Genus Aphonopelma

[sweetypie]

Seemanni

Seemanni female and the orange retreat.

 

[geneticdefekt]

I bought this as an Aphonopelma chalcodes male. Definitely a mature female after this last molt.

 

[Arachnomaniac19]

Aphonopelma cf. chalcodes.

 

[aggiegrad2012]

Any word on how you graduate research turned out?

 

[Redellimom]

A. hentzi

My big girl Lydia. She dropped a sac about 2 months ago, but I suspect it was a dud, and she ate it. Have had her and Tiny (the little one below, 5th instar, freshly molted in the picture) about 10 months. She is about 4", Tiny is a little bigger than 1cm and a year old (slow growing but that's the norm)! Today I went for a bug hunt on our property and found 8 more tarantulas, from 2cm to 4" in size, but I leave them where I find them.

 

[armyangel93]

My first tarantula, just got it yesterday. Aphonopelma chalcodes - a beautiful and sweet T. It's been an absolute angel! And a voracious eater, already. Also, this is its favorite spot to attack prey.

 

[Mckrizzal]

My female Aphonopelma bicoloratum

 

[Mckrizzal]

aphonopelma mooreae



Aphonopelma mooreae

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma armada

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma gabeli

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma coloradanum

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma reversum

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma joshua

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma mojave

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma sp. cana

 

[Mckrizzal]

Aphonopelma paloma

 

[Cavedweller]

Fantastic photos. I'm sooooo jealous of that moorae! But I'm glad to know we have a few specimens stateside. That lil paloma is adorable. I've never heard of sp. cana though, can you tell us more about it?

 

[Mckrizzal]

I honestly dont know too much about the aphonopelma sp. cana. Some people say it doesn't exist and its just the mooreae, but I believe different. I had a chance to scoop a sling earlier this year, but it was $250 for a 1/4", and we all know how slow aphonos grow. Its also possible the un identified aphonopelma sp. cana is a described Bonnetina species. It definitely comes from Mexico.

 

[TomM]

"Nan" - Aphonopelma hentzi

I've had Nan for 6 & 1/2 years now and she's around 4". Her last molt was last summer but she's still been eating every other week or so. I will be putting up the rest of my tarantulas for sale sometime in the next few days, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that you will never see Nan in the classifieds. I've had her longer than I've had my cat! I just want to see how long she can live and make sure she has a good home throughout her long, slow-growing life. She was the first tarantula I bought and the one that got me into the hobby. She might not be the most exotic or flashy tarantula, but she's my tarantula, and for that I'm thankful.

 

[TheCucuyo]

My recently acquired Aphonopelma seemanni brown morph, Cocoa. At first I thought she was a G. pulchripes, but when a friend of mine on Facebook shared a picture of their A. seemanni, it prompted me to do more research. Lo and behold.
I'm...pretty sure she's a female...