Unnecessary background/personal story: I lost my dad very suddenly in 2025. However, back when I was in middle school we’d had the opportunity to go to a University’s entomology lab because I was in Science Olympiad, specifically in the Entomology team. The lab had within the collection an Avic Avic and also some species of Amblypygi. My dad and I thought both of those were absolutely amazing and experiencing them up close my dad was up for getting one— actually getting the spider ended up falling through, so I never got to keep one with him.

About 2 months after he passed I was struggling quite a bit and my sister encouraged me to consider getting back into keeping pets. I had terrariums that I’d been holding onto for probably almost 10 years “just in case” I ever got back into the hobby. I went to a local store that I’d always loved walking around in just to see all the different animals and found a “Juvenile” Avicularia Avicularia. It felt perfect. So I picked them out and took it home (Unfortunately, HE ended up being a male that hit his penultimate molt 4 weeks after I took him home, but he’s still alive right now, doing alright). Since then I’ve added 3 new Tarantulas (G. Pulchra, T. verdezi, H. Guerreroi).  The pet store that I’d been frequently browsing had about 2 weeks ago had gotten this guy in, and I couldn’t keep my eyes off of them. I went back 4 times just to stare at it hiding behind cork bark. I decided to finally take it home last night after doing a decent amount of reading about them over the past two weeks so now I’m starting a journey of caring for a different species of incredible arachnid. 

Thanks if you read all this, and maybe enjoy the video of my new (currently unnamed) friend exploring for the first time.

Rehousing my new (sold as) P. Mexicanus