Alien Creature (D. variegatus)

[Stefan2209]

Hi all,

i was lucky this week, with finding one of my Damon variegatus slings freshly molted.

Really a sight to behold, looks like some creature from mars...

Enjoy:

That´s it for today, will be back soon with pics of a species that has never been shown before.... Better keep your eyes peeled.

Stefan

 

[Henry Kane]

Definitely something to behold! It's been a while since I've seen something new. Nice surprise. Thanks!

Take care.

Gary

 

[Stylopidae]

Beautiful bug, man

Did the words 'He's naked' run through anyone else's mind?

 

[bananaman]

that thing is bizarre! congratulations!

 

[rag]

i want one... like.... REALLY bad. but thats my instinct to "house every invert i get my paws on" talking.

btw, where is their native home?

 

[Gigas]

Tanzania i believe, how big are the Slings now Stefan?

 

[Gesticulator]

Sure does look like some sort of animated alien. Awsome pics of and awesome creature. Thanks for sharing!

 

[NewGriot]

Another...

Fresh molted D.diadema

 

[Stefan2209]

Fresh molted D.diadema

Hi Dan,

NICE!

Still waiting for my D. diadema´s to hatch, but i guess, this will still take some time....

By the way, if that portrayed specimen are cb´s from Gordon, than my D. diadema´s are in fact the parents of your slings. Got them from Gordon for breeding purposes this march...

Greetings,

Stefan

P.S. Do keep other species than Damon ssp. right now?

 

[NewGriot]

@Stefan

Hello again

No, my whipers are not from Gordon. These are spiderlings from a Male I did buy in Hamm some years ago and from a female from a trade fair in Zurich/Kloten.

Well, right now I have a pregnant Diadema girl at home and a pair of Heterophrynus gigantaeus, which are still not adult. Hope for breeding them one day.
And my mom is keeping a pair of D.diadema too with some youngsters.

Greetings

Dan

 

[Stefan2209]

Hi again,

H. giganteus?

Heard about those from different people, but i always wonder how somebody is going to house the adults?

Not a too small species....

Good luck with those, would just love to read about a successful breeding!

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[NewGriot]

H.giganteus

Well....a 60/40/60cm tank must be enough big for these animals i hope.
I`ve never seen a adult specimen before. We will see...

 

[Stefan2209]

Well....a 60/40/60cm tank must be enough big for these animals i hope.
I`ve never seen a adult specimen before. We will see...

Hi again,

you really think so?

If that´d indeed be big enough to house them, i´d re-consider my opinion about keeping that species....

I read they shall reach whip-spans to 80cm (31,5") as adults, so i calculated a tank for them had at least to be of some 1,60m (63") size, which is way out of my possibilities....


A buddy of mine is keeping adults of this species in a 1m cubic tank. To his words it´s "just fitting"....

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[NewGriot]

In my eyes...I don`t believe in 80cm whipspan. Never see a span like that.

But we will see. Maybee I need a bigger setup soon

 

[Gigas]

I read they shall reach whip-spans to 80cm (31,5") as adults,
Stefan

WHAT!!!!! 80 cm whip span, thats HOOGE!!!! what continent are gignatea native? are they cave dwelling? can i see this paper!

 

[Stefan2209]

Hi,

sorry Gigus, just noticed i simply over-read one of your questions regarding the D. variegatus:

They´re actual some 2cm (roughly an inch) body-size, with whips stretched, they reach easy more than 10cm (4"). Somebody told me once, this kind of arachnids would be just painfully slow growing, which i can just not state from my two specimen, i take them for rather fast growing, as they have nearly trippled their size in about 2 months.

H. gigantea is to my knowledge (which isn´t too detailed...) native in south-america. Donno, if they´re cave-dwellers or not. Interesting species for sure, but given they reach the mentioned sizes, a little "unpractical" to house, to my opinion.

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[Gigas]

Stefan i would gladly give up my room for an arachnid this big!

 

[captainflem]

whooo

great Amblypige!:clap:
Me i search again some like these.