Genus Aphonopelma

[Spectre45]

Just got my first T, an A. seemani.

 

[Spectre45]

A couple more pictures

 

[ChrisNCT]

Hello guys,

Here are some nice a big pics of a recently matured male Aphonopelma seemanni (Costa Rican Zebra) that Matt Halsey had given me for a loan for my females.

Enojy the pics and I hope this guy combined with my females will give us some CB offspring!

Aphonopelma seemanni (Costa Rican Zebra)

 

[priZZ]

Hi! What cam are You using? BTW it don't look like seemanni to me. Or is it a colour variation?

 

[ChrisNCT]

I am using the Canon Digital EOS Rebel with the sucky lens that came with it. It's doing ok for macro.

The T is definatley a A. seemanni. It used to be lighter in color from what I am told. Just recently with the maturing molt it darkened.

 

[Cooper]

The mature males have fantastic coloration.

 

[dangerprone69]

Hi! What cam are You using? BTW it don't look like seemanni to me. Or is it a colour variation?

I have the molted exuviums to prove it.

 

[Socrates]

What a handsome stud! :}

I actually didn't even know that the males change so drastically after their ultimate molt.

Great pictures, Chris - and I hope you get a ton of babies from him and your girls.

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Wendy
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[ChrisNCT]

Why thank you Wendy, I was not aware that put a pic of myself in the thread...ROTFLMAO! I hope so too! :}

What a handsome stud! :}

I actually didn't even know that the males change so drastically after their ultimate molt.

Great pictures, Chris - and I hope you get a ton of babies from him and your girls.

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Wendy
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[Philth]

A. seemanni

 

[BakuBak]

It wos sold too me as a A.barica but as I know there is no species with this name :]


mayby You will have some sugestion whot kind it could be :]

 

[SilentMercury]

Here's my female Bloodleg. She is immortal. ;P

 

[Elmolax]

Yay! Oh yeah thru v. sexing it seems to be male =(

 

[ChrisNCT]

Very nice. I love the US species.

 

[spot]

me too! and that type is on my wish list. we have an A. species carlsbad green and an A hentzi. I think they are great. they are slow-growing, though.

how old is the t in the pics?

 

[stubby8th]

Wow!

He is really beautiful! Gotta hook me up!

 

[gustavowright]

How slow they are to grow?I recently got an A.texense..so wish to know that...is it like kings or Brachys?

 

[rwfoss]

That sure looks a lot like my "little girl", who was caught in prime chalcodes territory. I took her to someone with a lot of field experience her in AZ, but he said that she doesn't have any adult colors as of yet.

I posted a recent picture of her here on AB a few days ago - in Tarantula Pictures under "More of Rick's Pics".

They are AWESOME tarantulas. Mine is becoming very social. She is the only non-sling T that will willingly walk onto a hand without any prodding.

Rick

 

[GoTerps]

A. bicoloratum

This girl had not molted for 2 years until this past weekend... she hadn't eaten for ~10 months! Good ole Aphonopelma for ya! Her colors are nice and bright after the molt... HERE she is in January with more subdued colors.

Freshly molted female Aphonopelma bicoloratum

 

[FryLock]

It wos sold too me as a A.barica but as I know there is no species with this name :]


mayby You will have some sugestion whot kind it could be :]

That name would be A.burica i think, it's probally A.seemani but burica is almost identical (only a much shorter leg III to carapace then A.seemani is all i know).