Tarantula Feeding Revisited

About this episode

Tom discusses an orbweaver's defensive mimicry and shares insights on his evolving spider feeding regimen.

First, we discuss an amazing genus of orbweaver that uses an incredible form of defensive mimicry. Then, over the years, I've made a lot of changes to my feeding schedules and what I feed my spiders. In this episode, I'll break down how my feeding regiment has evolved, as well as discuss some dos and don'ts when it comes to feeding.

Topics covered

• orbweaver
• defensive mimicry
• feeding schedules
• spider care

Keywords

• tarantula
• feeding dos and don'ts
• spider feeding

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