emerald_taipan
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I went to a site near broken hill in nsw and found some selenocosmia sterlingi. they live in fairlily deep holes with a chamber at the bottom. I dug one up to have a look at it, but the soil was very hard, it took ages.
I found a better way of getting them out of their burrows. you dig the shovel into the soil on an angle about 15cm deep, not crossing through the spider burrow, then poor water down the burrow and the spider will run up to the entrance but not come out, so tthen you dig the shovel in the rest of the way and lift the soil and entrance of burrow out. unfortunately this wrecks the burrow and I do not recommend digging up or worse, poaching tarantulas in from wild.
I wouldn't be surprised if stirlingi eat birds if they had the opportunity. I found the remains of some kind of small mammal in a burrow. It was a leg of some sort and seemed surprisingly large for a spider to be eating.
I found a better way of getting them out of their burrows. you dig the shovel into the soil on an angle about 15cm deep, not crossing through the spider burrow, then poor water down the burrow and the spider will run up to the entrance but not come out, so tthen you dig the shovel in the rest of the way and lift the soil and entrance of burrow out. unfortunately this wrecks the burrow and I do not recommend digging up or worse, poaching tarantulas in from wild.
I wouldn't be surprised if stirlingi eat birds if they had the opportunity. I found the remains of some kind of small mammal in a burrow. It was a leg of some sort and seemed surprisingly large for a spider to be eating.