Advan's pic thread

[Hendersoniana]

Beautiful Ts! I love the Tapinauchenius gigas shot, very nice colouration, seems unusual for a tarantula . Those irminia slings are cute as well!

 

[le-thomas]

You get those black-topped plastic containers from TCR, am I right? They're great, but ventilate too much.

 

[advan]

:drool: Very Beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us.

Thank you! Anytime!

P. brachyramosa are, however, hard to find over here. And I'm not gonna take up an offer of a certain breeder over here to get a WC one - just one thing not happening. Eventually, I'll find one - patience is a virtue after all *cough*

Yeah, yeah - she probably has already a batch from you for sale - btw - that's why I wrote "breeding the crap out of them" - was mainly referring to your Psalms, since you seem to have great success with breeding those. Almost looks as if they can't wait to breed at your house

Considering they have been in the states for a few years, it's kind of odd you can't find any CB slings. Psalmo's are easy they pretty much breed themselves.

I know! Seriously, Chad really does seem to have the golden touch with his slings!

Those irminia babies are delightful Chad! (What's that Tappy doing in an Avic body?! )

Thanks Michael! They are big! Some are 1" I think the Tappy looks closer to Psalmopoeus but that's just me I guess.

Beautiful Ts! I love the Tapinauchenius gigas shot, very nice colouration, seems unusual for a tarantula . Those irminia slings are cute as well!

Thanks! My favorite T.gigas pics are TWT's. Check them out!

You get those black-topped plastic containers from TCR, am I right? They're great, but ventilate too much.

Yeah, I have two of them but they house male GBB's so I'm not too concerned about humidity. You can always use saran wrap! I also wanted to mention the next MinnVerts meeting is at my house this Saturday, so if you want to stop by.

Poecilotheria ornata

 

[advan]

Avicularia cf. ancylochira

 

[advan]

Juvie male Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus

 

[advan]

Female Tapinauchenius gigas

 

[papilio]

Really love what you did with the P. ornata Chad! Yeah you're right, that Tappy's more like a psalmo, I guess the ab stripes make me first think Avic. Just so strange to see them on a Tap.

And I'm liking these T. gigas photos a LOT, suddenly taking notice of what a spectacular T that is ... or at least you make it look that way!

 

[advan]

Really love what you did with the P. ornata Chad! Yeah you're right, that Tappy's more like a psalmo, I guess the ab stripes make me first think Avic. Just so strange to see them on a Tap.

And I'm liking these T. gigas photos a LOT, suddenly taking notice of what a spectacular T that is ... or at least you make it look that way!

Thanks Michael! I really love T. gigas too. I would love to try my hand with this species soo if you come across a male......... It seems I have stunted my little boys growth!

I just recently pulled this one, much better this time around!

Psalmopoeus pulcher

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Awesome work, Chad!

 

[Storm76]

Congrats on the P. pulcher sac and interesting that Avicularia cf. ancylochira somewhat resembles A. purpurea, except for different colors apparently - same habitat?

As for the P. brachyramosa, it would look that these are not common over here and quite rare. Plus, not a lot of people do own breeding pairs. Either way, I'll find one at some point. Still have the same prob with the A. juruensis even...breeding pairs seem to be seldomly kept of certain species, which in itself is a shame. I'd like to start breeding a few more seldomly found species over here at some point (need to learn more first, though).

 

[advan]

Awesome work, Chad!

Thanks Jason! I'm not sure I've seen any of these in your collection, I think it's time!

Congrats on the P. pulcher sac and interesting that Avicularia cf. ancylochira somewhat resembles A. purpurea, except for different colors apparently - same habitat?

As for the P. brachyramosa, it would look that these are not common over here and quite rare. Plus, not a lot of people do own breeding pairs. Either way, I'll find one at some point. Still have the same prob with the A. juruensis even...breeding pairs seem to be seldomly kept of certain species, which in itself is a shame. I'd like to start breeding a few more seldomly found species over here at some point (need to learn more first, though).

Thanks Jan! I do find it odd that a European is envious of what we have available in the states other then our native Aphonopelma. I hope you find some soon!



I hosted the monthly MinnVerts meeting last night, there were a lot of nice spiders here. I didn't get too many pics but here are a few.

David's Holothele incei "Gold"

 

[advan]

....and Jeni's Mature Male Pamphobeteus sp. "platyomma"

 

[advan]

....and a few more.

 

[le-thomas]

If only the females looked like that too. Awesome photos.

 

[Storm76]

It's actually really interesting that in some species, the males are way brighter colored than the females, while in general the males have more "drabby" or "washed-out" looks. Wondering if there's a reason for that, but whatever it is, it'll probably not be scientifically explained in short time

However, awesome looking T's, Chad. Nice pics, too

 

[advan]

If only the females looked like that too. Awesome photos.

I know! Thanks!

However, awesome looking T's, Chad. Nice pics, too

Thanks Jan!


Please bare with me for a bit, I got a new toy today and I've been playing around.

Aphonopelma moderatum

 

[advan]

Encyocratella olivacea

 

[papilio]

NIIIICE Chad!!

Love that last moderatum photo ... looks like you're hanging it by its rear legs! hehe AWESOME having all that webbing on the olivacea rock too!

 

[jbm150]

Fantastic, love the moderatum shots. Don't see too many of them

 

[Storm76]

I really like the contrast on the Encyocratella olivacea...I reckon you got a new cam, Chad? Or is the "toy" the A. moderatum?