Catumiri argentinense

[BiologicalJewels]

quite right

The pics above are Catumiri argentinense unlike the one I posted earier (where was my head???)

too bad not too many people are interested in them in CA, you should send some down here

I've cared for the four I have since they were the size of a pin head (almost), and they are fantastic little T's...

 

[Elizabeth27]

hello,

females reach ~1" (28 mm) BL, adult males are smaller and reach ~15 mm BL in size.

Here's a picture of our MM (his name is Bruce Willis), we got him as a 1/6" freebie back in April and he matured at the end of September out of nowhere. He's being given to Tarantula Canada this weekend so he can make little babies, due to their lack of popularity in Canada, they're usually sent as freebies, so we're not doing a 50/50, we're just trading him for an S. calceatum sling.

They grow incredibly fast. We believe our other one is penultimate. Didn't want to hijack your thread, just thought I'd post a picture of our guy so people could see what an adult looked like. For size reference, his water dish is right beside him which is a regular pop bottle lid. This guy was our first dwarf and before then, I wasn't a big fan of dwarves, but now we've got quite a few. Great species for sure.

Cass

This is my female. Mine is very dark so I'm unsure if mine is truly Catumiri Argentinense. Definitely dwarf and puts on a LOT of size between molts. Grew 7mm in her last molt. I am asking the store I bought her from where they got her from. I just sexed her molt tonight in water as its very difficult to sex her molt outside of water witout destroying it. She's very calm but can be fast. Not skittish at all. When I was moving her into an acrylic box to take a pixture of her epigastric furrow she didnt move, threat pose, strike, if they have urticating hairs which I heard they dont then she doesnt kick them at all. I would have my entire collection be just this one species alone. She is my best behaved tarantula I have. She is 1.5". Gorgeous T and beautiful personality. Top quality.

 

[Elizabeth27]

hello,

females reach ~1" (28 mm) BL, adult males are smaller and reach ~15 mm BL in size.

Here's a picture of our MM (his name is Bruce Willis), we got him as a 1/6" freebie back in April and he matured at the end of September out of nowhere. He's being given to Tarantula Canada this weekend so he can make little babies, due to their lack of popularity in Canada, they're usually sent as freebies, so we're not doing a 50/50, we're just trading him for an S. calceatum sling.

They grow incredibly fast. We believe our other one is penultimate. Didn't want to hijack your thread, just thought I'd post a picture of our guy so people could see what an adult looked like. For size reference, his water dish is right beside him which is a regular pop bottle lid. This guy was our first dwarf and before then, I wasn't a big fan of dwarves, but now we've got quite a few. Great species for sure.

Cass

This is my female. Mine is very dark so I'm unsure if mine is truly Catumiri Argentinense. Definitely dwarf and puts on a LOT of size between molts. Grew 7mm in her last molt. I am asking the store I bought her from where they got her from. I just sexed her molt tonight in water as its very difficult to sex her molt outside of water witout destroying it. She's very calm but can be fast. Not skittish at all. When I was moving her into an acrylic box to take a pixture of her epigastric furrow she didnt move, threat pose, strike, if they have urticating hairs which I heard they dont then she doesnt kick them at all. I would have my entire collection be just this one species alone. She is my best behaved tarantula I have. She is 1.5". Gorgeous T and beautiful personality. Top quality.

hello,

females reach ~1" (28 mm) BL, adult males are smaller and reach ~15 mm BL in size.

Does that "~" mean more than 1" or what? What does BL mean?

 

[Elizabeth27]

hello,

females reach ~1" (28 mm) BL, adult males are smaller and reach ~15 mm BL in size.

This was either before premolt or during premolt. April 19, 2022. So I think my girl is freshly molted and is a Catumiri Argentinense. I will update if she turns copper/brown.