| Archive for San Francisco Bay Area Tarantula Society SF BATS |
| T_Stew |
Hello from Roseville.Hello everyone, My name is Stew and I was a long time BA resident. Lived in SF for a number of years, then Daly City, then San Jose and now I'm here in Roseville. Been keeping Tarantulas for a few years. Hope to one day meet some of you guys in person. |
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| mklock |
Welcome Stew :) | ||
| sntcruzan |
Come to our meeting January 17th in Concord | ||
| EdgarOrtega |
Welcome to the group, Stew! :D We hope to see you at the meeting in January. We're getting quite the group from the Sac area.
Looks like you're into archery. I used to that, and I'd like to get back into it. Target archery, though. What T's have you got? 
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| T_Stew |
Is this the same place as where you had an event in Oct? |
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| EdgarOrtega |
Yes it is. Did you see that on the news story? | ||
| T_Stew |
Have not touched a bow in quite a while- it's all in storage but it would be nice to get back into it again. Here's the list of the species that I have: Acanthoscurria brocklehursti Acanthoscurria geniculata Avicularia purpurea Avicularia versicolor Brachypelma boehmei Citharischius crawshayi Cyriopagopus schioedtei Cyriopagopus sp "singapore blue" Grammostola aureostriata Grammostola pulchra Grammostola rosea Haplopelma hainanum Heteroscodra maculata Hysterocrates gigas Iridopelma hirsutum Lasiodora parahybana Megaphobema robustum Nandhu colloratovillosus Pamphobeteus sp plattyoma Phlogius crassipes Phormictopus cancerides Poecilotheria ornata Poecilotheria pederseni Poecilotheria regalis Poecilotheria rufilata Psalmopoeus cambridgei Psalmopoeus irminia Psalmopoeus pulcher Selenotholus/Phlogius? sp. "black" Selenotypus plumipes Stromatopelma calceatum Tapinaucheus purpureus Most are still just slings. |
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| T_Stew |
Was looking around to try and find the address and came across an old ad for the Oct event. |
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| EdgarOrtega |
Here's the video of the story they did at the meeting last October.
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Arts-E...eb-in-California-/1225543201.html |
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| BayLee |
Welcome Stew, looks like you have a nice collection going already. Hopefully you can make it in January. | ||
| T_Stew |
Thanks for the video. Actually I did see that clip. It was posted on Arachnoboards by Ken's wife a few days ago. Did not realize it was THAT event.
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| T_Stew |
Thanks for the welcome. Mike(mklock) and I have been talking about attending the event. Only problem is my GF is planning a trip and I might be out of town during that time. But if the trip is postponed or canceled I might be able to make it. |
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| EdgarOrtega |
Welcome to the group guys.
Be sure to check out the SFBATS YouTube Channel, see featured member videos, and subscribe to the SFBATS channel
that's my ugly face in the featured video
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/user/SFBATS |
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| Ricky Ortiz84 |
Hey welcome and thats a nice collection you got there now all you have to do is post pics of them all :shock: :lol: | ||
| T_Stew |
lol. I stopped taking pics of my T's a long time ago. I was thinking of taking some now that I've built up my collection again but I need to find my card reader first and my old digital camera(hope the batteries haven't leaked out in it). Had to put a lot of stuff away because of my dog- kept chewing everything within reach! I know I'll be able to take a pic of my A. brocklehursti sling- that's the only terrestrial sling I have that has not bothered to dig a burrow. It just sits there out in the open all day long which is really strange. Anyway, I'll do my best to take some pics but they aren't going to be very good(I seldom take good pics!) |
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| T_Stew |
Edgar you are a nut! Very funny video. Thanks for the link. |
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| T_Stew |
Well it's been a good weekI got to meet Ken when I went over to his place to pick up a few T's. The sub-adult female H. schmidti I ordered 2 wks ago finally arrived yesterday. Found my card reader so now I can upload some crappy pics. My microscope finally arrived yesterday(been wanting one since I was a kid!) My A. versicolor just molted yesterday. My LP molted some time last week and I just saw it yesterday- I'm guessing it is at least 6" or more. And my H. gigas finally dug its way out of the burrow- been hiding in it for over a month and a half! Well here are some pics I took, my apologies for the quality. Can't seem to hold the darn thing steady and I'm just too lazy to use a tripod.P. murinus that I got from Ken 2 days ago 
G. aureostriata 
Click to see full size image H. schmidti that arrived yesterday 
Click to see full size image A. brocklehursti sling 
Click to see full size image G. rosea 
Click to see full size image My T-room. Please excuse the mess. The heat lamps are leftovers from when I had snakes and tortoises. They are not in use except for the one that I'm using to heat my B.dubia colony. 
Click to see full size image For those of you wondering what that big black tub is- that's my brother's rubbermaid tub taking up most of the space in the spare garage(T-room). He's got 5 goldfish in it and the tub holds close to 300 gallons(if I am not mistaken) 
Click to see full size image The acrylic tank I built on new year's eve. Not bad if I do say so myself, considering it is my first go at it. 
Click to see full size image |
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| llamamama |
Nice job on the acrylic tank! I want one! lol | ||
| T_Stew |
Thanks! They are not hard to do. Perhaps when I'm done making ten more of these I will be confident enough to start making these for others! You'll have to drill your own ventilation holes though. I suck at drilling- don't have the patience to line up and space them evenly!
ETA: I also noticed with the substrate in the tank there is some bowing in the side pieces so I need to make some modifications to the design to work out these issues. |
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