JBM's Photo Thread

[Versi*JP*Color]

Sweet!!

Who says 2 in. is small

 

[jbm150]

Rehousings

In the past few days, I've rehoused 9 Ts. I led it off with LP who finally molted. I was debating on attempting to hold her and worked up the courage to do it!

Getting her out of her home, she bit the brush twice and did a little kicking. I figured I'd try to put keep her in a little deli to cool off. It worked; after 15 minutes, it was go time:

Turns out she was very skittish, running to and fro on the floor, on my hands, up my arms, and onto my shoulders

I was worried she'd fall and hurt herself so I didn't handle her for very long. She never kicked but I've finally felt what their hairs feel like: itchy but not bad. It was a lot of fun, I feel so much more confident working with Ts now...at least, the docile NWers.


I rehoused Cuffs, my male irminia,

Nerezza, my female Borneo black,

(couldn't get a decent shot of her but she is a beauty!)

two fimbriatus slings,

two P. crassipes slings,

and two aureotibialis slings.

Sorry for the lousy pics. I have the absolute wussiest spiders! Besides LP, all these typically angsty species and not a single threat pose or strike amongst them. Very disappointing :}

 

[crawltech]

Got some nice sp. their JBM!.....keep me comin!

 

[jbm150]

thanks dude, i just saw your irminia and fimbriatus pics, WOW! Good pics of some good lookin' Ts

 

[crawltech]

Thanx man!....they are 2 of my favs for sure!

 

[jbm150]

New arrivals!!!

Received some sweet Ts yesterday from Sharpfang, gotta say, he really pleased me and got me much closer to finishing my collection goals! Here's my new kids:

Phlogius sp. (of some kind) saying hi!

Not entirely sure the species but female

Here's what my velvety, angsty Aussie T has become today

She immediately took to the cork bark and dug out a burrow. Today, she closed it off. Molting? Perhaps....


P. murinus female!

Telling me to bugger off

Exploring

Today, getting a drink

C. fimbriatus female! I'm in love with this girl

Worryingly, she was extremely lethargic and couldn't get her to leave the wrapping

It was unfounded because it was apparent this morning she's been a busy little bug

Coupla Acanthoscurria brocklehursti slings...talk about tiny!

I gotta say, I kinda like these little rosie slings

Not only these, I've recently sexed a C. schioedtei, O. aureotibialis, P. crassipes, and P. irminia sling as female

 

[jbm150]

^^^First T in the above post isn't a Phlogius but a Selenotypus sp. NEBO. Beautiful T!

Some new pics from my collection

M, my male emilia, is coming along. Slow growing but voracious eater!

This irminia has sexed female, I can't tell you how stoked I am for that!

Gabriel, my male GBB, in all his splendid glory...right before he ran out of his home :wall:

He was so close to getting into a bad spot but fortunately I didn't panic and scare him further. Without his feet on his web, he felt vulnerable and turned around to work his way back. WHEW!


Possible female O. aureotibialis; love this spider but damn its hard to get decent pics as its SO skittish

Rehoused my three C. schioedtei slings - legs in a hole (love their toes)

These are some fearful little creatures

Brisbane, my male P. crassipes, looking good

Couple of ok pics this time, need to keep improving

 

[jbm150]

Few more pics, my Ts have been very active lately!


Velvet, my little pulchra, looking like a cat trying to avoid a bath

Aryana out stalking a cricket

So many vivid purples


Tamarin out for a stroll

Letting me know its time to go

My Thrigmo molted today as well, she looks like she put on some pretty good size. I can't wait to see her!

 

[jbm150]

New arrivals!!!

My collection is imminently complete!

Just finished unpacking my new Ts from Ken, never a disappointment there! Here's the new kids (yeah, more tiny ones )

Gonna have to keep my eye on this one. Of all the Ts I unpacked, THIS is the one who gave me trouble LOL
New B. emilia, hoping this one will be female

(hmm, might have to name him/her Trouble)


SO excited to have this species, adults are relatively rare, gorgeous, and feisty
Selenocosmia arndsti (x3)

One thing I do know, they're fast as hell!


I can't believe it took me this long to acquire this species, its one of my favorites (all hail the plain brown spider!)
Hysterocrates gigas (x3)

One of 'em has already started a burrow, only minutes of being housed!

This one, however, isn't quite as happy with its current situation

If I get a female of these, I think I'll only need 3 or 4 more species and I'm DONE

 

[jbm150]

Violet, C. fimbriatus

 

[jbm150]

Tiska, the destroyer of molts, eyeing up the next kill
(Thrigmopoeus truculentus)

 

[crawltech]

Nice pics man!...that last on is killer!

 

[jbm150]

Thanks dude, appreciate it

 

[jbm150]

Rehoused Gabriel into a much larger enclosure

Can't wait til he webs this all up

"Uh oh, I've got a bad feeling about this...."

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

I feel your excitement with the GBB rehousal. That'll be one sweet looking enclosure once he's done with it.

 

[jbm150]

Thanks Jason, I wanted to go out and collect some twiggy branches for it yesterday but it rained all day and well, I'm a lazy, lazy man. Still though, I think he can do some work in there

 

[jbm150]

S. arndsti hunting (brutal to get pics of this little guy)

The Darkness emerges

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Gotta love the darkness.

 

[Shell]

Great new pics, Jeff. Your collection is quite impressive!

 

[jbm150]

Gotta love the darkness.

Yeah man, she's a sweet T. Her carapace still has some pale coloring but her legs are dark as sin.

Great new pics, Jeff. Your collection is quite impressive!

Aww thanks shell, its not a big collection but I think its got some nice diversity. Glad to hear from you, we gotta catch up sometime!