Billopelma picture thread

[syndicate]

great shots man!whats the ls of your "bach ma" female?

 

[Doezsha]

Very nice pics i must say

 

[Kriegan]

Very nice collection! I love your p. rufilata:drool:

Regards,
Ulrich

 

[Arachnophilist]

man I am seriously impressed with your thread.. you have everything I have and everything I want.. I love the subaculear tooth on the B.jacksoni. my C.vittatus just isnt the same haha.. very very nice. best picture thread I have seen yet bravo. :clap: :clap: :clap: well deserved applause

Christopher

 

[becca81]

As usual - amazing photos! :clap:

I'm a bit confused by the T. gigas, though. What instar? I've never seen one without the pale legs / black tarsus as a sling.

 

[Apophis]

I love this enclosure, it is insane(ly nice)!!
Awesome pix and animals too!! :worship: :clap:

Cheerz, Sietse

 

[Mr_Baker4420]

you're going to have to post an instructional thread on how to make enclosures like that. simply awesome display cases. really good job man.

 

[billopelma]

@ becca
Ya, my bad, that's an Oligoxystre sp., not T. gigas. For whatever reason I am no longer able to edit the post to correct it. Is this a new 'feature'?

@ syndicate
The "Bach Ma" is roughly 3.5" dls.

@ Mr_baker4420
Sorry, I'm not feeling that ambitious. The basics are fairly easy, it's just table sawed acrylic sheet bonded with methylene chloride based solvent. There are however a number of easy-to-show-but-difficult/long-to-explain little nuances. I'll be glad to answer specific questions though.


@ apophis
I think I have more fun with the 'micro' terrariums than the 'macro'. The big problem I find with either is keeping the occupant from destroying it.
The easiest way to keep things in order is to find a particular T that has not been showing much destructive behavior. I've built for this only to have them go into trashing mode just before move time. I end up with setups that I want to look at for a bit before the inevitable deforestation and it ends up staying with plants only.
I'm assuming the most successful method would be to have very large sturdy plants and enough excess space so the T just doesn't use most of it. If I had more heated space or fewer T's, I'd try it. Another possibly I've yet to try is to use plants that grow quicker than the T can bury 'em.:wall:
For long term sustainability though it's beneficial to find slow growing plants that don't take over to quickly. All of the ones I use are common stuff from the woods behind my house and, thankfully, are readily replaceable when the resident decides to go into lawnmower/bulldozer/webbover mode. Pretty soon I'll set up a ten gallon with donor plants to get me through the winter.

This one (macro) was for an N. chromatus that suddenly decided to become a juvenile delinquent. It's been vacant since spring, though some escaped Dolomedes slings were sneaking in and out now and then. I'm still waiting to find an appropriate occupant.

another 'micro'

The 'real' T. gigas 0.0.1

Bill

 

[Natemass]

amazing ts and enclosures how did you make those? id love to make my enclosures like that.

Nate

 

[syndicate]

yeah your enclosures are tight man.any shots of your whole room?i love seeing peoples setups.nothing better than a room full of t's :]

 

[Teratris]

nice photos, great spiders and very big collection :worship: I want like this collection!! :wall:

 

[billopelma]

My versi #1 just went ultimate on me this morning, they grow up so fast...

A. versicolor 1.0.0

P. metallica also molted this morning as well as a T. apophysis, a P.fortis, and a P. ngricolor. A P. antinous looks like it's going to flip any minute. I have to wonder what triggers such a multiplicity of molts.

P. metallica 0.1.0 fresh off the press

Bill

 

[cheetah13mo]

Your photo thread KICKS. I've never seen such colors. Fantastic collection and pictures. Thanx. :clap: :worship:

 

[james41777]

wow that's the most beautiful avicularia sp i've ever seen!!!!

 

[P. Novak]

Again you have amazing pictures and Ts!!! May I ask what kind of substrate your using for your M. mesomelas?

 

[billopelma]

All of my T's that are maintained with a moderate to high rh, get the black-dirt from-out-by-the-swamp, straight up. The drier ones mostly get coco coir mixed in with slightly sandier dirt. Some of the less recent photo's have mixes of various dirt, coir and peat. Au natural, nothing gets sterilized.

Bill

 

[james41777]

does your avic.versicolour really look like how it's in the pictures??

 

[Dumaw]

that metallica is awesome

 

[billopelma]

@ james41777,
The versi actually looks better 'in the flesh', had a hard time with the ambient lighting on that one. Of course I don't know how your photo program and monitor render it, on a friend of mines lcd they tend to look a bit more bright and saturated. The metallica, on the other hand, looks way toned down when not subject to camera flash, certainly far from neon.

Anyway, some more fresh molts...

P. nigricolor 1.0.0

P. fortis 0.0.1

Bill

 

[billopelma]

A few new molts...


T. apophysis 1.0.0

Pamphobeteus sp. "platyomma" 0.1.0 before and after molt

bought as Euathlus sp. "gold" "montaine" 1.0.0, probably Paraphysa sp.

Bill