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*cough* Let me try to pull a coherent thought out of my diseased brain and respond... It's apparently a Hysterocrates species, possibly one of the 'not gigas' species, but then again, it could be gigas. Some believe everything is gigas, even alleged hercules, while others maintain that...

Heh... It's a spider made entirely of compost / rotting vegetation. ;) bill

It's a C. paganus/longipedum. Nothing to write home about. They get the common names from importers, which of course can be quite creative at times. bill

You don't want the spider to have room enough to crawl around, otherwise the buffeting the package is no doubt going to receive could cause a ruptured abdomen. That container actually looks fairly decent. This isn't a contest for comfort for the tarantula, it's a safety issue. It looks like...

The EBV is great, but... The individual they have doing their website knows very little about inverts, at least the spelling of their names. I once submitted a whole revised and correctly spelled list for them (I know the owners, have been friends with some of them for 20+ years) ... But...

The biggest tarantula I've ever seen has (both times) been male T. apophysis. The last one I had died a couple of months ago, but it was enormous (not as fat as the female blondi picced previously, but far longer-legged). I'd guess 10.5" at least. bill

Awesome! Keep it up - this is exactly the kind of stuff that makes our hobby look good and garner new people to join the fold! :) I love the versi pic. bill

OK, OK! ;) Here she is... Can is for scale, she doesn't usually partake of Dr. Pepper.

OK, I measured. She's approximately 9 1/4" in legspan and approx. 4 1/4" body length from spinnerets to chelicerae (not palps). A pretty big girl! bill

The most commonly used method of measuring theraphosid LEGSPAN is indeed diagonally from Leg I to Leg IV, tarsal tip to tarsal tip. Of course, not all tarantulas are made equally. A given L. parahybana might look bigger but lack a few mm of legspan compared to a less 'fuzzy' or 'chunky' T...

Nice! Where'd you get it? bill

I seriously doubt a P. regalis will attain a 10" diagonal legspan. That's equal to the largest tarantula on 'official' record. But 8"? very possibly. I know one of my big females is about there.

You know, normally I'd chalk this up to individual temperament (some 'docile' species can be aggro and vice versa), but I get the feeling your Chaco is very unhappy. I'd change the substrate from that peat or soil with pearlite mix to straight vermiculite with a little peat mixed in. Try...

Andrew did a huge Poecilotheria presentation with slides and fantastic commentary. As a historian, his knowledge is vast regarding India and regions therein. Seeing his trek with Rick West and Peter Kirk in search of P. metallica was nothing short of spellbinding. P. metallica adult females are...

Thanks to everyone who made this year's Conference at Carlsbad such a memorable experience! It simply rocked. Seeing Andrew Smith and Rick West both do presentations in one day was a real milestone and something I'll never forget. The folks at the ATS such as Shasta, Rhys, SB and others...

Looks exactly like what I've been buying as Haplopelma schmidti. I even have a black phase (in addition to 'gold' phases) that looks a little 'gold' due to impending molt like yours (not the pictured specimen).

These are coming out of China and are being sometimes referrered to as 'Halloween' morph centipedes. They're another subspinipes variant with slightly darker orange (but not reddish) leg tips, especially near the terminus. Otherwise, quite similar to other orange legged Asian subspinipes. bill

Nice pede... Not to be the rain on the party, but cigarettes in an invertebrate container are a big no-no. Even a few bits falling into the waterdish or onto moist substrate could have consequences. As a general note, be sure to wash hands thoroughly after smoking if you intend to do any...

I've never seen any arrive larger than 6". I'm guessing it's a slightly smaller species than, say, S. subspinipes. They do well with a waterdish, but watch out if it goes dry. They also like it warm. bill

Other than some gravid specimens that were WC and dropped eggsacs (thus some offer what I call 'CP' spiderlings -- Captive Produced, not Captive Bred), adults and juvs of this species are WC when available. They're rather delicate. Like other Ephebopus (such as cyanognathus), they're...