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Tarantula Fest 2024: Spiders TAKE OVER
La Junta, CO!
This past fall I joined Tyler from Spider Shoppe and Nate from Microwilderness in La Junta, CO to attend the Tarantula Fest. This annual festival celebrates the tarantula "migration" that takes place every fall as the male Aphonopelma hentzi, aka Colorado Brown or Texas Brown or Oklahoma Brown Tarantula, emerge from their burrows and start traveling dozen, even hundreds of feet per day, searching for female tarantulas to mate with. There were presentations, tours, movies, parades, concerts, food, you name it. We had a blast spending the whole weekend looking for and celebrating tarantulas!
TARIFFS on TARANTULAS?
WTF!
If you live in the USA then you know tariffs are coming! It looks like we got a last minute 30 day reprieve from the Mexico and Canada tariffs, but the 10% tariff on goods from China does not look like it is going anywhere anytime soon. So how will these tariffs affect the tarantula hobby and the exotic pet hobby as a whole? I bet there will be some consequences you never even considered!
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The BioDudes handcrafted bioactive substrate for Tarantulas, Scorpions, Spiders, Vinegaroons and other invertebrates. Terra Aranea is a one of a kind substrate that was thoroughly tested for over a year prior to it's release in 2019. Terra Aranea substrate is specifically designed for all biomes that can get very dry and arid or in a high humidity biome. This substrate is designed to hold the perfect amount of water while allowing for evaporation, preventing anaerobic bacteria growth, which is a common fight when dealing with inverts and terrariums. Terra Aranea also retains all burrows and hides. I have found this substrate brings out many of the instinctual niches that many different invertebrates do in their daily life. Not only does it hold a burrow, it also holds a complete tunnel when the moisture content is held at 25%-75%.
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