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Pre-trip feeding: Ziggy

As part of my mission to feed all of the hungry spoods before Amsterdam, I threw a worm in to Ziggy this evening. I don't see Ziggy very often - he has dug himself a lovely series of tunnels under his bark hide, and for the most part he just sits in there. A bit strange, considering I thought he was an arboreal species, but I'm no expert in spider behaviour. But this means that if I see him out and about, then I know he's hungry. And tonight, he was out.
Ziggy is one of my favourite spiders. I'm a little nervous of him, because he is very fast, and I know that if he bit me it would bloody well hurt - he's an Old World species of tarantula rather than a New World, which means that his primary defense mechanism (well, if running and hiding isn't an option) is venom. I really don't want him to bite me.
But that said, I can't help but think he is a beautiful spider. His blue colouring is starting to develop, although it's not there yet, and I love how his feet all look as if he's wearing fluffy little slippers, or leg warmers.

That said though, even I have to admit that the photo below is like something from the depths of Cthulu-themed horror.... I mean...what even is that? It's all legs! There's no other part of the spider visible, just far too many legs reaching out to the camera from the spider abyss... I'm supposed to be beating my fear of spiders, Ziggy. What are you doing?
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