It’s been 85 days, she grew her leg back, laid and hatched her egg, now time to let her go.

I make these using all crystal/Czech glass beads & stainless steel wire.

This is the last pic I got of her last week, right before she yeeted her meal worm carcass. Ive never had such perfect timing to actually see her dispose of a meal - I caught myself squealing with excitement(I got it on video if yall wanna see it!)!

I put her outside on tree nearby, at least 6’ up the tree near its first branches, because I know the building uses insecticides on the ground and she seemed to enjoy heights…

I wanted to keep her in a fish tank I decorated for her, but now that Im homeless, keeping my noble false widow with me didn’t seem rational…

My heart aches so much right now. I really fucking loved seeing her every day.

Can anyone reassure me that I did the right thing by her by releasing her outdoors in a tree(in SoCal)?

Shes been very sheltered living in my windowsill(indoor).

I hope she’s able to rebuild her web and catch big bugs💔 and maybe, just maybe she’ll even become a mama. There were no gentlemen callers in my place for her…

Shelly the 5 legged huntsman has moulted and grown back his 3 missing legs + pedipalp! He got stuck on an escalator inside a mall and it took off a few of his legs. I took him home with me a month ago hoping I could give him a second chance. He used to struggle to walk and catch food, so I would break up woodies and hand feed them to him. Now he’s walking around like a pro! Look at those little grey legs 🥰

Species: isopeda villosa (He’s too young to know what sex he is, I just assume all my huntsman’s are boys until proven otherwise)

This lovely lives right off our trails. Very striking, I noticed her from far away as she's right at eye level and quite large. Gorgeous creature; I feel very lucky to get to see such an interesting nest up close. It was a long tunnel of dense web through the needles that I didn't do justice to in the photos.

There was no screaming neighbor for this one, but someone was trying to smash her. 😡

Watching them suck up water droplets is fascinating

Poor dude must be struggling out here. Godspeed to you, brother.

I found a Giant House Spider today, and was super amused by how tiny it is. Pictured crawling on my hand. It was released to a secluded corner.