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Arachnofthefreak
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"My son is human, but my daughters are spiders"

Created by @edgeofthefreak.ca to show off and discuss the amazing qualities of spiders, specifically but not limited to tarantulas. XD

I have 6 tarantulas currently, and eagerly post pics and stories here.
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arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
That post molt ragdoll effect is so sweet on tarantulas that are 10+ years old.
This is my Vortex, with me for 12 years, gotten as a juvie so she might be 15, piled into a crevice between the glass wall and her bark round XD
#Tliltocatl #albopilosus
a black spider with an orange hair covered butt pressed into a crevice between a glass wall and a bark round. the rest of the pic is rather brown and blurry. top shot of same, this pic has better contrast, meaning the darker colours are sharper and the brighter colours appear in better detail.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
She's here, but more important SHE IS FINE!
*exhale four lungs worth of stress*

Brand new spider, walked gently into her new place, and looks GORGEOUS! Not a fan of my paintbrush, but was convinced to shimmy anyway!
Stoked!

This is "Latches II" btw
#tarantula #Monocentropus #balfouri #omg
a tan/black spider sitting in a plastic container that is filled with webs and dirt. she looks safe in there, and not likely to come out. same pic as before, but zoomed out to show the full plastic cup she's in, which is inside a plastic enclosure with dirt and fake leaves, which is itself inside bigger plastic in case the spider decides to go for a run. tan/black spider facing away from the camera, descending onto a piece of cork bark, away from the plastic cup. there's a bright green fake plant which is a very different colour from everything else a pic through the new enclosure's clear walls showing the spider is fully inside, and safe. she looks safe in here too.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Good folks, I am getting another Monocentropus balfouri this evening, but I am driving to pick her up!
No shipping box to give a sense of molting stability for my new girl!

Super stoked, and will likely post unboxing stuff tomorrow!
(plz wish hard for usable legs hahaha)

Chat soon!
#tarantulas
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
In case you didn't know, #tarantulas are very tidy creatures XD
#Chromatopelma #cyaneopubescens

Mosaic, showing off how they do it!
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
I'm tearing down the summer solar lights, to store away nicely this year (no talking about last year, shuush), and discovered that little tiny spiders having been using the battery chambers to molt inside!

Each of six lights had between 1 and 4 molt hammocks!
Too cute!
a bright green rechargeable battery sitting in it's cradle, with 3 little cottony cushions of webs. each of these webs were used once to provide security to a tiny spider.
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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#spiders #lotsaspiders #allthespiders
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November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Yoga for tarantulas.
You get a cute new outfit when you done too!
#molting #Tliltocatl #albopilosus
an upside down tarantula, starting the arduous process of sheding her old skin for a shiny new one underneath. she is very dark brown on light brown substrate. a half full water sits beside her. a lady lying on her back, arms wide, in a pose very similar to the tarantula pic previous.
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
*cartoon balloon deflating sound*
*audible sigh of relief*
XD

#Acanthoscurria #Geniculata #Tarantula
a spider's shed exoskeleton lies in a crumpled heap to the left and a shiny new, slightly bigger spider sits in a web mat on the right
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Okay okay okay okay I know she's in heavy pre-molt (lookit that bum), AND had a good chance of ignoring the cricket, but she also might've been hungry!

Instead... she let her cricket molt overnight, and she kept her safe lol.
#Acanthoscurria #Geniculata #Tarantula
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Sad news for all who were as hopeful as I, but our little Latches did not survive her molt. Got the top off, and literally nothing else.
There was certainly nothing I could have done better, but I'm glad she enjoyed a bunch of different foods before going out XD
#tarantula #Monocentropus #balfouri
a dead tarantula, lying on her back, surrounded in her webs top view of dead tarantula showing that she still looks mostly intact.
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
A look from the outside of a double mouthed burrow for a Ceratogyrus darlingi, the rear-horned babboon tarantula XD

