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Old 10-04-2007, 08:33 AM
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Default little Solifugid *MONGO PICS

i was out yesterday hunting for some of the elusive male Ts here in Antioch and came across this little thing under a small rock, and people wonder why i flip tiny rocks as well as big uns.

whoa whoa whoa...

ahh im falling!
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:01 PM
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OMG he is so CUTE! Poor little dear falling over. Hey troll I bet you poked your finger right in there to hep him back over :P
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:04 PM
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Just how small is this little fella?
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:31 PM
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15mm+/- body length

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Old 10-04-2007, 07:56 PM
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15mm+/- body length
Ahhhh.... Bloody metric system!

That's a little over 1/2" for the rest of us.
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Old 10-05-2007, 03:03 AM
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That's so tiny! Mike, how long have you gotten these guys to live?
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Old 10-05-2007, 03:34 AM
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im thinking this one might be an immature Eremobates sp. but it could be an adult Ammotrechula sp. ive been haveing trouble seeing close up so not sure yet.
ive managed to keep adult captive specimens alive close to 8 months. also once i had some giant New Mexican Eremobates sp. escape from the incubator i hatched them in and we were finding them around the house almost a year later, they were no where near adult sized but appeared to be doing well feeding off the German cockroaches that infested the place

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That's so tiny! Mike, how long have you gotten these guys to live?
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Old 10-05-2007, 04:22 AM
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im thinking this one might be an immature Eremobates sp. but it could be an adult Ammotrechula sp. ive been haveing trouble seeing close up so not sure yet.
ive managed to keep adult captive specimens alive close to 8 months. also once i had some giant New Mexican Eremobates sp. escape from the incubator i hatched them in and we were finding them around the house almost a year later, they were no where near adult sized but appeared to be doing well feeding off the German cockroaches that infested the place
Awesome! They are the most fascinating arachnid, imho.

I'm looking at possibly getting a specimen around 4-5"... would this be one of the species from the middle east?
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Old 10-06-2007, 09:19 AM
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my uneducated guess would be middle east or africa

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Awesome! They are the most fascinating arachnid, imho.

I'm looking at possibly getting a specimen around 4-5"... would this be one of the species from the middle east?
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Old 10-06-2007, 09:23 AM
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i took some better pics tonight
YARR who disturbs me!

hanging out at the burrow entrance

waiting for prey?
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