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If you bought them as S. peerboomi they are probably Orphnaecus sp. "Cebu" which are found in the same island as S. peerboomi. Looks as one also ;-) But generally picture id'ying Selenocosmines is pretty futile as they are generally a prety uniform group at a glance. Regards Søren

There are some more info at my site: http://asianarboreals.googlepages.com/cyriopagopussp.%22sulawesiblack%22 Regards Søren

Good to hear that you are observing your animals and that you are interested in making sense of the observations. But - behaviour of captive animals is an artifact of captivity and what you may have interpreted as fossorial behavior may in fact be illustrating another aspect of arboreal behavior...

It's technically a conjoined twin, where the conjunction is only pronounced in the abdomen. This is not all that uncommon and sometimes spiders will have two abdomens. If the conjunction is so extensive as to include the carapace the spiders usually dies in molt in very early instars. Without...

First of all the spider in question doesn't seem to have the enlarged tarsus nor the tarsal brush which is present in H. longipes. Secondly the spider do not have full and prominent striation on all leg segments as is found in H. albostriatum. H. vonwirthi is sharing most morphological...

That would be H. sp. Vietnam aka H. vonwirthi ;-) Regards Søren

Vibrations are the way tarantulas communicate. Tapping and body shakes (buzzes) are common in mating behaviour. In some species tapping, shaking and stridulation are also used to communicate defensive mood. All actions; tapping, shaking and stridulation are vibrations - and tarantulas are...

Looks like a part of the cuticula which is more sclerotized than the rest. Mayby a stabilising area or an attachpoint for muscles which makes sense due to the placement above and between the cheliceral bases. Regards Søren

Poecilotheria being mainly from tropical and temperate deciduous broadleaf forests can be kept even drier than Cyriopagopus as long as water is supplied either via water bowl or via powerfed feeders. Again the tubular hide is the best. With bamboo you can keep the segment divider of the stem and...

If you are considering the Cyriopagopus cages those which need higher humidity you are doing it wrong. Keep the cage dry and never mist it. Instead keep a water bowl which you refill when neccesary (when empty or when the substrate beneath it has dried out) to the extend that it overflow thus...

Well due to the pale transverse belly band the candidates are limited to two species: P. regalis and P. striata. In P. regalis the band tend to become more and more pronounced with maturity. Whereas the band is vague (but present) in P. striata only in large juveniles and subadults. I would...

The only 100% reliable identification method with Poecilotheria is using the ventral leg patterns as outlined by Pocock. So as we have not seen the ventral side of this animal we cannot be absolutely sure about anything. Carapace patterns are very variable and only tend to stabilise in large...

C. brevipes in the hobby usually turns out to be C. dyscolus. C. bicolor has chrome-yellow undersides on the front legs ...

Hi If it is indeed the Chilobrachys sp. "Meghalaya Small" it's a small to medium sized Chilobrachys from north east India. It gains ca. 12-14 cm leg span when fully adult. The male is quite nice with a pinkish carapace. The female when freshly molted is black with red hairs. They are loud...

As you can see even large specimens can be quite dull depending on where in the molting cycle they are: http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3976/dscn1488ch4.jpg The blue color is only apparent when in sunlight, halogene light, flash light or the like. Under fluorescent light or light bulbs...

Maybe you need to calibrate your screen as the prolateral surface of the tibiae shows clearly purple tinge in this photo that the owner previously posted. I am not merely guessing here David ;-) I am researching this group of asian arboreals with the aid of among others specialists at the...

"Think" is just not good enough. As schioedtei is not blue it's NOT about the intensity of the blue but about the presence of the blue. In this case the presence of blue rules out C. schioedtei and indicates L. violaceopes. Furthermore subadult males of L. violaceopes tend to have very...

Looks to me like a juvenile Lampropelma violaceopes in need of a molt ;-) Regards Søren

I have the female of this species. But in alcohol. It is a new species and I would need the male for a species description. So if you want to be of help with the description of this new species please send the male dead or alive to me. Regards Søren Rafn ornithoctoninae@gmail.com

Info on C. schioedtei: http://asianarboreals.googlepages.com/cyriopagopusschioedtei Info on Lampropelma violaceopes (aka. sp. Blue): http://asianarboreals.googlepages.com/lampropelmaviolaceopes Regards Søren