B. auratum pics

Botar · May 14, 2003

I just couldn't resist posting this. I love this girl and she is just amazing. I'm still hoping to find a male for her.

Botar

Botar · May 14, 2003

One from the front.

Botar

That Guy · May 14, 2003

Great pic's Botar!

Dasgre0g · May 14, 2003

She still looks great, man. Did she molt on you yet ? How is everyone else doing?

Botar · May 14, 2003

Yes, she molted about a week ago. I'll send you a PM with some news on the others.

Botar

Immortal_sin · May 14, 2003

wow....what a beauty!
I've always wanted one, but that will have to wait till I win the lottery.
It would probably help if I actually played it

Joy · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by Immortal_sin
wow....what a beauty!
I've always wanted one, but that will have to wait till I win the lottery.
It would probably help if I actually played it

No, your chances of winning are about equally good either way =D

Great pictures, Botar!

Joy

atavuss · May 14, 2003

Botar, Hoke used to have some auratum males, don't know if he still does or not. I have three adult females and one of them nailed an adult male I got from Bill (Invertepet) on breeding loan.

Ed

jwb121377 · May 14, 2003

Man Botar always teasing me with those B. auratum pics.

Great looking female you got there.

Gregg1LE · May 14, 2003

Very good pics and great looking T.......

Case · May 14, 2003

Wow. Beautiful T Botar!
That species is at the top of my wish list. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Case

skadiwolf · May 15, 2003

wow, what gorgeous colors! tell me, what kind of spider exactly is this, i'm not finding the common name. (also, what a good site with scientific names/common names/pictures to use?) (i've tried several but none seem to have everything...very distressing)

anyway, i am very impressed. beautiful.

Botar · May 15, 2003

It is a Brachypelma auratum... could be misspelled. Check e-spiderworld, he may have a common name associated with it. I think it may be Mexican flame knee, but I'm not sure.

It is a fairly high dollar T and I'm hoping for an opportunity to breed her.

Botar

Botar · May 15, 2003

http://www.e-spiderworld.com/

I checked and John does have them listed as Mexican flame knee.

Botar

skadiwolf · May 15, 2003

ahhh, you know, since they were in the same grouping as the B. smithi i knew they were related and they looked SO similar.

i have a sling of the above-mentioned and cannot wait until it gets larger.

i think they both share the gorgeous coloring. what lovely creatures we share our lives with!

Botar · May 15, 2003

I'm with you on that one, Skadiwolf. However, due to the price, I have more B. smithi than B. auratum. I'm hoping for a successful breeding of the B. smithi as well.

Botar

Dafne · May 15, 2003

She is just gorgeous...

Thanks for sharing great pics Botar

I think I am gonna buy one of this species soon...

Bry · May 15, 2003

Botar,

Do you have any recently bred B. smithi? Or are those the ones that molted before laying an eggsac that you posted about not too long ago? The reason I'm asking is, I'm moving to Colorado in July, and um, Kansas just so happens to be a neighboring state.

Bry

Botar · May 15, 2003

Bry,

No luck in that arena just yet. I'm waiting for my male to mature. Unfortunately, I'm waiting for my female to mature also and I think he will most likely make it before her.

I've got a lot of other stuff though and a few breeding programs going... so just keep in touch.

Botar

Longbord1 · Dec 15, 2003

how long do they live?

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