She been in here less than a month!
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
So feeding is going well.
Gotta use up those calories somehow I guess? XD
#AcanthoscurriaGeniculata #tarantula
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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jackthevulture.bsky.social
"terrestrial" tarantulas
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Lookie who comes to the top for noms!
She lives deep under two burrow entrances, but has all the boldness to wait for a cricket!
#Ceratogyrusdarlingi #Tarantula
a small brown tarantula sitting beside a smaller white milk cap inside a container filled with webs and brown dirt
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
"Fill this with noms, the jumpy kind, i dunno what they're called" --Macks probably.
#AcanthoscurriaGeniculata #Tarantula
a small stripey tarantula sitting behind a very small water bottle cap
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
So Aurora, my sub adult Brachypelma auratum, has finally decided she likes the top of her cork hide, and not so much the plastic walls. She's also picked a poop corner 👏🏽👏🏽

Maybe she'll be looking for decor again? She shoved it all into a different corner months ago hahaha
#tarantula #goodkitty
a black tarantula with red knee markings is perch up tall on top of a round cork piece. a large waterdish sits in the background.
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Another instant home builder!
My new C. darlingi kept climbing up my transfer bottle XD They are fast!
She had a starter burrow, but with better skills than I she's building a side-wall burrow.
Brown on brown, so photos might always be a bit blurry, but this is ✨Twilight Sparkle✨!
close up shot of a brown tarantula's underside while she builds a burrow along the glass. the substrate is also brown, so it's tough to tell all her details here. this glass enclosure has round sides, so this photo is trying to use the flat side, but all we get is three tiny tarantula legs sticking out from a far away burrow. tons of brown dirt in the foreground to enjoy though!
September 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Settling in nicely and feisty!
New home for 1.25" A geniculata, and she's pushed all the moss from high ground into the burrow!
During transfer she defended herself honourably against my paintbrush, but I won in the end hahaha

Already packs more punch than my other terrestrials
This is Macks XD
a good clear top photo of a black/brown tarantula with white striping at each leg segment. she is resting on light brown soil. brown tarantula with white leg striping guarding her new home from the vibration given when I moved her around for the photo op. there is moss on the left, but was full in the right when she moved in
September 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Picked up my newest spiders today, and gonna rehouse them in the next hour! Horrible pics, but say hello to Macks the A. geniculata, and Twilight Sparkle the C. darlingi!
a blurry side pic of a 1.5" tarantula. it is brown with tan/white leg markings, resting on light brown substrate. a decent pic of a brown tarantula, but noticeable is the smallish horn that makes this species stand out. there is a mess of webs all around her.
September 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
New tarantulas for meeeeeee!
I'll be picking these girls up from an expo in THREE WEEKSish and I'm STOKED
Genic is about 1.25" and darlingi is 1.75".
Boatloads of pics when they arrive ofc XD
💜🕸️🕷️
screengrab text that reads "ship via toronto expo for Acanthoscurria geniculata female and Ceratogyrus darlingi female"
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
Hey peeps!
Another "still not an update" update on Latches, the septaplegic Monocentropus balfouri! No molts needed here, this is her defending against my most recent watering, no issues!

Utterly capable creatures, tarantulas are. XD
💜🕷️🕸️
August 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
I guess they gave her sexy ankles?? Hahaha
Saw this image, and now you have to see it too.
Plus, it's the Onion. XD
#tarantulabutonlykindof loool
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 30
Tarantula Rushing To Shave Legs Before Meeting Up With Mate
Tarantula Rushing To Shave Legs Before Meeting Up With Mate
July 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
In case you haven't had the chance to catch the flippy upside down dance from after a molt XD

The video version of my post molt tarantula, Brachypelma auratum, my lil Aurora!
Peep those white fangs!! 🦷🦷
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
arachnofthefreak.bsky.social
GRWM, Brachypelma style!
My cute lil tarantula changed her outfit yesterday, so I'm SHARING WITH YOU LOT cuz I'm proud of her.
🕸️🕷️💜
tarantula lying on it's back (or top maybe?) in a blanket fort made of webs, getting ready to squish out of the old skin fresh out of old skin, lying beside it, crumpled in a heap, still upside down. her fangs are white, but will cure to solid black soon already flipped over showing fresh new orange marking on her legs. she's kinda trying to climb back into her old skin, but likely just climbing around it. either way this picture has 16 legs in a big pile.
July 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM