• Posted 12/19/2024.
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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

For Sale 2/9/25 NEW Arrivals at Tarantulaspiders.com!

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2/9/25 NEW Arrivals at Tarantulaspiders.com!

TARANTULAS:

1.0 Aphonpelma chalcodes "New River Rust Rump",
Beautiful! WC 4.5" sub-adult/penultimate male, $75

1.0 Aphonopelma moderatum "Rio Grande Gold", Rarely offered! WC juvenile 3"+ male, $90

0.1 Avicularia juruensis M2 "Peruvian Purple Pinktoe", Just stunning! Post-molt these are just some of the most beautiful of all tarantulas! You might see them as slings, but these are RARE new blood females! WC 4.5" confirmed young adult female $195

1 Chilobrachys natanicharum "Thai Electric Blue", CB unsexed, 4.5"+, $195 ea.

6 Harpactira pulchripes "Blue Baboon", CB unsexed 2"-3" juveniles showing adult color! $120

0.1 Holothele sp. (locality: Montsinery, French Guiana), NEW to the U.S. hobby! Post-molt its inside femurs are dark blue! WC adult female 3.75"+, $99.95

5 Hysterocrates sp. "Niger Delta", CB unsexed .25" to .5" spiderlings, $15 ea.

22 Lampropelma carpenteri "Sulawesi Giant Black Earth Tiger", This is one of the largest-growing tarantulas in the world with leg spans reported of up to 9.75". It is a tropical, arboreal species found in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia that is very fast, high strung/nervous, and aggressive so it is only for advanced hobbyists. Post molt, they are grey and black with a velvet appearance. Matures males lack tibial spurs and are grayish-green some some muted leg striping. Juvenile to sub-adult males will be uniform black with grayish highlights. Breeding season is spring/summer and the female will make a sac that hatches out in 2-3 months with about 100-150 spiderlings. Growth rate is fast with males maturing in 1-1.5 years and females in 2-3 years. This species is rarely offered in the hobby. CB unsexed 1.25" to 1.5" well-started 4th star juveniles!, $54, 6@$51 ea., 12+@$46 ea.

0.1 Lasiodora parahybana, HUGE CB adult female 7.5"+ (you rarely see a big adult female like this for sale!), $395

1 Ornithoctoninae sp. "Ho Chi Minh", fairly rare in the hobby and it's such a beauty!, CB unsexed 1"+, $77.95

0.1 Ornithoctonus aureotibialis "Thai Golden Fringed Earth Tiger", Beautiful! CB 3" juvenile FEMALE!$175

0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. "mascara", (dark form), CB 5.75"-6" sub-adult female, $325

7 Pamphobeteus insignis (Colombia) "Colombian Purple Bloom", THE REAL insignis!
• Super rare USA captive-born REAL P. insignis (Colombia)
• This species has only been captive-bred successfully a handful of times since the late '90s.
• Grow to leg spans of 7"-8".
• Mature males are absolutely stunning in deep purple sheen in their femurs.
• Females of this species has the deep purple as well making it rare in its genus for the females to be colorful.
• Pamphobeteus species are THE best "display" tarantula as they are active, eat well, and show off their colors for you.
• Growth rate is moderate with males maturing in about 1.5-2 yrs. and females around 3 to 3.5 years. Females can breed at 5.75" leg spans.
• The REAL P. insignis (Colombia) differs from the more common "Pamphobeteus sp. "insignis" (Ecuador) with better coloration and spiderlings lack the "X-mas tree" abdominal markings that the Ecuadorian species has. The Ecuadorian species will eventually be proven to be one of the newly described Pamphobeteus species of 2024 and is NOT related and/or associated with P. insignis (Colombia).
Qty. for sale: 12 (limited supply as we are holding back a lot from a small sac of 66 for future breeding projects)
CB unsexed 2" juveniles!, $174 ea. or 6@$169 ea., 6@$164 ea.

1 Phormingochilus sp. "Akcaya"
, Rarely offered; grows to 7.5"+; beautiful! CB unsexed 1”+ spiderling, $60

• Phormictopus sp. "Full Green", Rarely offered and amazing color morph in this genus! Grows to 7"-8"! Differs from similar species Phormictopus sp. "green femur/gold carapace", but having a greenish-black carapace with green legs! CB unsexed .5" to .75" spiderling, $104 ea.

0.1 Phormictopus sp. "Green Femur / Gold Carapace", CB 7.25"+ adult female! Very rare as adult females in U.S. collections! $750

2 Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli "Wessel's Tiger Ornamental", CB unsexed 1.5"+ juveniles, $110 ea.

1.0 Theraphosa stirmi "Burgundy Goliath Birdeater", WC sub-adult male 4.75"-5", $90

TRUE SPIDERS: Wild-caught, unsexed juveniles to adults; minimum order is often 6 lots or more as these are field-collected stock.

2 Macroctenus kingsleyi "Golden Blue Femur Wandering Spider", Incredible color! Grows to a 6" leg span!, CR unsexed 1" juveniles, $29 ea.

CENTIPEDES: Wild-caught and unsexed unless noted:

1 Scolopendra cf. dehaani " Mt. Merapi Giant Black", Super rare! Grows to 10"+! WC unsexed 6.75"+ adult, $398.95

1 Scolopendra sp. "Sulawesi / Piceoflava", WC unsexed 5", sub-adult, $268.95

15 Scolopendra subspinipes (Barbados) "Barbados Island Giant Centipede", Very rarely offered especially as captive-born! BEAUTIFUL IN COLOR AND CONTRAST! CB unsexed .75"-1", $30 ea. 6@+$28 ea.

• MINIMUM ORDER IS $50 OF LIVESTOCK (NOT COUNTING SHIPPING COSTS) • Use our contact page linked below and copy and paste what you want and include your full name, address, and phone # and we will be confirm your order and email you payment total and instructions, Fedex Ship Center address, and ship date. Thank you!

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Use our contact page to copy and paste what you want and send in your order. Min. order is $50 in animals (not counting shipping costs).
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