My little Visitor - Calisoga

Moved

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 23 June, 2007 - 11:44pm

NOT a Tarantula

We've had many, many pics of this species posted on Arachnoboards.com by people thinking that it was a tarantula. While this IS a Mygalamorph spider, it's not a tarantula, but Nemesiidae family member, Calisoga longitarsus, also known as a "Calistoga spider".

S.McKenzie

… pitbulllady, 23 June, 2007 - 9:43pm

Not

sure how you got this one to species, as there are 5 in the area.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 23 June, 2007 - 11:43pm

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 April, 2007 - 5:45pm

*update

I let the little guy go yesterday. I did not want to keep it captive for too long. I let him go somewhere away from the dorms for Fuzzy's safety. But having him for a little while, really made me want to have a type of tarantula as a pet.

… skyxhigh, 21 March, 2007 - 8:00pm

identity

How big is the spider? It has a lot of characteristics of a tarantula.
I used to have three tarantula's including a native California spider.
The spider will eat crickets and meal worms if you are keeping it captive. They need water as well. Put a sponge wet with water in a terrarium.

… p. roullard, 21 March, 2007 - 2:37pm

These spiders are fairly smal

These spiders are fairly small as Tarantulas go 1.5-2.0 inches across when mature. They are not often encountered due to the small size and rather secretive habits.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 21 March, 2007 - 7:31pm

This is one of the small Myga

This is one of the small Mygalomorph tarantulas native to California. It is likely either genus Aptostichus or Apomastus. This is a male and will probably have a limited life span.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 20 March, 2007 - 7:52am

tarantula

Fuzzy is a tarantula. Aphonopelma sp., maybe?

… Ben Coulter, 19 March, 2007 - 6:35pm