Species Brachypelma hamorii (a.k.a. Brachypelma smithi)

[hannwalker]

The roaches hold the gut load longer and have a higher protein content. When my tarantula got large enough to start taking roaches, we made them the primary diet. I was fortunate because my T loves them. Not all tarantulas find them appealing so you may just have to try it and see how it goes.

Thanks for the info...when I got her she was being fed small roaches. I couldn't order small amounts of them so I fed crickets.

 

[bonsaimaster1]

Brachypelma smithi-Clarice 3 year old female. Doing great! Have not ever handled her yet. She has grown a lot in the 3 years that I have owned her. I have only fed crickets, now up to med size. She has moulted 4 times. Should I feed anything else besides the crickets. My pet store now has some type of roaches that aren't that big.

Gorgeous!!! How long did it take for her to reach that size? Also, where did you buy her, and for how much?

 

[Norman]

 

[Pedemonte Mario]

Got my very first T today for free

I'm so happy. Was always busy with Araneomorphae.
Now I can start my Mygalomorphae ( Theraphosidae )

For the people who did not know yet ( 2017 ) :
- Brachypelma smithi is now Brachypelma hamorii
- Brachypelma anitha is now Brachypelma smithi

 

[Andrea82]

Welcome, southern neighbour
Yes, the revision has been posted here . What Araneomorphae are you keeping?

 

[Pedemonte Mario]

Welcome, southern neighbour
Yes, the revision has been posted here . What Araneomorphae are you keeping?

Thank you At the moment I'm keeping an Drassodes sp. + Tegenaria domestica + Amaurobius ferox + Marpissa muscosa + Zoropsis spinimana and an other jumping still need ID for it after it moults.

 

[ErinM31]

I got my first T ever, a ~1/2 inch Brachypelma hamorii (then B. smithi) sling from BugsInCyberspace in February 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

They lost a bit of weight at first as I figured out feeding but gained it back and then some (April 2016):

Brachypelma smithi

• ErinM31
• Apr 8, 2016
• 4

My first baby I got well over a month ago now, lost a bit of weight at first as I was figuring...

I missed taking a photo after the first molt, but they grew and molted again in little more than a month (May 2016):

Brachypelma smithi sling post-molt

• ErinM31
• May 30, 2016
• 4
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii mexican redknee regeneration sling spiderling tarantula

Brachypelma are slower growing but I feel mine has made good progress in less than 3 months. :)...

And again a few months later (July 2016):

B. smithi, freshly molted

• ErinM31
• Jul 10, 2016
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii regeneration sling

And now you would no longer know that a leg had been lost! :) They are growing faster than I'd...

By September 2016, the adult colors were prominent and the missing leg fully regenerated:

Brachypelma smithi

• ErinM31
• Sep 26, 2016
• 2
• brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican redknee

My B. smithi grows in size and beauty with every molt. ^_^

He had a prolonged pre-molt semi-fast over the winter and molted again in March 2017:

Finally molted!

• ErinM31
• Mar 25, 2017
• brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican redknee

My B. smithi had a large round abdomen since last fall but finally molted today! They are...

This past Saturday (July 2017), I got to watch the entire molting process and with the fresh exuvium, confirm that my beauty is a boy:

It's (NOT) a boy!

• ErinM31
• Jul 1, 2017
• 8
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi exuviae female hamorii mexican redknee tarantula molt sexing

My B. hamorii (or smithi?) molted this afternoon!
EDIT: It turns out my Diva is a girl but this...

And here he is!

My handsome guy <3

• ErinM31
• Jul 2, 2017
• 5
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican flameknee tarantula

The tarantula formerly known as B. smithi ;)

Showing off his fresh look

(Actually my beautiful...

 

[BCscorp]

Awesome! I liked how you did a timeline of photos.
Nice lookin spider, love the Brachypelmas.

 

[ErinM31]

Awesome! I liked how you did a timeline of photos.
Nice lookin spider, love the Brachypelmas.

Thank you! I love the genus too and am amazed at how much my little T has grown and changed in the past year and a half!

 

[tarantulagal66]

I got my first T ever, a ~1/2 inch Brachypelma hamorii (then B. smithi) sling from BugsInCyberspace in February 2016:

Brachypelma smithi sling

• ErinM31
• Mar 10, 2016
• brachypelma mexican redknee sling smithi spiderling tarantula

My first T ^_^

They lost a bit of weight at first as I figured out feeding but gained it back and then some (April 2016):

Brachypelma smithi

• ErinM31
• Apr 8, 2016
• 4

My first baby I got well over a month ago now, lost a bit of weight at first as I was figuring...

