User If I Only Had A Brane (lostbrane's Photo Thread)

[lostbrane]

So got a lot of new aditions today. First up: G. pulchripes sling.



Next is a C. cyaneopubescens juvie:



P. irminia sling:



C. versicolor (yeah this photo is garbage my bad):



A. avicularia:



P. cambridgei (interestingly this one has a golden carapace versus the gold-green that my first one has. Going to look into this as maybe it’s already a known thing just i happened to miss it):



Finally P. gigas:



Most of the rehousings went smooth. The C. cyaneopubescens took a small tumble which I’m not stoked about but here’s hoping it doesn’t cause any issues. Will be watching this one closely.

 

[lostbrane]

Ok, better irminia and versicolor photos:

 

[lostbrane]

Cuddles doing it’s thing:



P. regalis came out, every time I see her, I can’t help but go “That’s one big, beautiful spider.”:

 

[lostbrane]

Hey look it’s actually a somewhat decent photo:



I needed to add some water to it’s dish and figured I’d snap a good photo. Will be feeding it soon.

 

[lostbrane]

Finally got a good look at the emboli

 

[lostbrane]

Probably the best pic I’ve ever gotten of my P. subfusca LL haha

 

[lostbrane]

Here's Julio. MM A. avicularia (unknown morphotype although probably 1). Was debating on whether or not to feed him to my P. regalis since I can't breed him. Put him in her enclosure for 3 minutes, but due to some outside influences I brought him back out. I don't imagine fighting for one's life and losing is the best way to go (the fear and the stress of it all), even if it does make some sense. He's also probably the most docile spider I have ever owned. Very slow and methodical steps hehe.

 

[Ungoliant]

Here's Julio. MM A. avicularia (unknown morphotype although probably 1). Was debating on whether or not to feed him to my P. regalis since I can't breed him. Put him in her enclosure for 3 minutes, but due to some outside influences I brought him back out. I don't imagine fighting for one's life and losing is the best way to go (the fear and the stress of it all), even if it does make some sense.

I wouldn't feed him to another tarantula. He's a pet; let him live out his golden year(s).

 

[lostbrane]

I wouldn't feed him to another tarantula. He's a pet; let him live out his golden year(s).

Hence my change of heart. Going forward, all MMs that aren’t being sent out for loans will be made as comfortable as possible. Just glad I made the decision to bring him out as soon as I did (despite doing it in the first place).

 

[lostbrane]

So, I have been feeling restless, so a few new additions:

Haplopelma sp. bach ma sling



O. schioedtei sling:

 

[lostbrane]

It’s another AF regalis! (as in this is number two)

 

[lostbrane]

Mom made this for my birthday today

 

[lostbrane]

And she’s out! Always a pleasure to see my first P. regalis oot n aboot:



And the O. schioedtei takes down it’s second mealworm! I’m so happy considering my last one ate once and then died...

 

[The Seraph]

And she’s out! Always a pleasure to see my first P. regalis oot n aboot:

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And the O. schioedtei takes down it’s second mealworm! I’m so happy considering my last one ate once and the. died...

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So sorry to hear about the first O. schioedtei! Hopefully this one will fare better!

 

[lostbrane]

So, I went hog wild at the expo. I really shouldn't have. Apologies for the crap photos, I don't know why my phone has decided to get mostly worse in terms of the camera. Anywho, didn't know rufilata were so colorful in person. It is ridiculous.

P. rufilata (redid it's enclosure due to cork bark being super loose)



P. miranda (rehoused so it had a little hide and a water dish)



C. fimbriatus (rehoused for hide/water dish and appropriate height)



P. tigrinawesseli (rehoused into smaller container since it was in a rather large AMAC box)



P. smithi (it's in some sort of measuring cup and seems fairly situated so I've kept it as is)

 

[lostbrane]

I had been thinking of rehousing my H. maculata and I wasn't exactly looking forward to it. cold blood is right, you won't meet a more schizophrenic spider.

