Wife just caught this Tarantula!

[Ted]

She caught it while she was at Bellydance camp in far south Texas.
She said it was defensive and jumpy.
I took it out of the container and had her calmed down in seconds..while letting the wife bond with it, momentarily.
seems fairly young..though males arent too big, anyhow.

actually a pretty nice male T'.

i guess it's a Texas Tan.
they have the Giant texas Pedes out there too, but they didnt see any.
she bring me a nice ironclad beetle and a luna moth caterpillar.

 

[Anastasia]

he wuz lookin for a mate and found you wife, hehe
good lookin boy, I think he is on the mission tho

 

[P. Novak]

Congrats on the catch! Do you have a female for him, or are you gonna release him? Really though, It could be any Aphonopelma sp. that lives in that area.

 

[tin man]

you should try to breed it. keep us updated

 

[Ted]

thanks guys!
i do not have a female for this guy.
so far my wife hasn't turned up a single female.
if i can attain a proper i.d on him, it would be fun to see if I could get them to breed.
you're right..could be one of several sp of Aphonopelma from that area.
most likely a hentzi.
i am pretty sure these are quite prolific.
as for now, i will just raise him untill i can find him a mate, or when he perishes, i will preserve and mount him behind glass.
its enjoying its nice cozy new home..they are actually very docile.
i am hoping its a pretty young male, so that it lives at least another year or two.
i read that the males can live 15 years..but doubt this for some reason.
fingers crossed!

 

[WARPIG]

Thats a mature male, see the hooks. It was in search of a mate. Let it go where it was found, its time is limited, and its better served mating in the wild.

PIG-

 

[Ted]

Thats a mature male, see the hooks. It was in search of a mate. Let it go where it was found, its time is limited, and its better served mating in the wild.

PIG-

it is eight hours away from it's home..not likely to get back there this year.
will instead seek a female from the net.

 

[WARPIG]

it is eight hours away from it's home..not likely to get back there this year.
will instead seek a female from the net.

The prolem with trying to find a female via the net, is you have no idea what sp. you have. Even experts have a very hard time properly identifying these T's.

That boy will die within a few months and it never had the opportunity to reach its potential.

Feed it well, its like a consolation prize to mating.

PIG-

 

[Ted]

The prolem with trying to find a female via the net, is you have no idea what sp. you have. Even experts have a very hard time properly identifying these T's.

That boy will die within a few months and it never had the opportunity to reach its potential.

Feed it well, its like a consolation prize to mating.

PIG-

yeah..she saved it from the ranch hands out there.
no females are ever found that I'm aware of.
itll at least be safe and happy for a while.

 

[Rochelle]

He's a pretty boy!! :clap:
I SOOOOO wish we had Tarantulas in our neck of the union.....

Congrats on having a wife with the same interests, too! :clap:

 

[Ted]

He's a pretty boy!! :clap:
I SOOOOO wish we had Tarantulas in our neck of the union.....

Congrats on having a wife with the same interests, too! :clap:

thanks!!
I am pretty lucky..shes doesnt have any interest in keeping them herself..but she will catch them for me and isnt scared of anything ive ever owned.
shes completely awesome!!