There are over 50,000 known different species of spider crawling around on this planet we live on. On average, there are thousands of unseen spiders within 50 feet of where you are sitting, hundreds of unseen spiders within 20 feet of where you are sitting, and maybe even a few right next to you. Spiders are everywhere, so whether we like it or not we just have to get used to that fact.
On this channel you'll see black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, false black widow spiders, orb weaver spiders, huntsmen spiders, giant house spiders, wolf spiders, brown recluse spiders, hobo spiders, jumping spiders, redback spiders, devil spiders, crab spiders, tarantulas, camel spiders, and a few other creepy crawly things such as centipedes, scorpions, praying mantises, hissing cockroaches, crickets, beetles, ants, death face moths, hornets, dragonflies, wasps, katydids, and whatever else crawls, flies, or slithers in.
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 funny you'd say that. On my other channel, people complain that I talk too much on my videos. So, on this channel I went with music and then the occasional voice-over. The problem with just having no audio at all, is that there is a scam here on YT where people can hijack your video when it has no audio, they claim the silence as proof they own it, and the automated system often falls for it. In the end, your two choices are, having to listen to me talk for the entire video, or this here music😁
Point taken. I currently have the music audio set between 12% and 15% (occasionally one at a higher-level sneaks past during editing). I can try bumping it down to around 9%, but that would only be for videos edited from this point on. Due to my unusual work schedule I film and pre-upload videos in batches, so those pre-upped clips cannot be changed.
It's a cool spider, but it's starting to be a "pet hole." Luckily, his burrow is up against the edge of the habitat, so we can see into his den when he's not out walking around his habitat.
It's funny that you'd say that, because this is one of the things I've actually considered over the years. In the past I've also had giant centipedes and various scorpions, and the last thing I wanted was to deal with them getting loose during an earthquake or other disaster. And this is why all of the "bad-ones" are kept in double containment with latching lids, so even if the habitats get tipped-over, or glass breaks, there is still a second level of protection. As for these black and brown widows, their cubes are plastic and "nearly unbreakable," so I'll be safe from them 😎
I am super glad that those things aren't dangerous. They show up in people's houses more often than I consider ideal. I'm also glad that they don't live where I live.
These are not native to my area either, but the giant house spiders that do live here, are just as big, and just as fast, and just as harmless. But have one jump down on you from the ceiling, well...maybe not dangerous in itself, but it can induce high blood pressure, and other heart related issues 😁
The egg sacs are either destroyed because they cannot be put outside where I live as black widows are non-native here, or I put them in a hatching container and keep one or two of the bigger ones after they hatch. I have one black widow that is 7 generations deep; in other words, I originally had her great, great, great, great grandmother spider from many years ago.
Thanks; I think these are pretty cool spiders when kept as a pet. They are active enough to enjoy, unlike a couple of my tarantulas which are really just pet holes. With that said, these giant house spiders are very common in my area and finding a 2-4 inch one is not super uncommon. But I'm not a big fan of them zooming across my floor, wall, or usually the ceiling right above my bed. 😁
Yes, when a huntsman spider escapes, there is little chance of catching it. But even worse than huntsman are camel spiders. They are extremely fast, and they hide after escaping, at least the huntsman spiders will always head for a wall or ceiling.
I'm just using Eco Earth coconut fiber substrate (a lot of companies make it). I buy mine on Amazon, or sometimes at PetCo. All pet stores that sell reptile supplies should have it. It can be bought loose in a bag, or tightly pressed together in a brick. Either way you add water to it, and then it's ready to use.
Coconut fiber substrate, this is made by Eco Earth, but several other companies make it. You can get it at any pet store that has reptile supplies; I mostly buy mine on Amazon.
Well, black widows have very strong silk that can have a number of uses. The silk is extremely strong and gets quite a bit of research to figure out a way to replicate it or understand how the widow has the capability to generate/weave it in the first place.
Black widows are not native to my area. They don't live here, and it would be wrong (illegal in some places) to turn them loose as an invasive species, and they probably wouldn't live long here. It's like when you find a house spider, and then put it outside. Most of the common house spiders will die if you put them outside, unless it figures out how to get back inside. Some people think they are doing it a favor, when instead they are just killing it slowly instead of squishing it and killing it quickly.
I like a couple of them, but I don't care much for this size. It's too low sided and if you watch my video originally placing him inside here, it was Escape City. Yesterday I transferred him into a bigger (8x6x4) habitat and as slow growing as these are, he should be happy for quite a while before he goes into his 15-gallon final home.
When I title it feeding, it'll just be feeding with maybe a catch and eat. When I title it: Catching a Cricket, or Eating a Cricket, or Holding a Cricket, that will be what you were probably looking to see.
When I title it feeding, it'll just be feeding with maybe a catch and eat. When I title it: Catching a Cricket, or Eating a Cricket, or Holding a Cricket, that will be what you were probably looking to see.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. When I title it feeding, it'll just be feeding with maybe a catch and eat. When I title it: Catching a Cricket, or Eating a Cricket, or Holding a Cricket, that will be what you were probably looking to see.
When I title it feeding, it'll just be feeding with maybe a catch and eat. When I title it: Catching a Cricket, or Eating a Cricket, or Holding a Cricket, that will be what you were probably looking to see.
When I title it feeding, it'll just be feeding with maybe a catch and eat. When I title it: Catching a Cricket, or Eating a Cricket, or Holding a Cricket, that will be what you were probably looking to see.
@@maliklowry1236 I normally rail on people making assumptions, but I think we all expect to see eating in a feeding video. If I saw a video titled breastfeeding, I know exactly what I would expect to see.