So, instead of learning from the last time I rehoused it, I forgot all that and only used one rehousing tub. I did ok getting it out of the old container, but it didn't want to cooperate so much and started sprinting around the rehousing tub, before deciding that the tongs I had resting on the top were the bridges to freedom (which to be quite honest, I didn't think a 2.5" or so spider would be able to nimbly run up my small tongs so that's a neat fact). It then promptly bolted out of said tub but I caught it so woohoo. Nothing like a greyish spider running over greyish carpeting. Whilst this has been my only uncontained spider, I haven't had a true escape. Wouldn't exactly want to have this one loose in the apartment...). Then, it didn't leave the catch cup and threw up a threat posture.

I finally got it into a decent spot and it decided to enter the enclosure on it's own volition! Except silly me said oh look it's on the move, rather than getting the lid on, so up it went again into the catch cup. . It's not been a good day for me today.

Anyways, shortly after that it wandered back down into it's new home and is presently hanging out on the lid (yay).

Note: That's the best photo I could get of it. My phone flash does terribly with the gallon plastic jugs.

 

[lostbrane]

Some random ventral shots:

P. regalis:



P. murinus:



And finally my Haplopelma sp. bach ma eating a mealworm:

 

[lostbrane]

So, I just got back home for the weekend, and decided to give a few slings some meals. One such sling is my P. smithi. Tried to determine a good spot to put the mealworm (it had ignored a few previously and presumptuously due to the worm being in a spot it didn't freequent), and settled on trying to hang it from the webbing.

However, it had other ideas as it came over, clearly interested in the mealworm and there were some slightly tense moments as I tried to position the worm in such a way that if it grabbed it, it wouldn't get the tongs, which thankfully worked out and well here it is with it's meal:

 

[Arthroverts]

I had been thinking of rehousing my H. maculata and I wasn't exactly looking forward to it. cold blood is right, you won't meet a more schizophrenic spider.

So, instead of learning from the last time I rehoused it, I forgot all that and only used one rehousing tub. I did ok getting it out of the old container, but it didn't want to cooperate so much and started sprinting around the rehousing tub, before deciding that the tongs I had resting on the top were the bridges to freedom (which to be quite honest, I didn't think a 2.5" or so spider would be able to nimbly run up my small tongs so that's a neat fact). It then promptly bolted out of said tub but I caught it so woohoo. Nothing like a greyish spider running over greyish carpeting. Whilst this has been my only uncontained spider, I haven't had a true escape. Wouldn't exactly want to have this one loose in the apartment...). Then, it didn't leave the catch cup and threw up a threat posture.

I finally got it into a decent spot and it decided to enter the enclosure on it's own volition! Except silly me said oh look it's on the move, rather than getting the lid on, so up it went again into the catch cup. . It's not been a good day for me today.

Anyways, shortly after that it wandered back down into it's new home and is presently hanging out on the lid (yay).

Note: That's the best photo I could get of it. My phone flash does terribly with the gallon plastic jugs.

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So, I just got back home for the weekend, and decided to give a few slings some meals. One such sling is my P. smithi. Tried to determine a good spot to put the mealworm (it had ignored a few previously and presumptuously due to the worm being in a spot it didn't freequent), and settled on trying to hang it from the webbing.

However, it had other ideas as it came over, clearly interested in the mealworm and there were some slightly tense moments as I tried to position the worm in such a way that if it grabbed it, it wouldn't get the tongs, which thankfully worked out and well here it is with it's meal:

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This is why I have yet to get any Old Worlds...

Thanks for sharing,

Arthroverts

 

[lostbrane]

This is why I have yet to get any Old Worlds...

In the end, they're not that bad. Had I decided to wait for a rehouse on a day where I was much less exhausted and had I kept my wits about me, the H. maculata rehouse would have gone rather smooth. That being said, it's an added pain, only because the H. maculata tends to do the things I least want it to. As to the P. smithi, it was just hungry and I just wanted to avoid it striking the tongs, although given it's size would have been fairly difficult.