breeding pics,warning: do not look, not blue/just brown and plain

[Steve Nunn]

Hi,
Spider sex

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Sean]

Sweet, what species?

 

[Steve Nunn]

Sweet, what species?

Hi Sean,
They are currently undescribed, but not for long, Robert Raven is describing them soon They are currently from what is known as Selenocosmia, although they are a distinctly seperate generic group from the small group of true Selenocosmia found on/around Java and Singapore (ie: S.javanensis group) in that they lack the intercheliceral pegs seen in the real group, also the spermethecal morpholgy differs significantly, although whether or not this character should be considered is perhaps in question nowadays.

However, soon they will be placed in the resurrected genus Phlogius, which were originally described by Koch in 1874 (under the name Phrictus), the type for this genus P.crassipes being found only 180kms from this species. This genus is found all through the Nth Qld coastlines, into Papua New Guinea, that's pretty much the general geographic range (with the exception of several spp. found slightly further west, S.effera, etc). Volker posted a photo of S.effera recently actually.

But, yeah, currently probably best to call these "Australian Selenocosmia", until the work is finished

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Cpt.nemO]

Hey steve, wats up man, very nice pics !!! congrats.

cya.

Hi Sean,
They are currently undescribed, but not for long, Robert Raven is describing them soon They are currently from what is known as Selenocosmia, although they are a distinctly seperate generic group from the small group of true Selenocosmia found on/around Java and Singapore (ie: S.javanensis group) in that they lack the intercheliceral pegs seen in the real group, also the spermethecal morpholgy differs significantly, although whether or not this character should be considered is perhaps in question nowadays.

However, soon they will be placed in the resurrected genus Phlogius, which were originally described by Koch in 1874 (under the name Phrictus), the type for this genus P.crassipes being found only 180kms from this species. This genus is found all through the Nth Qld coastlines, into Papua New Guinea, that's pretty much the general geographic range (with the exception of several spp. found slightly further west, S.effera, etc). Volker posted a photo of S.effera recently actually.

But, yeah, currently probably best to call these "Australian Selenocosmia", until the work is finished

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Cpt.nemO]

Hey steve, wats up man, very nice pics !!! congrats.

cya.

Had to stop by again, simply amazing stuff bro, I am extremely fascinated with this species I wanted to be able to breed mine but i didn't that will be ever possible.

Well bro keep it up eheheehheehheeheeeheh

Cya man.

 

[skeletor]

Those are some great photos!!

What kind of camera were you using? Looks like you had some kind of macro attachment to get that close and retain the detail...

Prob the best mating photos ive seen

 

[Jmadson13]

Beautiful, thanks for keeping us updated Mr. Nunn

 

[Steve Nunn]

What kind of camera were you using? Looks like you had some kind of macro attachment to get that close and retain the detail...

Hi,
Thanks for the compliments! I'm currently using a Fuji Finepix S3500

No macro attachments with these shots, I find the trick is to ignore the flash of the camera and go with natural outdoor lighting using a tripod. The Fuji Finepix is a great midrange camera, but the trick is to tweak them a little to get each shot right. Most of the newer midrange cameras are capable of this sort of quality, it just takes time to get used to outdoor photography

Of the spiders posted above, the female now has a huge sac which will be artificially incubated within a week, just to finish it off. She's been holding it now for about 4 weeks.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[redhourglass]

Hi.

Steve, with this line in the thread topic how are we not to look LOL

breeding pics,warning: do not look, not blue/just brown and plain

Cheers.

Sinc. Chad

 

[skeletor]

fujis are great cameras! i have an S5000 that i have had for about 3 years now. for "better" photos and more options, i always go to the trusted Nikon D70. i am trying to save money now to get a D2x but I think that the XBOX 360 will take its place....

 

[Deschain]

I'm really looking forward to the Aussie sp. to be available in the States, so I wanted to say thanks for the work you're putting in.