Avicularia bicegoi molted

[Elaine]

Yip its good to see them being labled correctly. I have 2 A. sp. "Peru purple" slings here that were bred from some of the first imported adults in the UK. They are tiny at 1cm just now but due to moult soon. They look like any other avic sling at that size.

The pic of the adult A. sp. "Amazonica" on the Tarantula-store website is stunning. I look forward to watching ours grow into such stunners.

There is definitely a noticeable difference in the base colour of the abdomenal setae. The base red compared to the base black is distinctive so we can at least see that what we have is the real deal. :worship:

Elaine

 

[CrypticDragon]

New Cage

I went over to Hobby Lobby and found some of the clear plastic containers for $2.50 plus tax. They look very simular to the M series ones that I see online but they could be from a different manufacturer. Here ia a link to amacbox that many use...

http://www.amacbox.com

Mine look nearly the same and mine have the dimensions of...

3.44 inches x 3.44 inces x 6.31 inches.

I drilled the air holes at 5/64 of inch in diameter. 64 holes are in the top and 32 holes are in each side. I used a cardboard pattern that made to get the holes near perfect in distance...

This cage is taller with about half of the floor space as the mini herp haven. I will post some top and side view photos of the amazonica this weekend after my camera batteries charge up. It will be this Saturday before the batteries finnish the charging process.

CrypticDragon

 

[Elaine]

I really like those containers but cant seem to fnd any over here in the UK. I suppose I could always make my own if need be.
My Dad has the right tools that I can borrow so I just need to find somewhere to buy the acrylic sheets.

My second amazonica has darkened significantly since yesterday so hopefully not too far from moulting

Both A. sp. "Bicegoi" and A. purpurea are are in premoult too so needless to say I'm getting nervous All 5 A. versi's moulted well a couple of weeks ago and both A. braunshauseni's moulted well too. I will relax a bit once they all reach at least 1 inch.

Elaine x

 

[CrypticDragon]

Some More Amazonica Pics

Here are a few more pictures of my Aviculaira sp "amazonica". I definitely can see a lot blue coloration especially with the hairs on the carapace and in the legs. I can not wait for the next molt...

I may be several weeks probably into November before it molts again.

CrypticDragon

 

[Elaine]

How beautiful is that baby :worship: :worship:

Fabulous pics mate. You can certainly see the blue now. I look forward to november when they moult again.

I'm still waiting for my second amazonica to moult. She doesnt seem to be in any hurry

Elaine

 

[beetleman]

:clap: they just keep getting better and better everytime!

 

[CrypticDragon]

Thanks

How beautiful is that baby :worship: :worship:

Fabulous pics mate. You can certainly see the blue now. I look forward to november when they moult again.

I'm still waiting for my second amazonica to moult. She doesnt seem to be in any hurry

Elaine

:clap: they just keep getting better and better everytime!

Thanks Elaine and thanks beetleman. I will post some pictures of the second one. It molted about 36 hours ago.

CrypticDragon

 

[CrypticDragon]

Definitely Has The Blues

They definitely have the blues in their base hairs and the white frosted tips in the longer guard hairs. This one molted about 36 hours ago. The shorter base hairs look blue to me especially on the carapace. The longer guard hairs are white frosted on the tips. It still has the red short base hairs on the abdomen. This one is over two inches toe to toe just like the first one is...

CrypticDragon

 

[Elaine]

Its good to see that the second one moulted well. They look even more beautiful each time you post pics.

I'm still waiting for my second one to moult

Elaine x

 

[CrypticDragon]

Thanks

Its good to see that the second one moulted well. They look even more beautiful each time you post pics.

I'm still waiting for my second one to moult

Elaine x

Thanks, I always get worried every time they molt. Sometimes they will wait days even weeks to molt and there they sit almost never moving and never eating. Just when you think they may die they go and molt into a larger tarantula.

I hope your other little one molts well, good luck.

CrypticDragon

 

[Elaine]

Thanks, I always get worried every time they molt. Sometimes they will wait days even weeks to molt and there they sit almost never moving and never eating. Just when you think they may die they go and molt into a larger tarantula.

I hope your other little one molts well, good luck.

CrypticDragon

Keeping avic slings turns us into nervous wrecks lol. I'm trying so hard to not keep checking

I'm sure she will moult fine when I'm not looking :wall:

Thanks for the luck
Elaine x

 

[CrypticDragon]

Another Amazonica Molted

The fourth one that was two molts behind just molted less than 24 hours ago. Now it is only one molt behind the other two. I just snapped off a couple of good shots of it. I want to leave it alone so that it can harden up into its new exoskeleton. That is why I only got a couple shots of it. While it is a molt behind the other two it still looks to have a blue/green tint on the shorter base hairs and it has the white frosted tips on the longer guard hairs. This one is at 1.75 inches from toe to toe...

The third one that is still a molt behind is eating right now and it has a huge abdomen so it will probably catch up to the other two that just molted sometime this month.

CrypticDragon

 

[CrypticDragon]

The Third Amazonica

Here is the third Avicularia sp "amazonica" that finally finished off the cricket. It is also one molt behind the other two that are over two inches toe to toe. This one is still around 1.75 inches toe to toe. It looks like a little bit of a darker shade of blue/green and it has a much larger abdomen in comparison to the fourth one that is also just now a molt behind the other two. You can compare it to my previous post. I expect it to stop eating anything any day now. It already is building a cocoon like web probably to prepare for its molt...

Slings seem to eat and eat and eat until their abdomens get huge then they seem to stand nearly motionless and do nothing until they molt.

CrypticDragon

 

[Steven.WK]

I was just thinking the other day about a cage size for them. If they actually get up to a 9 inch size toe to toe then their adult cage will need to be very large. Imagine a hexagon base that is 16 inches across flat edge to flat edge shortest distance across. Then the sides could be running upward to 32 inches tall. That is about a 30 gallon hexagonal aquarium. I guess a 20 gallon aquarium standing on edge may be OK? Those are 30x12x12 and cost between 20 and 40 bucks.

Do these really get to 9"? That would be crazy. An Avic this beautiful growing larger than most Pokies. But I find these grow much slower than other Avics. I have purpurea and versicolors that hatched later than these are now double their size.

 

[CrypticDragon]

9

Do these really get to 9"? That would be crazy. An Avic this beautiful growing larger than most Pokies. But I find these grow much slower than other Avics. I have purpurea and versicolors that hatched later than these are now double their size.

Yep, this is what I have told and that is huge for an arboreal tarantula...

she is 4.5", and they are the largest avi. sp. topping out at 9"

I can not wait until mine get that large.

CrypticDragon

 

[CrypticDragon]

Avicularia bicegoi

Here are a few photos of one of Avicularia bicegoi. It recently molted and is now well over four inches toe to toe...

You can see water drops on the abdomen. I just sprayed down the inside of the cage and it got hit with a few drops from the spray bottle.

CryptiDragon

 

[beetleman]

:clap: :drool: :worship: wow! looking better and better everytime!

 

[Elaine]

Wow what can I say? Totally stunning :worship: :worship:

Elaine xx

 

[CrypticDragon]

Thanks

:clap: :drool: :worship: wow! looking better and better everytime!

Wow what can I say? Totally stunning :worship: :worship:

Elaine xx

Thanks beetleman and Elaine. They are getting to be very large tarantulas, even on the scary side.



Some people do get scared when they get to the larger sizes.



CrypticDragon

 

[Corranthe]

These are sooo pretty! Very high on my want list. :worship: