Species Caribena versicolor (a.k.a. Avicularia versicolor)

[nowhereman]

Grabbed this shot while Tiny was drinking from the side of the container this morning. Now I must have sleep......

 

[Brian S]

Beautiful spider!!! How big is it?

 

[nowhereman]

Yawn.....She's getting close to 3" .

 

[Pheonixx]

wow beauty! mine is not too far behind that. maybe 2 or 2.5"

 

[AlanMM]

Guess my A. versicolor is a male as u can see...
In the second pic u can clearly see its boxing gloves...
He molted last week. Gotta look for a girl now...

 

[chique]

Wow he's gorgeous!!!
Trying to get hold of one myself, pretty scarce in my part of the world apparently, boo!

 

[gothmog]

Wow, what a beauty, good look finding a mate for him, can never have enough Versis

Chique, I got my versi sling from here a couple of months back, not the greatest price for a sling (actually it was a bit cheaper than that price, probably because they were a bit smaller then), but it gets you one

-- Jon

 

[chique]

Gothmog

Cheers for that, had a quick peek good site. Never 'mail ordered' a T before usually stick to my known breeders, nice n cheap to.

But since they can't seem to get me a versicolor this could be a new avenue for me. I always thought it funny to practically post a T! make a change from the usual crap that get's deliverd!

 

[Sequin]

ojo bojo... Its so cute...hehehe

 

[shadowkat]

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I LOOOVE versicolors, how old is he?

 

[AlanMM]

I think it's about 1.5 years old...
Avic's mature fast... (and life span isn't that big either)
These pictures are taken during molts of that same spider :

september 2003

januari 2004

march 2004

june 2004

oktober 2004

 

[pandinus]

is there a physical sexual dimorphism in A versicolor? if so, what is it?

 

[jdcarrel]

wow, looks great. Love its colors.

 

[Code Monkey]

is there a physical sexual dimorphism in A versicolor? if so, what is it?

Nope, males & females are the same barring the "business parts" like every other T. I assume you're asking because of the differing appearances in these pics: versicolors undergo an incredible morphing of colors from the time they emerge from the sac until they achieve the blue-green & magenta coloration of the adults. They are one of my faves because not only are they beautiful, they have very interesting and docile personalities.

 

[AlanMM]

Male A. versicolor, just molted. So docile, and such striking colors...

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(It's a wmv file, 1 minute long, 3Mb)

 

[Sequin]

aww so cute..... BEAUTIFUL T you have yourself!

 

[caligulathegod]

Such a beauty. My l'il baby is still blue.

 

[evilbob200]

Very nice

I just cant get enough of the versicolor, such a beautiful T! :clap:

 

[Cigarman]

More More!!

 

[AlanMM]

Here is another movie clip of that same spider, but the clip was shot 1 year ago, oktober 2003.
(sorry for poor beginning of the clip...)

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