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Love that species. I have to add one to my T family :)

Adult female C. dyscolus

What species they are? They look cool...

Great!! Thanks, kalvaer, at least we have the genus... :clap: :clap:

I have the e-mail address of P. Jaeger, so I will contact him before this year's field campaign.

Take some photos, please :) :drool:

Great pics. I am going to pick up several slings this next weekend (C. darlingi and C. marshalli).

Yes I know that page. But I am not able to find a description or pic that matches my spider. I have to check my field notes, but if my memory does not fail me, this spider was only sighted by us in a particular area called Röening Pipe, a sort of more 'humid' area with some grasses and the like.

Please, do it so. :)

Thanks for the links. A lot of info there. The area in which we found the spider is restricted since 99 years ago :) :) :) Courtesy of the Kaiser... But of course, researchers surely did make into the Sperrgebiet to collect specimens.

Mine are slings (around 3,5-4 cm legspan) and they prefer to create web tunnels without really digging into the substrate. They have some wood fragments as 'enclosure furniture' and use them as a starting point to build the nest. They made several entrances and usually rest over their silk...

I suspected that it was in fact a new taxon. I will try to find a spider specialist here in Cambridge and also in Madrid, and ask people in Windhoek who maybe are aware of this particular spider. Namibia is a wonderful country; I spend one month per year there working in the Sperrgebiet (I'm a...

Man, I'm receiving one big female next friday :eek: :eek: :D :D ... I will take all precautions when opening the box. My first 'Queen Baboon', you know...

Thanks. I am not finding much more information or pics except for the White Ladies, not even a good description of a spider similar to this. It seems that I will have to check for some Namibian/South African spider books in Windhoek...

Man, next May I am going to put the desert upside down to make a full book of pictures of these guys... :) :) :cool: :cool: Lets see if someone can at least identify the genus...

I'd say it was around 7 cm legspan, more or less... Really stunning animal, but it is impossible to get permits for sampling them out of the Sperrgebiet. I hope to find more this year, at least I will return with some pics:) :) :) Any hint about the genus or species?

I don't handle them either. I also look at them like fish; that's the reason why I enjoy decorating the adult T's enclosures.

Hi all. This spider is an unknown (for me) Sparassidae from the coastal Namibian desert in the Sperrgebiet area. It was hiding under a rock. Beautiful spider. Anyone knows what species it is? Thanks!

Impressive Queen... I will receive a CB adult female in ten days, I hope she will be as beautiful as yours.

These are among my favourite Ts, yours are beautiful :) I also think that the 'bald one' is in pre-molt.