There is a spider in my crabitat

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There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by Lordhermitcrab » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:34 pm

This has come as a complete surprise. I caught it's movement with the most insane luck.

Previously I had been invaded by a small number of fungus gnats but the application of out-of-reach-to-the-crabs flypaper, it was quickly resolved.

But a spider?! I hear this is one of the more uncommon insect visitors to crabitats from the locked topics in this forum.
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by CallaLily » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:39 pm

Free, natural pest control. :D :lol:
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by Lordhermitcrab » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:45 pm

Should I have mercy and keep him?

He's very, very small. Larger than a pinhead but smaller than my fingernail. Surely a spider so small can't pierce the hard exoskeleton of my crabs?
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by Rawrgeous » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:56 pm

I'd keep him. I don't think he'd hurt anything. :)

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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by Lordhermitcrab » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:58 pm

Very well. He is a new member of the environment. His name shall be Cobalt.
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by CallaLily » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:28 pm

He definitely won't hurt the crabbies. :)
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by orangeinecrab » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:50 pm

I would hate to have a spider nd would probably hope for my crabs to eat it as I am petrified of spiders :(
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Re: There is a spider in my crabitat

Post by nepenthes » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:20 pm

orangeinecrab wrote:I would hate to have a spider nd would probably hope for my crabs to eat it as I am petrified of spiders :(
About 6 months ago, I would have said the same thing. I dumped leaves into my tortoise enclosure which, I would guess, had a few tiny spiders in it. The few tiny spiders turned into a whole lot more. I eventually learned to live with it. The big spiders, though.. that's a different story! Glad I don't have any of those in the enclosure. To the OP, Cobalt is an awesome name.
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