Abbreviations and info for new Tarantula keepers

[Poxicator]

L1 and 1st instar are the same term used to identify the amount of moults the tarantula sling has had. Generally L1 - L4 is spiderling stage, upto L7 is juvenile and past that the tarantula is sub-Adult or Adult and the moulting is no longer counted.

[_Birdeater_WM_]

hey , thankyou for that the reason why is on you tube they have L16's a genticulata's lol
My salmon pink is a L4 then , and my red rump is a L1 and my white knee is a L3 , so all good then lol

[jacqui]

This is easily the best piece of info on Ts that I've ever came across, very informative yet simple in nice easy to swallow chunks!!!

[tomkinsm]

what does dwa mean?

[ducks]

dangerous wild animals - a legal definition of species which require a license to keep.

[SteveCourty]

Very good post. It appears to have lost its stickyness though

[mcluskyisms]

Originally Posted by SteveCourty

Very good post. It appears to have lost its stickyness though

Actually, it hasnt. It can be located with the rest of the Spiders and Inverts stickies in the thread that reads stickies at the top of this sub forum.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forum...faqs-read.html

[steve@bugsnstuff]

on the whole a good post, with the few corrections made it would be excellent with the addition of

Urticating Hairs.

In short they are small hair like barbs that new world tarantulas "flick" off their rump.

except for the genus Ephebopus that carries them on its pedipalps

[mcluskyisms]

Originally Posted by steve@bugsnstuff

on the whole a good post, with the few corrections made it would be excellent with the addition of



except for the genus Ephebopus that carries them on its pedipalps

Here's some info I found on them

Urticating Hair