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45 years old
Saint Paul, Minnesota
United States

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MARITAL STATUS: Looking
MEMBER SINCE: 05/09/2008
LAST LOGIN: 12/03/2008 21:34:37

ABOUT ME
Hi everyone,

My name is Michael, I live in Saint Paul, (though the love of my life will always be Santa Fe). I design and build telescopes, and am way into music (pretty much every kind -- Bach to Pink Floyd -- and play alto sax). Also love good theatre and movies, caving, rock climbing, being under a street-light and staring straight up into the snow at night (try it!), reading and writing, my computer (esp. HD video production, image processing and programming), and most importantly, chilling with friends.

There's probably been nothing I've loved more since I was about 12 than raising Giant Silkmoths!

...(though slings are climbing the charts)

MY INVERTS
An Emperor Scorpion, Vader (just passed, after a long life)

(R.I.P.)
Attacus atlas
Argema mittrei

And a first for me, slings...15 A.versicolors ... What a blast!! (Now have traded down to 3!)

(....couldn't stop there....)

2 P.pulcher slings
4 P.regalis juvies (a.k.a. certain death)
6 P.rufilata slings
1 A.sp.amazonica juvie (Just 1? Hope it's female!)


( should I mention the maniacal P.irminia which chased me into my bathtub?)

AVAILABLE SOON
4 A.bicegoi slings
4 A.geroldi slings
4 A.purpurea slings
4 L.klugi slings
4 B.bohmei slings
4 N.coloratovillosus slings

MY WANT LIST
P.metallica ????

ENTOMOLOGICAL INTERESTS
Saturniidae, Ornithoptera, Papilionidae, Theraphosidae

GENERAL INTERESTS
Moths and Butterflies, Tarantulas, Telescope design (and using them, from a mountaintop, to explore our infinite, intimate backyard!), pets that freak out my friends (at least at first, till I get them to hold them!), music, hiking at night, computers, inventing, skiing, reading and writing, and outdoor adventure.

MY POLLS


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Displaying 10 out of 39 comments
From: Hydra
11/28/2008 15:40:18
hey np. great pics. thanks 4 sharing.


From: bell
11/28/2008 09:36:25

Ah if only I had some sort of microphone or webcam.  :(

Tools....... and bugs?  Yes?  hehehe...  I don't think any place has tarantulas on sale for Black Friday, lol.

LOL... can I give you some of mine?  I have a lot.  :P

Anyway... it's 'bout breakfast time around here so I best be going.  I'll chat at you later!



 papilio wrote:

Haha!  We might as well be Skyping!  ;)

I know, as in so many things we're a lot alike.  I've never been the sort of person who wants things.  Except tools!  I lust after tools!!  Haha

Hey I just noticed, you just helped me get 2 butterflies!  :D  Thank you!



From: bell
11/28/2008 09:26:38

I'll prolly put it back up when I have happier things to write about.

Nice!  I've become the "family cook."  I'm pretty darn good if I do say so myself.  No complaints the passed couple of years I've been doing it.

Hahaha, yeah... but come on, best deals EVER.  No, seriously, even if I had money there's nothing I want and certainly no deal is good enough to make me want to go out and get trampled...  :P



 papilio wrote:

Yeah, I did notice it was down, and I've missed reading about how you're doing!!

Yeah, had a good day yesterday -- my mom's an incredible cook!  (as opposed to me, the least domesticated person this side of the Milky Way!  LOL )

But shoppin?  me, on my pittance?  ;)



From: bell
11/28/2008 09:16:14

Meh.  I bet you've seen I've taken the website down.  I'm pretty stressed out right now but I'm taking steps needed to move myself in the right direction. 


How's life on your end?  Have a good holiday?  Not braving any Black Friday shopping today?  ;)


 papilio wrote:

And pardon my rudeness -- how's your life been going?



From: bell
11/28/2008 09:14:00

Hehe, howdy, mang!  Yeah, not much internet access lately.  I'm at a house w/ wireless today, though, so woot woot!  TTYL.  :)


 papilio wrote:

BTW, I'm the World's worst zombie when I get up, but I'll get back to you later today.  Thanks for all the comments!!

I've missed you, figured you had decided to let your broadband go.



From: Tarantulas4Life
11/14/2008 19:10:31

Hope your doing well and that you got over being sick. Talk to you soon and hopefully we can figure out a way to get those T's !!

From: Choobaine
11/13/2008 13:18:56

the other pokie moulted, it's up to just over 5 cm legspan!

From: entamarie
11/07/2008 01:28:19

incredable photes Sniff  beautifull

From: papilio
11/01/2008 14:16:40

Just though I'd let everyone know -- I neeeded some fresh air in here so I put a fan in the window, happened to be fairly  near the Ts.  Very interesting, every single one (all arboreals) came up and crawled across the mesh which covers the tops of the housings -- not just the Avics, but also the Pokies etc.  So keep in mind, ventilation is very important!  You'll often hear that dehydration is the main cause of death for Ts, this seems to contradict that, as I've read elsewhere.

As far as humidity, yes they do need a damp substrate and some misting, but up in the trees where they live, the humidity isn't nearly what it is closer to the ground.  (I'd say that they mostly need to be moist as they moult.)

Just my observations -- other than a 1 1/2 inch amazonica which wasn't doing so well when I got it, haven't lost a single T (even out of 15 Avics which I got as 1/2 inch slings), as I have always had a lot of ventilation.

~ Michael

From: Choobaine
11/01/2008 08:02:03

absolutely, every last part is hand drawn!

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