Any New Additions?

[NMTs]

Wow, that's a cool looking spider. How big do they get, and what are you planning on feeding it?

Sorry, I never saw your post. They only get to be around 2" DLS or just slightly larger, so mine is almost full grown at 1.75". As for feeders, I'm going to try crickets or red runners - something that moves around a lot and will trigger the spider to pop out of it's trapdoor.

 

[Charliemum]

Ezendami are very cool. I'm on my second one - the first one died from a sucking stomach issue. The current one is growing fast, though! Enjoy!

I am sorry to hear about your first one, no loss is ever easy.
Thanks I am really looking forward to getting them, I had to get 2 in the hope one is female long shot but . Always told myself soon as I seen an af when I got my first ow it would be an ezendami . That gold n black carapace is perfection
Plus I was told they are good starter ow so I took the plunge

 

[fizox]

Picked up a 2nd H. Gigas today (adult female). Stoked on that

 

[NMTs]

Small order arrived today.

0.0.1 Ceratogyrus marshalli:


0.0.2 Ceratogyrus brachycephalus:



0.0.1 Homoeomma orellanai:

On a 1" grid for scale:


0.0.2 Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus:

 

[l4nsky]

After a seven month wait for collection and a gut-wrenching two days where FedEx lost the package, I've finally all but locked in a very high priority project by acquiring 0.0.4 Aphonopelma sp. nov slings. Hopefully I'll be able to grow out a male in the next half decade for this beautiful and sassy girl.

0.1 Aphonopelma sp. nov

• l4nsky
• May 13, 2023
• 2
• aphonopelma dwarf female

Undescribed dwarf Aphonopelma sp from the Chiricahua Mountains, subadult female, freshly molted.

 

[TLSizzle]

Broke my 'no aboreal' rule and got 2 C versicolor sac mates. I'm nervous but excited about them! Cute little blue things. Feel like I stole them at $40 for both.

 

[sparticus]

Broke my 'no aboreal' rule and got 2 C versicolor sac mates. I'm nervous but excited about them! Cute little blue things. Feel like I stole them at $40 for both.

Totally worth it. I love my versicolors, they're so pretty at every stage of their growth.

 

[SpookySpooder]

Broke my 'no aboreal' rule and got 2 C versicolor sac mates. I'm nervous but excited about them! Cute little blue things. Feel like I stole them at $40 for both.
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Honestly why would you even have a "No Arboreal" rule? They have some of the most beautiful and interesting species!

Not that fossorials or terrestrial are any less spectacular.

Good luck with your slings! I love the trio I have.

 

[TLSizzle]

Honestly why would you even have a "No Arboreal" rule? They have some of the most beautiful and interesting species!

Not that fossorials or terrestrial are any less spectacular.

Good luck with your slings! I love the trio I have.

I am so in my head that aboreals are a pain to feed. And can be a pain to house if in the wrong enclosure (constantly ripping the web via top opening enclosures).

Figured the best way to debunk the internal myth I've created, is to give them a try. I'm already super happy I got them. So that's promising!

 

[SpookySpooder]

Get out of that head!

I love feeding my arboreals just as much as my terrestrials, when your specimen has a strong feeding response and runs all the way to the substrate to snag a cricket--amaze.

My P. irminia are always fun to watch hunting.

Curtis posted a great example of an enclosure in my recent thread that would address that top web issue you have.

I'll stop derailing thread now

 

[Tbone192]

Unfortunately I told myself I'd wait a while before I got any more T's and yet I already have a life list forming. My issue with the common names is that they are sometimes the same between similar or even different species.

Any Diplura sp. (Curtain web spiders)
C.versicolor or some Avic sp.
B.auratum (Mexican Red-knee)
B.emilia or B.boehmei both called (Mexican Red-leg)
A.chalcodes (Arizona Blonde)
C.fimbriatus (Indian Violet)
P.irmina (Venezuelan Suntiger)
P.victori (Darth Maul tarantula)
L.sazimai (Brazilian Blue)
G.pulchripes (Chaco Gold-knee)
P.metallica or P.ornata (Gooty Sapphire) and (Fringed Ornamental) respectively
H.pulchripes (Golden Blue-legged Baboon)
M.balfouri (Socotra Island Blue Baboon)
H.maculata (Togo Starburst)
S.calceatum (Feather-leg Baboon)

 

[SpookySpooder]

Unfortunately I told myself I'd wait a while before I got any more T's and yet I already have a life list forming. My issue with the common names is that they are sometimes the same between similar or even different species.

