#c. versicolor

[wikipediapictures]

Curious cat staring at a lizard (1/2)

“Curious Felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) staring at a passive Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard), in Laos.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[vampiremasochist]

What's that? A bunch of new photos of my buddies!

Monocentropus balfouri

Caribena versicolor - that diva loves to pose

And a baby Phormictopus sp dominican purple. It's a bit shy at the moment but we'll see how its temperament changes in a year or two.

[honeyrosepetals]

spot what's wrong with these pictures!!

[j1ngi]

isn’t she just so beautiful…

[mostlymantis]

the baby is hereeeeeeeee the baby is beautiful the baby is amazing

[prionz]

i've decided i'm gonna get the tarantula(s) as a christmas/birthday gift for myself. still not 100% sure what species i want since the store i'm looking at mostly sells slings and some of the arboreals i was looking at are sensitive as slings plus i'm probably gonna end up getting a tarantula enclosure rather than using the aquarium i have

[hopefulqueer]

if Bean doesnt eat something soon i think i am going to lose it

[catmeme]

god i want another tarantula i need someone to talk me out of it

[clawmarks]

Gallic Rose (Rosa gallica L. ‘Versicolor’) - Pieter Withoos - 17th c. - via Rijksmuseum

[ghostlycorvid]

State of the pet bugs (most of them anyway)

Maple making shiny eyes for more crickets bc I have only given her a couple small ones this week.

My two sensitive babies. Jumpers with light colored heads look like they're gonna cry with those little shiny eyes. The nameless A. purpurea escaped last night and went on a very tense two minute adventure before I managed to get to it enough to get a capture cup near for it to walk into.

My C. versicolor has been REALLY webbing up its enclosure this week and is spending a lot more time out of the hide. I feel a little bad that after its next molt, I'll be relocating it to an adult sized enclosure.

My cryptids, the moss mantis and new giant shield mantis.

My eternally furious babies, my desert scorpion and Autumn, my pumpkin patch tarantula. Her cheap ass Amazon enclosure is stuck partly open and I'm so glad it closed enough to keep her in but this replacement tank needs to get here FASTER....

[wikipediapictures]

Cat biting the tail of a lizard (1/2)

“Felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) biting the tail of Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard), in Laos.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[vampiremasochist]

My versi doesn't care about anything so he started eating his roach on the spot

[mirellabruno]

Gallic Rose (Rosa gallica L. ‘Versicolor’) - Pieter Withoos - 17th c. - via Rijksmuseum

[eiders]

the newest invertebrate in my home! C. versicolor

[what-ever-is-left]

tank is clean! i more than likely won't be visiting the reptarium that's closest to me (3 hours away) and will be going to a pet store that's only an hour away to pick up a pink toed tarantula (C. versicolor). i don't know if they'll be old enough to be sexed when i get them, but i will probably go buy and set up the tank in preparation later today.

these tarantulas, as adults, are easier to care fore as i've read- only eating once every week or so. thing is that these are more arboreal than terrestrial and my current tank offers much more floor space than air space. like it's plenty high for an adult, it's just much longer than it is tall.

also the fact staci kept recommending that i get this one has me extremely worried she'll try and commander and stress the spider our much like what happened with maman. which is why i'd much prefer an old world t rather and a new world t. the threat of getting more hurt will keep staci out of my sweet spider's tank which is preferable. i'd rather have a spider i can't hold than a dead spider.

[rihaaish]

Unidentified Artist (Company School), Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor), Opaque watercolour on paper, c. 1827

More on Company School paintings (Company, as in the East India Company, and paintings, as in art commissioned by them to document the flora and fauna they were encountering as the British colonised South Asia. More about it here.