I have thought it was odd that the spider came from Petco. Especially since it was a grown Brachypelma. I've spoken to several friends/hobbyists about it, with much speculation. I'll have to go to the store and talk to my buddy who works there to find out more information.
My condolences on your baumgarteni. It's never fun to lose animals.
I got her (in rough shape) from Petco. I don't think it will be possible to obtain much information other than that unfortunately...
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The front was tricky to focus as she was pretty close to the wall of her enclosure (limitations of cell phone cameras). She's such a cutie. She didn't budge throughout the whole shoot :)
Hybrids are always tricky. What I've seen with cichlids is that a hybrid can...
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Typical scenario, bought at that place where the pets go as a boehmei for a cool $70. This is clearly not a pure fire leg. Opinions?
Regardless of her ID, I find her to be a pretty little charmer, and I'm happy with that price even if she...
I feel like although a degree of inbreeding can't be avoided, since much of our collections originate with relatively few imports, care should be taken to avoid direct inbreeding between sac mates, and maybe a few generations. The main reason being the way genes work. Inbreeding tends to cause...
Today - female Brachypelma smithi, Eupalastrus campestratus
Yesterday - female Poecilotheria metallica
2 days ago - female Poecilotheria rufilata
Maybe 4 days ago - Mature male Hapalopus sp. "Pumpkin Patch"
A week or so ago - Unsexed Pelinobius muticus
2 Weeks ago - Unsexed Psalmopoeus irminia...
I feel like I can see the spermathecae. Do you see those dark areas on the flap? They look symmetrical to my eyes, and I feel like that sort-of-semi-circle underneath the flap is the bursa copulatrix. What do you guys think?
Nice! Congrats on the females! It's always such a nice feeling confirming that you have a girl... I quite literally jumped up and down and yelled much like that kid who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas.
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