Any Diplura sp. (Curtain web spiders)
C.versicolor or some Avic sp.
B.auratum (Mexican Red-knee)
B.emilia or B.boehmei both called (Mexican Red-leg)
A.chalcodes (Arizona Blonde)
C.fimbriatus (Indian Violet)
P.irmina (Venezuelan Suntiger)
P.victori (Darth Maul tarantula)
L.sazimai (Brazilian Blue)
G.pulchripes (Chaco Gold-knee)
P.metallica or P.ornata (Gooty Sapphire) and (Fringed Ornamental) respectively
H.pulchripes (Golden Blue-legged Baboon)
M.balfouri (Socotra Island Blue Baboon)
H.maculata (Togo Starburst)
S.calceatum (Feather-leg Baboon)

You said you were gonna wait and then grabbed all those?!

 

[Tbone192]

You said you were gonna wait and then grabbed all those?!

I wish, that would be awesome. That's my list for next order/next couple. I live with some people who don't love spiders as much as me so imagine if I brought that whole list home , actually dying rn.

This is my current collection and the latest addition is my mature Female OBT-OCF.
2 C.dyscolus
1 P.murinus OCF
1 P.murinus DCF
2 N.chromatus
1 C.cyaneopubescens
1 T.kahlenbergi

 

[Tbone192]

Initially told myself I'd get one maybe two. I was chatting with my buddy who got me into the hobby and I was saying "yep I got an order coming with 7 spiderlings" turn the corner and my fellow tenant, who is a huge arachnophobe, just stares at me with deep concern in her eyes. I got it sorted out in the end otherwise my collection would not exist lol. Looking back we both find it funny and I like to think she is slowly starting to warm up to them.

 

[MariaLewisia]

Initially told myself I'd get one maybe two. I was chatting with my buddy who got me into the hobby and I was saying "yep I got an order coming with 7 spiderlings" turn the corner and my fellow tenant, who is a huge arachnophobe, just stares at me with deep concern in her eyes. I got it sorted out in the end otherwise my collection would not exist lol. Looking back we both find it funny and I like to think she is slowly starting to warm up to them.

Something similar happened last month when my dad went with me to an expo. I was chatting with a friend and forgot he stood beside me when I just casually mentioned I had "just gotten an order of 20 slings the other week so I should probably hold back on buying more, for the moment". He just stared at me in disbelief for a moment before sighing in defeat and shaking his head, probably wondering how and why his only child turned out like this, willingly filling her basement with spiders.

 

[Charliemum]

Small order arrived today.

0.0.1 Ceratogyrus marshalli:
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0.0.2 Ceratogyrus brachycephalus:
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0.0.1 Homoeomma orellanai:
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On a 1" grid for scale:
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0.0.2 Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus:
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Awwww marshalli 🥹, great choices! that psalmopoeus is particularly cute trying to escape up your hand lol should name her (her) Dori coz she Escapays

Pamphobeteus sp hexa 4 inch female came 2 days ago, been waiting to try n get a pic to go with her post.
N here she is welcome to the family Cinders (my SO has Ember so my girl is Cinders as in hot coals not cinderella )

 

[SpookySpooder]

Awwww marshalli 🥹, great choices! that psalmopoeus is particularly cute trying to escape up your hand lol should name her (her) Dori coz she Escapays

Pamphobeteus sp hexa 4 inch female came 2 days ago, been waiting to try n get a pic to go with her post. View attachment 455853
N here she is welcome to the family Cinders (my SO has Ember so my girl is Cinders as in hot coals not cinderella )

post booty pix pls

 

[Charliemum]

post booty pix pls

Soon as I can get one I will she's in her burrow again atm

 

[Charliemum]

My new slings came today all the 1-2 cm expected except the sp roatan which was tiny, literally swimming in a vile lol. No Nhandu though as they had ran out .
New babys ;
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus

Psalmopoeus cambridgei

One tiny tiny Theraphosinae sp roatan
swimming in a dram vile

And my first ow ever 2 Augacephalus ezendami


All were super skinny but we will soon fix that. Welcome to the family little ones, super excited your here

 

[TLSizzle]

Ooooh that roatan is adorable!!
And the A ezendami are going to be stunning. I have to read up more on those.