User NMT's Super-fantastic Tarantula Photos

[NMTs]

Greetings! I'll use this thread to post photos of my T's for my records and for everyone's enjoyment. I hope anyone that takes the time to look at these pics gets something from it, even if it helps to make your day just a little better.

And so we begin... (also, yes - all my T's have names)

0.0.1 Sahydroaraneus raja - Lazuli (06.22.22)



0.0.1 Ceratogyrus darlingi - Saturn (06.19.22 - premolt city!)


0.0.1 Selenobrachys sp. Romblon pink - Mercury (06.21.22 - hanging in there for a drink...)


0.1 Aphonopelma moderatum - Luna (06.20.22)

 

[NMTs]

Here are some interesting shots I got in the last couple days...

0.0.1 Dolicothele rufoniger - Gemini (06.22.22)



0.0.1 Ephebopus cyanognathus - Opal (06.22.22)



0.0.1 Davus pentaloris - Pumpkin (06.21.22 - butt shot!!)


More to come soon!

 

[NMTs]

Here's Onyx, my Grammostola pulchra. It molted on 6/16 and is still working on darkening back up - right now it's more like a Brazilian brown than a Brazilian black. The fangs are black and she's ready to eat, though, so dinner is served.

I was certain that I'd found spermathecae in a previous molt, but this most recent one makes me second guess that - I may have seen male accessory organs instead. It's approaching 4" DLS, so for now I'll say suspect female, but time will tell...

0.1(?) Grammostola pulchra - Onyx (06.23.22)

 

[NMTs]

Time for some more pics.

0.0.1 Harpactira baviana - Hades (06.24.22)




0.0.1 Harpactira pulchripes - Dora (06.23.22)

 

[NMTs]

Some GBB pics to share:

0.1 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens - Sprite (06.26.22)






I'm trying to figure out how to do focus stacking and focus bracketing, so these were some experimental pics. Hopefully I'll get better at it...

Also, some bonus jumper pics:

0.0.1 Habronattus sp. (sling pyrrithrix maybe?) - Orion (06.25.22)

 

[Jonathan6303]

Time for some more pics.

0.0.1 Harpactira baviana - Hades (06.24.22)
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0.0.1 Harpactira pulchripes - Dora (06.23.22)
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How’s your growth rate with h pulchripes I had mine for about six months and it’s only 1/2 inch with low 70s. Now that summer coming I’m hoping to have a bit more molts but it gets really cold here in New York

 

[NMTs]

How’s your growth rate with h pulchripes I had mine for about six months and it’s only 1/2 inch with low 70s. Now that summer coming I’m hoping to have a bit more molts but it gets really cold here in New York

It isn't a super fast grower, but sounds like maybe it's growing faster than yours. I got it at about 1/2" in December, it's molted twice, and it's about 1.25" now. I keep my T room heated to around 76, sometimes it gets up to 80 in the summer, which I'm sure helps.

 

[NMTs]

Some new pics:

0.0.1 Brachypelma auratum - Venus (06.29.22)




1.0 Pamphobetus sp. nigricolor - Astrum (06.30.22)


0.0.1 Phormingochilus everetti - Jupiter (06.28.22) - this one is so skittish that the only way I can get a pic of it is sneaking up on it with a flashlight and shooting through the enclosure, hence the poor quality...


Will post more soon!

 

[NMTs]

More pics.

0.0.1 Psalmopoeus victori - Mars (07.01.2022 - was being very cooperative for the camera, so lots of pics)






Also picked up this beauty this weekend - 3.5" female king baboon, being sold as an unsexed sling...

0.1 Pelinobius muticus - not yet named (07.02.2022 - better pics to follow after rehouse)


More coming soon!

 

[NMTs]

It's been a molting extravaganza around here again, with 5 popping in the last week and 4 or 5 more coming soon. I took the down time to rehouse my new 3.75" female king (queen) baboon, so here are a few pics as promised...

0.1 Pelinobius muticus - Malkia (07.08.2022)
- No flash:

- With flash (and hissing at me):



More pics soon...

 

[NMTs]

Here's a smattering of new pics.

0.0.1 Monocentropus balfouri - Sapphire (07.10.2022):




0.1 Caribena versicolor - Indie (07.10.2022):


0.0.1 Avicularia juruensis - Artemis (07.07.2022 - 07.09.2022, post-molt):




0.1 Ceratogyrus darlingi - Saturn (07.06.2022, post-molt):



I think that's enough for now! I'll keep 'em coming...

 

[NMTs]

Here are some fresh pics of Orion, my tiny Phidippus audax sling, 4 days post-molt, enjoying some big fruit flies. So stinking cute.









All for now!

 

[NMTs]

Here are a couple new photos. I'll try to post some more this weekend.

