Genus Sphaerobothria

[Philth]

S. hoffmanni

...in the wild. Nice pics Eric, I'm hoping to get my hands on some of these soon.

 

[SergioCR]

I like the dark black color! mine looks just like dark brown... do they change colors to dark when adult or something? the 4.5" female i have looks dark brown to me...

3" subadult male Sphaerobothria hoffmanni

 

[GoTerps]

I like the dark black color! mine looks just like dark brown... do they change colors to dark when adult or something? the 4.5" female i have looks dark brown to me...

The only thing black on this specimen is the abdomen.

Also, it's freshly molted. Color will fad over time.... mainly different shades of brown.

 

[GoTerps]

Female S. hoffmanni

Freshly molted ~3" female S. hoffmanni.

Trying my best to keep this girl growing quickly... want to get her as large as possible before my male matures.

 

[GoTerps]

Ultimate male

Had my male mature a few days ago... my female should be molting very soon... wish me luck!


Ultimate male Sphaerobothria hoffmanni

Eric

 

[syndicate]

best luck.awesome looking species!

 

[Hedorah99]

Good luck. :clap: Would this be the first time being bred in the States?

 

[ChrisNCT]

Those are sooooo cool!

 

[Philth]

Best of luck Eric.:clap: Any breeding updates?

 

[GoTerps]

Hi Tom,

Best of luck Eric. Any breeding updates?

Still waiting on the female to molt!!

The male is eating and looks healthy... so I'm not worried. She's definetly in premolt... refusing food and chases him away.

Eric

 

[Anomalia]

My female

Sph.Hoffmanni young female

http://www.anomalia.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/sphaerobothria-/sphaerobothria-hoffmanni/original/38

 

[GoTerps]

Female Sphaerobothria hoffmanni

She molted a few days ago, and will be getting ready to mate with the male I pictured a few posts back. I've been preparing for, and looking forward to, pairing this species for a long time now! Fingers crossed!

Eric

 

[ShadowBlade]

Hows this mating working out? Any updates?

I bet everyone's going to rush to this thread thinking I posted a pic or something..lol

 

[GoTerps]

Hows this mating working out? Any updates?

They've mated many times... female is now getting very large and digging a lot.

I'm very optimistic... fingers and toes crossed!

Eric

 

[GoTerps]

Sphaerobothria hoffmanni with eggsac

Eric

 

[eman]

Hats off Eric! Awesome work! :clap:

 

[Philth]

Wow that things a monster. Great work as usual.:clap: I cant wait to see the results, and put me down for a few

Later, Tom

 

[Hedorah99]

Congrats Eric!! Let me know when the monsters are ready .

 

[syndicate]

great job eric!that eggcsac is huge!

 

[Steve]

Very nice Eric! I hope to get also eggsacs from this species in the future!
What's the bodysize of the female? 3,5 cm?
Not much bigger than a adult male?

Cheers,
Steffen