#Eresuswalckenaeri #VelvetSpider #gypsyssouls
Everyone please excuse my Southern drawl 😅, it's a huge reason why I don't do lots of talking in anything I share.
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Good day beautiful souls!! As some of you may already know, I have begun my adventure on trying to establish various species of Velvet spiders into my collection of babies. As I continue my learning journey with Stegodyphus dufouri (and velvets in general) I was simply wanting to share this experience with you all as well🤗
As mentioned in the video, I am NOT an expert by any means! I'm still VERY new to velvets. There is very limited access to reliable information on this species within captivity, and even within the wild, so it's all just a trial and error process at this point with a little guidance along the way from a Velvet spider group I follow on Facebook, and also a mentor I'm occasionally able to consult with that has more experience than myself with this species.
**I'm sorry for not listing a name but I don't want to be responsible for sending a bunch of people their way without consent so I'm respecting their privacy on that note**
I don't know many more experienced keepers that have this species and who are also willing to mentor, it can be challenging to find people who are willing to converse with strangers (stranger=me🙋♀️🫣) about husbandry/keeping tactics. And understandably so! However, it also makes it equally as challenging to learn the proper care a species needs when information/help is so hard to find. So just know that even though I'm very new to this species, I will always do my best to help offer information based on my own experiences, to anyone who would like to ask questions about any species that I keep! Please don't hesitate to message me and I'll do my best with replies!
Also, I am extremely open minded, and do NOT believe in a one size fits all kind of husbandry. I think different tactics work for different keepers and I'm more than happy to accept any and all advice, opinions, suggestion
🥳🎊🏆1Ƙ -₲📍♈️Ɛ🅰️🔱🅰️Ɏ Ẅ!ÑÑƐR🏆🎊🥳
Thank you all so very much to each and every one of our participants, supporters and followers!🤗 Once again, you all made this event quite the success so we wil continue to have more activities like this!! Please keep Following🔄our page to jump in on the next one!
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(Link TO Original Post⬇️)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/mG3seuSjTUREy1gP/?mibextid=qi2Omg
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‼️Congratulations to our Ẅ!ÑÑƐR‼️
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Rita Fae Aulbach-Emira
I'll be reaching out to you tonight (5/28/24).
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Update: Rita has chosen the FRƐƐ Tarantula as her prïżɛ!!🤗
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☣️BEWARE OF SCAMMERS☣️
●Do NOT click on any links in comments from another Page profile other than this one, it is my ONLY Page!!
I will private message the ẅịññɛr, but I will NEVER send you any links to process a transaction●
UPDATE: His head has healed just fine! UPDATE pics in the comments! Thank you everyone for your concern!😊
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So... I did NOT know that we had BOT FLIES in Southwest Louisiana... but apparently they're a thing here 🤯🤯
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT!
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🛑If you're squeamish, do NOT watch this video... it's honestly quite disgusting with a touch of terrifying and a dash of horrific.
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!
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LOCATION: Westlake, Louisiana
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I was hesitant to post this but a couple of people convinced me to. It's not SPIDER related content, but it's definitely "bug" related content. I removed my original commentary because well...
I honestly have a mouth like a sailor & it prevailed for this situation 🫢🫣🙊😑
But if anyone would like to hear it, you may do so on my personal page➡️ Jodie Lynn LeJeune
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Let me start by saying this is a STRAY kitten from one of the MANY stray neighborhood cats that yes, I feed them all because I do care and feel sorry for them, but I am NOT rich enough to bring them all to the vet for everything or to have them all spayed/neutered so any critical comments to that affect will not be tolerated and will be removed. If any of you are local to Westlake, LA and would like to provide homes for any of the stray cats/kittens that show up at my home, and wouldn't mind resuming financial responsibility for them, then please PM me and we can work out the details for you to come pickup any of them.😊
All the stray momma cats were pregnant and all went off to have their kittens in the woods across the street a couple of months ago and we hadn't seen not a single kitten until the day of this video. This kitten is one of 5 that showed up at my doorstep on 5/20/24, but was the only one that somehow ended up with a bot fly larvae embedded into it. All 5 kittens hissed when first capt
This Phidippus carneus was paired on April 21, 2024! Fingers crossed for LOTS of eggs!! 🤞🫶🤞
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#Phidippusapacheanus
#gypsyssouls
LOOK👀WHO'S GROWING UP!! 🥳🥳
I finally got decent pics of some of our Phidippus apacheanus "Apache" babies!!❤️🧡🖤💛🕷
These babies emerged from their nest at the end of February 2024. And we have more that emerged in mid March and our recent sac emerged at the end of April. I'll be holding back many of them to continue my captive-brɛd program. But I'll have several that I'll be listing on MorphMarket in another few molts once they mature. 🤗 I'll post updates here on the Gypsy’s.Souls page when I finally make a listing!
I've been working on this project since December 2023. And I'm so excited to be building a captive brɛɛding program for this hard-to-find species within the jumping spider community, to be able to share with you all!!! Stay tuned!!
