Crunchy numbers

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,200 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 53 trips to carry that many people.

In 2011, there were 53 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 130 posts. There were 112 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 188mb. That’s about 2 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was November 2nd with 37 views. The most popular post that day was Lunch time for P. regalis.

How did they find you?

The top referring sites in 2011 were:

• arachnea.org
• asilee.com
• en.wordpress.com
• tronfoto.wordpress.com Following
• tarantuladiary.tumblr.com

Some visitors came searching, mostly for xenesthis intermedius, avicularia diversipes, monocentropus balfouri, pokie tarantula, and tumblr high heels.

Where did they come from?

Most visitors came from The United States. Philippines & The United Kingdom were not far behind.

Who were they?

Your most commented on post in 2011 was Roaches eating dinner!

These were your 2 most active commenters:

• 1 steven 1 comment
• 2 chelsie 1 comment

Perhaps you could follow their blog or send them a thank you note?

Attractions in 2011

These are the posts that got the most views in 2011. You can see all of the year’s most-viewed posts in your Site Stats.

• 1 Lunch time for P. regalis 0 comments November 2011
• 2 Tarantula High Heels! 0 comments October 2010
• 3 Hello…I am addicted to tarantulas. (More new additions!) 0 comments February 2011
• 4 First time handling B. smithi & A. geniculata! 0 comments February 2011
• 5 ThinkGeek :: Oven-Baked Tarantula 0 comments October 2010

Some of your most popular posts were written before 2011. Your writing has staying power! Consider writing about those topics again.

 

 

 

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Thank you, to all of your who regularly view my blog, share my posts & leave comments. I really didn’t think my blog was going to make it very far, but it gets a surprising amount of views every single day & that’s really what keeps me going & keeps me blogging & taking pics of my spiders. Thanks everyone!!

This little guy ate 1-2 roaches & then stopped eating for over a month..I figured he wasn’t hungry, I was NOT expecting a molt after such little food! He sure is beautiful though!

I never realized how big this guy had gotten until today when he decided to completely stretch out against the side of the container!! I also tried to get a pic of his spider junk in case anyone can make an attempt at sexing…but the pics are blurry because thay area is so dark. I really need to move this guy into a bigger place! He’s gorgeous though!! I can’t wait to get some pics of him from the top because the tan & purple colors are amazing!

I always fail horribly at sexing, no matter how many pics I look at…it’s really sad! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

This is my larger G. pulchra..which is why I’m going to assume it’s a male…and hopefully my other smaller one (from the same sac)..will turn out to be a female of I can ever manage to get pics of her underside!!

It was feeding day today & I guess the P. regalis was finally hungry! He hadn’t eaten in months after the last molt…a roach actually died in his tiny enclosure because he refused to eat for so long. He just kept hiding behind the cork & refused to come out…till today!

His colors are gorgeous..the purple on the carapace, yellow leg bands & pattern on his back are so pretty. Eventually I’m going to move him to a bigger house, hopefully he doesn’t web that one all up because I’d like to take more pictures of him since this site IS called “Social Pokies”…its strange that there are barely any pictures of any pokies at all on here!!

This little guy loves drinking out of his & dipping his toes in when its hot. Also looks like he’s due for a molt soon, judging by the dull looking colors on his abdomen. Such a cute little spider!!

Halloween Craft -  Cute Pom-Pom Spider

This cute spider is not scarey at all and  ist just made with black yarn, black chenille stems and a couple of wiggly eyes. It can be used to decorate a Halloween buffet table or even as a play pal for the kids.

Supplies Needed:

- 1 skein of black fringe or fuzzy yarn
- 2x 50 cm black chenille stems
- 1 pair of wiggly eyes
- hot glue
- cardboard such as a cereal box
- scissors
- circle templates

 

Instructions: 1. First you need to create 2 large and 2 small cardboard rings using your cereal box and circle templates.Make the body first. The larger the outer circle, the larger the spider. The inner circle should be about 1 inch in size. Cut these rings out and place together. 2. Now cut about 5 or 6 one yard lengths of the yarn. Follow the instructions in this Pom-Pom Tutorial to make the pom-pom. When finished, it should look like the picture below. For the pictures normal black yarn was used so the tutorial could be followed easier. 3. Now cut the 2 chenille stems in half so that you have 4 pieces. Insert these pieces through the middle ring.. 4. Now you will cut between the 2 cardboard rings, all away around. 5. Once you have done that, insert a long piece of yarn between the two rings and tie a knot tightly at the middle of the center ring. 6. Cut the 2 cardboard pieces away and fluff the pom-pom. Leave the 2 long tying ends hanging for the moment. 7. Now create a head pom-pom using smaller cardboard rings. Now take the two tying ends and tie them together with the two tying ends of the body. 8. Now cut away these four long ties to the same length of the body yarn. Trim around the head and body if there are any uneven lengths of yarn. Now you can glue the wiggly eyes on the spider.

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Anatomy of a tarantula (B. smithi)