BuggyZoo.com.

Here are a few of the species I am considering:

If all goes well, I hope to be somewhat educated about the species I decide to get so the thing has a chance of survival! So far, with the exception of a single roach, everyone is alive and well.

I must admit- I am now addicted to tarantulas.

More Pictures of the Zoo

Nataraja:

Me and Nata

Sava and I

The Elusive Tank

Molting and Digging

I woke up this morning, after a crappy sleep, and was thrilled to see that my Aeluropoda insignis had molted! She was about 2 1/2″ before the molt, so I am hopefully going to get the chance to measure her new body after work. Since I wasn’t expecting to get cockroaches when she was given to me, I know nothing about her- so, every little thing that signifies health and well being makes me grin REALLY BIG!

Since I am on the subject, if you know or have any decent care sheets on this little beauty, send them my way PLEASE!

I have browsed the net and come up with very little. (Funny how I was just talking with another enthusiast about this very thing-a LACK of info on the net.

*Enthusiasts, hobbyists, professional breeders and the like- PLEASE start putting your experiences out there! People like me wind up with critters that would benefit from accurate and accessible care sheets! If you have a blog or website dedicated to the invert hobby, let me know so that I can link it- not just for me, but for other enthusiasts!)

Pics coming soon of my roach molt!

Now, on to the subject of digging-

I had the privilege of digging out Tank yesterday. She had been MIA for about a week, and so I sat with her jar, a spoon, the nifty film container, a new jar and the gift box lid. I dug for about 10 minutes(a very tedious and delicate process) and finally found Tank buried about 3/4 of the way down in the center of the jar. I see no signs of any molting, but she is now visible in a shallower jar, with a roach or 2 to feast on…if she EVER eats $:\$