I missed taking a photo after the first molt, but they grew and molted again in little more than a month (May 2016):

Brachypelma smithi sling post-molt

• ErinM31
• May 30, 2016
• 4
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii mexican redknee regeneration sling spiderling tarantula

Brachypelma are slower growing but I feel mine has made good progress in less than 3 months. :)...

And again a few months later (July 2016):

B. smithi, freshly molted

• ErinM31
• Jul 10, 2016
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii regeneration sling

And now you would no longer know that a leg had been lost! :) They are growing faster than I'd...

By September 2016, the adult colors were prominent and the missing leg fully regenerated:

Brachypelma smithi

• ErinM31
• Sep 26, 2016
• 2
• brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican redknee

My B. smithi grows in size and beauty with every molt. ^_^

He had a prolonged pre-molt semi-fast over the winter and molted again in March 2017:

Finally molted!

• ErinM31
• Mar 25, 2017
• brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican redknee

My B. smithi had a large round abdomen since last fall but finally molted today! They are...

This past Saturday (July 2017), I got to watch the entire molting process and with the fresh exuvium, confirm that my beauty is a boy:

It's (NOT) a boy!

• ErinM31
• Jul 1, 2017
• 8
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi exuviae female hamorii mexican redknee tarantula molt sexing

My B. hamorii (or smithi?) molted this afternoon!
EDIT: It turns out my Diva is a girl but this...

And here he is!

My handsome guy <3

• ErinM31
• Jul 2, 2017
• 5
• brachypelma brachypelma hamorii brachypelma smithi mexican flameknee tarantula

The tarantula formerly known as B. smithi ;)

Showing off his fresh look

(Actually my beautiful...

He's a handsome one! Beautiful pics!

 

[spotropaicsav]

Thank you! I love the genus too and am amazed at how much my little T has grown and changed in the past year and a half!

Very nice pics of the growth, your T is very lovely.
This reminds me of when people post pictures of their child's growth during the first year, next to signs for each month Maybe I will do that for each molt with my Ts

 

[ErinM31]

He's a handsome one! Beautiful pics!

Thank you so much!

Very nice pics of the growth, your T is very lovely.
This reminds me of when people post pictures of their child's growth during the first year, next to signs for each month Maybe I will do that for each molt with my Ts

Thank you! Hehe, yes, if I posted pics of my Aphonopelma slings after each molt, hardly any change at all!

 

[mconnachan]

Almost a whole month has passed, and my 1/4" B. albo slings still haven't molted, (great pictures), and a nice way to see the growth rate - exactly what should be done to keep track of all sp. growth rate, from sling to adult - very handsome looking fella!

 

[ErinM31]

Almost a whole month has passed, and my 1/4" B. albo slings still haven't molted, (great pictures), and a nice way to see the growth rate - exactly what should be done to keep track of all sp. growth rate, from sling to adult - very handsome looking fella!

Thank you! I've only had NW slings so far and all go through pre-molt phases of varying lengths and more than a month is not uncommon. Some of them have gone nearly a year with a large abdomen and eating little to nothing! Make sure your slings have access to water -- B. albo especially aren't a dessert species and prefer a bit more water/moisture than other Brachypelma. My Aphonopelma sling who hardly ate for a year after I got them could often be found on their water dish. They finally molted a few months ago and didn't appear any bigger! But at least now they've been eating everything!

Good luck with your B. albo slings! They are not fast growing but super adorable as they get more and more of their curly hairs!

 

[mconnachan]

@ErinM31 Thanks, I keep an upturned Lego piece in the 2oz containers, I'm surprised they haven't molted yet, but it'll happen when it happens, I'm not worried, just find it quite long as my other slings which I received after the albo slings have molted twice, but that's the way they grow.

 

[AshS]

Great little picture timeline. I'm seriously considering finding a breeding pair of hamorii. honestly one of my favourite sp.

 

[Alisha Raney]

here's my Poppy c: just got her today!

 

[Mychajlo]

This is an older video on my B. Hamorii molting. Sadly she is no longer with us. She was a good girl. Her name was Ruby

 

[sasker]

Sorry, those are no B. smithi but B. hamorii

 

[starnaito]

Since this was originally an older thread, we'll forgive the "smithi". And here is my adorable Serafina (don't you just want to hug her?!):