Hey Everybody,
Well, as you all probably know I was forced to downsize my collection rather severely so I now have only 4 spiders but they were the very best of the best of my collection and I am focusing on their care much more intently now.I previously described my adult female Usumbara so now I thought I would tell my about my subadult A.geniculata.I originally purchased this spider in August of 2001 at the old PetCenterUSA and she was no more than a .25 inch sling at the time.She was barely able to tackle a medium cricket.She has however grown rapidly over the last two years and is now at nearly six inches.I believe the top size for this species is about 8-9 inches so she still has some growing to do.She is a voracious eater and will consume up to fuzzy mice although I basically maintain her on large crickets.She will attempt to eat multiple crickets at one time and is very fast at snagging them with her chelicerae.She has molted 4 times in the past 2 years and I believe that a molt should be coming up soon as it has been awhile.
Her temperment has become increasingly more defensive as she gets older and I no longer consider her a handleable spider.I have also heard rumors that the venom of this spider is considered to be medically significant? she likes her substrate on the dry side and I just mist lightly about once a week with a full water bowl kept for her.
I am hoping to obtain a digicam this Christmas so with any luck I will be able to post pics of my small collection.I apologize for being unable to provide pics at this time !!!!
The Evil Spider Hunter
Well, as you all probably know I was forced to downsize my collection rather severely so I now have only 4 spiders but they were the very best of the best of my collection and I am focusing on their care much more intently now.I previously described my adult female Usumbara so now I thought I would tell my about my subadult A.geniculata.I originally purchased this spider in August of 2001 at the old PetCenterUSA and she was no more than a .25 inch sling at the time.She was barely able to tackle a medium cricket.She has however grown rapidly over the last two years and is now at nearly six inches.I believe the top size for this species is about 8-9 inches so she still has some growing to do.She is a voracious eater and will consume up to fuzzy mice although I basically maintain her on large crickets.She will attempt to eat multiple crickets at one time and is very fast at snagging them with her chelicerae.She has molted 4 times in the past 2 years and I believe that a molt should be coming up soon as it has been awhile.
Her temperment has become increasingly more defensive as she gets older and I no longer consider her a handleable spider.I have also heard rumors that the venom of this spider is considered to be medically significant? she likes her substrate on the dry side and I just mist lightly about once a week with a full water bowl kept for her.
I am hoping to obtain a digicam this Christmas so with any luck I will be able to post pics of my small collection.I apologize for being unable to provide pics at this time !!!!
The Evil Spider Hunter