0.0.1 Selenobrachys sp. Romblon pink - Mercury (07.19.2022 - hanging onto the bottle cap during rehousing)


0.0.1 Phormictopus sp. full green - Hulk (07.15.2022 - Munching a couple freshly molted Dubia nymphs. Taken through the enclosure, sorry for the poor quality)




1.0 Heterscodra maculata - Ares (07.21.2022 - another one taken through the enclosure, so it's a bit wonky. 7 days post molt.)


More soon.

 

[NMTs]

1.0 Brachypelma emilia - Blaze (07.18.2022)





1.0 Xenesthis immanis - Neptune (07.20.2022 - 7 days post-molt)




0.0.1 Thrixopelma pruriens - Olive (07.21.2022)




More coming!

 

[NMTs]

0.0.1 Hapalopus sp. Colombia large (Pumpkin Patch) - Jack (07.18.2022)





0.0.1 Avicularia juruensis - Artemis (07.23.2022)


1.0 Heteroscodra maculata - Ares (07.24.2022 - blurry pic through the enclosure)


0.0.1 Davus pentaloris - Pumpkin (07.24.2022 - 5 days post molt)





That's all I've got for today. I will post more soon!

 

[NMTs]

Dang, it's been 6 months since I updated this?! Didn't seem like that long. Here are some pics that I've posted to media in the meantime...

0.0.1 Ephebopus cyanognathus juvenile

• NMTs
• Nov 15, 2022
• 4
• blue fang tarantula cyanognathus ephebopus ephebopus cyanognathus

This young blue fang got rehoused today, and it was very cooperative so I had the chance to take...

0.0.1 Haplopelma sp. Bach ma (3.5" DLS)

• NMTs
• Dec 13, 2022
• 8
• bach ma cyriopagopus cyriopagopus sp. "bach ma" haplopelma haplopelma sp. "bach ma"

Suspect male, but still unsexed. It looks so calm and peaceful - you'd never know that it tried...

0.0.1 Sahydroaraneus raja (Lazuli)

• NMTs
• Dec 19, 2022
• indian blue dwarf tarantula raja sahydroaraneus sahydroaraneus raja

This unsexed juvenile was rehoused recently so I was able to get some pics of it above ground...

0.1 Davus sp. Panama ~1.25" DLS

• NMTs
• Dec 30, 2022
• davus lava tarantula sp. "panama" theraphosinae sp. "panama"

This is my little lava spider (named Pele, of course) posing nicely for some pics. I love this...

0.0.1 Ephebopus rufescens

• NMTs
• Dec 26, 2022
• 5
• ephebopus ephebopus rufescens red skeleton tarantula rufescens

This unsexed sling got rehoused today, so it had to pose for the obligatory pics. Roughly 2"...

0.0.1 Cyriocosmus giganteus

• NMTs
• Dec 12, 2022
• cyriocosmus cyriocosmus giganteus giganteus

This little one (Titan) got rehoused today, so I was able to get some pics - it's normally very...

And a few new ones...

0.0.1 Poecilotheria vittata 2.25" DLS


0.0.1 Phormictopus atrichomatus 2" DLS


1.0 Xenesthis immanis 4.5" DLS, doing some post-molt grooming


I'll try to keep this thread updated better than I have been lately!

 

[curtisgiganteus]

What new and spicy breeding projects do you have planned?

 

[NMTs]

What new and spicy breeding projects do you have planned?

Nothing currently in the works, and nothing particularly spicy in general. Next ones will likely be P. victori and Aphonopelma moderatum, but they won't be ready until the summer at the earliest. I'll likely have males of Phormingochilus everetti, Psalmopoeus reduncus, Harpactira baviana, and that H. sp. Bach ma ready to go sooner, so I'll have to decide if I am going to loan them out or get mature females for them.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Nothing currently in the works, and nothing particularly spicy in general. Next ones will likely be P. victori and Aphonopelma moderatum, but they won't be ready until the summer at the earliest. I'll likely have males of Phormingochilus everetti, Psalmopoeus reduncus, Harpactira baviana, and that H. sp. Bach ma ready to go sooner, so I'll have to decide if I am going to loan them out or get mature females for them.

Keep me in the loop! I’m a sucker for OW and arboreals. Or anything that isn’t an avid hair kicker lol

 

[NMTs]

Here are some more pics of my little jumper (Phidippus audax). Don't know if it's male or female yet, but it's so damn cute!




And a bonus shot of Gemma, adult female Euthycaelus colonica, peeking out of her burrow. I'm always amazed that she can actually fit through that hole because it's about half as wide as she is.


She gave me a full body shot, too! It is a special day, indeed.


Here's a shot of my male X. immanis smashing a couple crickets. This guy is an 8-legged eating machine...