Advertisement Sericopelma melanotarsum This is a 5" female! I'd sure like to get a breeding project going on these in the future. We need more of these!
yeah Very nice looking T. I love the tarsus on this species they look like Theraphosa, Pamphobeteus, Xenesthis(butt), Megaphobema with a hint of P. irminia are they closely related? never seen one before but man is it beautiful
Well, this camera has a very poor macro ability, only a 2.1 megapixel. I'd have to get out the ol 35mm for a good shot, but that takes awhile to get developed
Re: yeah Well, I'm not sure about how closely related they would be to Psalmopoeus, but they do have that irminia charm on the metatarsus. From what I know, they keep it into adulthood. Males look very strange when they mature, spindley and orangish. I'd sure like to get my hands on some more spiderlings. This one was a spiderling in '02, I believe from European stock. Haven't seen them since.
Most of the colour of the metatarsus will fade away into adulthood. click here for a pic of an adult male. Not an easy specie to keep btw in my opinion, they don't like it too warm. Have 3 females bred and have sub-males for next years breeding. regards, Alex
One of the females made an eggsack. sorry for the bad quality but i did not want to disturb the female.
something else. this spider has also been offered under another name: Sericopelma silvicola Valerio, 1980. Does anybody has some input on this? thanks, Alex
My male matured few weeks ago, so I made some pictures.... 1 female mated, next 3 to go... :razz: Enjoy them!