| Archive for scabies.myfreeforum.org Southern California Arachnid, Bug, Invertebrate, Entomological Society |
| Matt Kogler |
Tarantula Burrow PicturesThought a post exclusively for burrow pics would be helpful to those of us with limited experience spotting them. Anyone with good T burrow pics, please post em all...
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| Herpetologyfrk |
Iit's almost very apparent with a MM in front of one 
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| WBurke17 |
This is what a trap door looks like 
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| Matt Kogler |
Nice pics, keep em coming.. | ||
| Celeste |
Warren: how do you know that round hole is a T burrow and not something else? (And no wisecracks from the peanut gallery!) We can see webbing in the other pix, but not that one. | ||
| Matt Kogler |
He dug up the T , look at the next pic... (or do you mean the trap door spider??) | ||
| Celeste |
Actually, now that I'm on my home computer I can see the slight bit of webbing around the edge of the hole (in Warren's first picture). | ||
| TheJackal |
gah still never gotten around to finding a trap door  nice finds though 
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| rosenkrieger |
Just out of curiosity, how do you go about coaxing a T out of its burrow once you find it? | ||
| Matt Kogler |
Good question, Ive seen it done with a long blade of grass, kinda tickling the webbing around the entrance.. Ive never done though, I bet our buddy Warren could tell us... | ||
| GOMER113 |
Here's a link to an article on how to bug hunt like a ninja.
http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/about953.html I've personally tried the flooding and teasing methods, but without success. The first time, I was able to see the Ts legs a few inches into the hole after flooding it, then I teased it with a stick and almost got it to surface, but I think I knocked over something and then the T ran back into the hole and didn't come back up. The second time around, I found another burrow and nothing happened after flooding it. About 20 minutes later, I went back to it and saw a T at the entrance. As I walked closer toward it, it went back inside so I tried teasing it and it grabbed the stick I was using and pulled a good bit of it into the hole. After a few seconds, it gave up and went into hiding. |
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| WBurke17 |
If its a very dry soil your not going to get much out of it with flooding except to see legs, but then you'll find out if anybody is home, as for the teasing method you can get lucky and coax them out, I use a kabob squor(?) long metal spike thingy, that I try to got thru the soil at an angle behind the T once it close to the entrace to stop it from retreating.
And last resort if you plan on keeping it is to dig them out. |
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| TheJackal |
Never thought of trying to get back behind the t, I've never had any success with flooding or teasing. Digging has always been most effective for me, but I hate doing it for risk of injuring the t. Plus I probably dont know how to coax right  ::lol::
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| randomhero148 |
I have coaxed tarantulas out of there burrows before with a little stick pretending im a meal on her trip wite. When i did this and she came out then I quickly cover up the hole with a lid off the jar I had, and then I feel bad when I see how Franticly the spider tries to find its hole...And end up not catching them | ||