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![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:13 am | |
| Review of the complete set of Spiders to Go by Club Earth (year unknown). Having recently reviewed similar sets of small spider figures by Play Visions (http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=1935.0), K&M International (http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=1934.0), and a set of unknown origin (http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=2219.0), I am now doing a review of the Club Earth set in preparation for a comparative study of the four sets. There are 12 figures in this set. Each one is labeled on the underside with a common name and a number ranging from 1-12; there is no company name or logo on the underside. At the time of its release, most of these figures were unique at the species level, and if not for the aforementioned set by an unknown manufacturer (as well as other knock-offs), most of these still would be unique! The Latin names are mine, most of these were clearly influenced by the book, The Golden Guide to Spiders and their Kin by Levi and Levi (I have the 1987 edition). If you disagree with my identifications, please consult that reference to understand my position :). Credit for the black widow image below is courtesy of froggie, since it is the one I still do not have! On to the figures in numerical order: 1.black-and-yellow argiope, Argiope aurantia. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180125_160153](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/68y36fkzn/20180125_160153.jpg) 2. black widow, Latrodectus mactans. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) Clubearth_spiders_blackwidow1](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/7nznv5ecz/Clubearth_spiders_blackwidow1.jpg) 3. wolf spider, gen sp. (possibly Lycosa tarantula). ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110916](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/fodgcz1xv/20180120_110916.jpg) 4. red widow, Latrodectus bishopi![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110922](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/jys47zmab/20180120_110922.jpg) 5. funnel-web spider, Megahexura fulva. Note, at the time of this writing, this species is misidentified on TAI as Atrax robustus. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110927](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/pmyeywds3/20180120_110927.jpg) 6. crab spider, Thomisus onustus. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110933](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/3z9gp0qer/20180120_110933.jpg) 7. crab spider, Misumena vatia. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110938](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/xfp2quow3/20180120_110938.jpg) 8. purseweb spider, Sphodros rufipes. Note, at the time of this writing this species is misidentified on TAI as Atypus sp. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110944](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/a1h3exmeb/20180120_110944.jpg) 9. spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110949](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/ygpbgk61v/20180120_110949.jpg) 10. raft spider, Dolomedes plantarius. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_110956](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/oxfmmj5ir/20180120_110956.jpg) 11. cobalt blue tarantula, Haplopelma lividum. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_111002](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/b3r9xhscz/20180120_111002.jpg) 12. tarantula, gen. sp. I have tentatively identified this as an immature greenbottle blue tarantula, Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens. ![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) 20180120_111008](https://2img.net/h/s19.postimg.cc/8mfiq8g6b/20180120_111008.jpg)
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![Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Review: Spiders to Go (Club Earth) Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:18 am | |
| Interesting spiders _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge ![sunny](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_sunny.png) Andreas ![sunny](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_sunny.png) |
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| They are beautyful ! Thankyou for a very interesting topic again _________________ SUSANNE ![cat](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_cat.png) |
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| If you are looking for the Black widow spider, Blaine...I have one looking for a home. _________________ ![Like a Star @ heaven](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/star3.png) - FALLON- ![Like a Star @ heaven](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/star3.png) |
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| Blaine, I updated TAI according with your species identifications. Namely the dwarf tarantula, atypical tarantula and raft spider. I haven't created a page yet to the last one once you seem quite not sure about it. I see also that you already completed your series and that you can update this topic accordingly. |
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