from tuesday to thursday i was in mapungubwe national park and while staying there at the campsite i started thinking im sure this is great baboon spider habitat and did some research on a phone and came across the spider atlas and also saw all of yours guys expiditions and it had me so excited to try searching for some myself and adding them to spider atlas so i just wanted to ask any of you who are experienced in this for some pointers and tips?
as im going down to kwazulu natal to a very quiet area of the elephant coast called mabibi and im sure i can find some there what species would i find there also?
:spider:
appreciate any advice you guys can give :eyepoke:

Kenneth wrote: from tuesday to thursday i was in mapungubwe national park and while staying there at the campsite i started thinking im sure this is great baboon spider habitat and did some research on a phone and came across the spider atlas and also saw all of yours guys expiditions and it had me so excited to try searching for some myself and adding them to spider atlas so i just wanted to ask any of you who are experienced in this for some pointers and tips?
as im going down to kwazulu natal to a very quiet area of the elephant coast called mabibi and im sure i can find some there what species would i find there also?
:spider:
appreciate any advice you guys can give :eyepoke:

Sorry to disappoint you.

I just wanted to add that I wish I could come along to carry your collecting gear and point out little round holes in the dirt for you! You and I have both got to be among the luckiest guys on the planet. You're in South Africa looking for tarantulas, and I'm in south Texas (You guessed it!) looking for tarantulas.

By New Years I'll be in the Lower Rio Grand Valley near a city called McAllen within spitting distance of the Mexican border. There are Aphonopelma anax



and A. moderatum



in the area. A little farther north we find the classic A. hentzi.



This year I'm on a quest for an unusually colored widow that has been variously called a color form of Latrodectus mactans and a color form of L. hesperus. But, there's a pretty good possibility that it's an entirely new species.



I have a suggestion. We're two people literally on opposite sides of the planet, engaged in the same pursuit. Why don't we try to keep up a dialog on this thread, comparing and contrasting our experiences and the results of our forays? We can post photos of the creatures we run into and their habitats.


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"Well, I'd say your bug was pretty neat, 'cept it ain't got enough legs!"
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Question: What's worse than finding a poisonous spider in your tent?

Answer: Losing a poisonous spider in your tent!
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i searched super hard Stan and i struggled to track down a baboon spider a wasp beat me to one did get a photo of the spider being dragged away sad managed to find a bunch of interesting burrowing wolf spiders also and tons of amazing other spiders that i couldnt begin to identify! hope your expidition is going well!