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#Phidippusapacheanus #ApacheJumpingSpider #gypsyssouls
Thank you so much Mystic Labyrinth for pairing my girl for me!!🤗🥹🫶
I pürçhåṣɛɗ this beautiful Bryantae variant girl (Phidippus audax) from them but they offered to pair her with their handsome Big Bend variant boy (Phidippus audax) before sending her to me!! I'm so excited!!! 🥳🩵🕷
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#Phidippusaudax #BigBendvariant #Bryantaevariant #gypsyssouls
Drop dead GORGEOUS!!😍
Stegodyphus dufouri freshly matured male♂️
#stegodyphusdufouri
#VelvetSpider
#gypsyssouls
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Thank you so very much to each and every one of our participants for playing this fun little game!🤗 Once again, you all made this quite the success so we continue to have more activities like this! Please keep Following🔄our page to jump in on the next one!
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(Link TO Original Post⬇️)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/aNu1Pz8njav6oaYD/?mibextid=qi2Omg
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‼️Congratulations to our ẅịññɛr‼️
Heidi Arenkiel NAME: "Ɛṣmɛ"
I'll be reaching out to you by this evening (5/7/24).
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☣️BEWARE OF SCAMMERS☣️
●Do NOT click on any links in comments from another Page profile other than this one, it is my ONLY Page!!
I will private message the ẅịññɛr, but I will NEVER send you any links to process a transaction●
Hello my Beautiful Souls!! 🩵🕷👋
WE DID IT!! We grew enough for the Gypsy's Souls page to finally be eligible to earn stars!!🌟🌟🌟 And I can't thank you all enough for the wonderful support along the way🥹🥰🤗. There's no growing without the love from you all!!!!
If you're at all able to continue your support by also sending Stars🌟, we would be absolutely grateful beyond words! The Stars will help propel Gypsy's Souls into expanding our species list, so that we can add more of what you love!
Whenever you see the Stars icon on any post, reel, etc., you have the option to choose how many Stars you would like to send!
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#StarsEverywhere
We will also be doing a "1k Spood-Away" soon!! Stay tuned for a post with those details!!
WE LOVE YOU ALL!! 🫶🫶🫶
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#gypsyssouls
Location: Sulphur, Louisiana
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I found this little one clinging to a handicap sign in a parking lot, trying to get out of the rain.💦🥺. I found a nice tree to place him in further down the road 🥹. These are a species of moth is an Estigmene acrea, commonly known as a "Salt Marsh Moth".
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#SaltMarshMoth #Estigmeneacrea #gypsyssouls
I just wanted to update everyone on one of my Stegodyphus lineatus couples!!📣
I went ahead and put my smallest male back in with my first female I received. As an experiment to see if they can cohab. The little male will not eat when alone for whatever reason. But the 2 different times that I placed him in with the female, he actually would accept prey within the first 12 hours.
I have no idea if it has something to do with living communally or if it's simply a coincidence. I also don't know if cannibalism will become an issue with these 2, being that I have read/seen/heard mixed information. Some sources I've seen mention S.lineatus specifically, being "partially social". And some sources I've seen saying they're more likely to cannibalize than some of the other Stegodyphus species.
I am openly stating that I am NOT an expert and I do NOT recommend housing this species communally!!! I am new to this species and am simply choosing to "experiment" with different housing techniques for a couple of my Stegodyphus species in order to observe and learn from them.
Stegodyphus are less common within the hobby, and within captivity in general; therefore, it is difficult to find reliable care resources to refer to for husbandry/care guidance. So I'm using different accumulated information that I'm able to scrap up, and adjusting care techniques based off of that little bit of information, combined with experimental observations, to see what works best within captivity. I'm documenting my research and sharing via my page.
Again, this is all in an effort to learn! So I am open to suggestions, and constructive criticism!! 😊
New velvet spiders!!
#Stegodyphuslineatus
#Stegodyphusdufori
#gypsyssouls
🥳🎊🏆WINNER#5
Kit's Critters
Name: "Guinevere"
🥳🎊🏆WINNER#4
Charlie's Webs
Name: "Chucky"
🥳🎊🏆WINNER#3
Christina Marie
Name: "Oreo"
🥳🎊🏆WINNER#2
Ashley Graham
Name: "Winnie"
🥳🎊🏆WINNER#1
Stacey Jordan
Name: "Ollie"
#Phidippuscarneus #gypsyssouls
🎊 Latrodectus bishopi Pairing🎊
A little background on our L.bishopi brɛɛding program. We started off in December 2023, with a Trio. One captive-brɛd young female, and one captive-brɛd male that came from one brɛɛder. The other female was field collected (WC), possibly gravid and came from another brɛɛder. Long story short, the little male didn't last very long and we only ever got one dud eggsac out of our WC female.
Fast forward and we got a new male from a 3rd brɛɛder, on April 4, 2024. He was immediately paired with our WC female. Today she laid an eggsac that we're hoping this time is fertile! 🤞🏻. Since the male is still alive, he's now been placed with our second female in this video!! Fingers crossed we get a successful pairing between the 2!!🤞🏻
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#latrodectusbishopi #RedWidow #gypsyssouls