Amblypygi - whip spiders pictures

[Edan bandoot]

Offspring this year

E. bacillifer from Kenya

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D. medius from Ghana

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E. bacillifer from Madagascar

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When did the madagascar import happen?

 

[lilivili]

First molt since I became caretaker!

Hoping to use it to verify gender.

 

[lilivili]

Color came back beautifully.

 

[JordanC]

Paraphrynus robustus

 

[Kokavecz]

When did the madagascar import happen?

March last year.

 

[AtomicAnt]

Great Pictures, Jordan, You should link to your website. Other than Orin McMonigle's books, you are the best source of information on these guys out there. I don't understand how you get these photos so well lit. I have a Damon Diadema and Phrynus sp. And any bright light makes them instantly nervous and prone to flee. How do you do it?

 

[ThemantismanofPA]

crazy coloration, will it keep it into adulthood?

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

crazy coloration, will it keep it into adulthood?

This appears to be a recently moulted specimen.

 

[JordanC]

Great Pictures, Jordan, You should link to your website. Other than Orin McMonigle's books, you are the best source of information on these guys out there. I don't understand how you get these photos so well lit. I have a Damon Diadema and Phrynus sp. And any bright light makes them instantly nervous and prone to flee. How do you do it?

Thanks a lot!
Here is my website : https://jordancadiot.wixsite.com/jordancadiot/2?lang=en

About the photos well, i'm patient ahah (and the animals also!). It doesn't take long usually, they are often calm once out of their enclosure and let me do my stuff.

crazy coloration, will it keep it into adulthood?

No it will fade. Here it's a fresh molted juvenile, which are often a lot more colorful than adults.

 

[Banshee05]

Catageus cf. cavernicolus adult male

 

[Banshee05]

charontid sp. Thailand adult pair

 

[wizentrop]

These Charon from Thailand are adults? They look small compared to the filipino ones

 

[Banshee05]

They 1/3 of the size and adult already. But no clue which genera... Catageus and Charon are basically simple but the populations from the mainland share the known characteristics....

 

[JordanC]

Acanthophrynus coronatus

 

[Edan bandoot]

Damon diadema medium

• Edan bandoot
• Jun 7, 2021
• 2

(2/3) Took some pictures of my recently molted bug

wide angle shot

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Damon diadema wide

• Edan bandoot
• Jun 7, 2021

(3/3) Took some pictures of my recently molted bug

close-up

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Damon diadema carapace

• Edan bandoot
• Jun 7, 2021

(1/3) Took some pictures of my recently molted bug.

 

[JordanC]

If you ever wondered how amblypygids lay eggs, well, here is the answer!

 

[JordanC]

 

[Edan bandoot]

Freshly molted D.diadema, they go through a pure white and lime green phase, aswell as a light blue phase before darkening up post-molt.

Never realized how red they got.
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[JordanC]

Phrynus marginemaculatus



Acanthophrynus coronatus

 

[Kokavecz]

Hi!



On the left side of the picture, the much-disputed Nicaraguan Phrynus sp. (cf. whitei). On the right is Phrynus whitei imported from Nicaragua this year. The question is, does a species have two such different populations within a country? I think the cf. whitei is more maesi.