User CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy's Tarantula Pictures

[curtisgiganteus]

Ah. Thought they were molting more often.

I wish, 2 of them molted fairly close together then the third made me wait almost a whole month after that

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

One new addition:

Gave in to the Pampho hype

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 8, 2023
• 5
• pamphobeteus sling theraphosinae

Took the opportunity to snap a pic while I rehoused it out of its deli and into its growout...

And an older addition that I'm hoping is in premolt ATM:

My smallest T

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 6, 2023
• everetti ornithoctoninae phormingochilus phormingochilus everetti sling

I acquired this sling a couple months back and, disappointingly, it hasn't molted into a 3rd...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

And an older addition that I'm hoping is in premolt ATM:

Turns out it was, indeed, in premolt.

In the wardrobe

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 14, 2023
• everetti ornithoctoninae phormingochilus phormingochilus everetti post-molt sling

I've been concerned about this particular sling not molting into the 3rd instar, but had been...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

The molts have started coming in as the weather here warms: Anihan not only threw out a molt from some days back, she gave confirmation that she is indeed a she.


And a better pic of the everetti sling that molted yesterday:

A fresh new suit

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 15, 2023
• 2
• everetti ornithoctoninae phormingochilus phormingochilus everetti post-molt sling

Got a better pic of this sling, which molted yesterday.

0.0.1 (out of 0.0.2) Phormingochilus...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Will get pics of the rest of my collection (0.0.1 Poecilotheria metallica

Well, it molted today, and that's as good an excuse as any to post this sling.

The Molt Marathon continues

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 23, 2023
• 3
• gooty sapphire ornamental gooty sapphire ornamental tarantula metallica molt p metallica poecilotheria poecilotheria metallica post-molt sling

I've actually had this sling for quite a while, but never had a good excuse to upload it until...

 

[Wolfram1]

Nice Gallery, thx for sharing.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Anihan has been pretty active and in hunting mode ever since her molt (I've expected her to become a lot bolder after this molt from her two previous molts with me), but unfortunately she basically never uses her forward-facing hide entrance (as seen just above the right bottom corner in the below image) anymore and lurks behind the cork round just outside of a well-hidden entrance 24/7; a shame, because she's colored up further since her last molt and is probably well over 4" by now.

She was especially active tonight, but aside from her legs this brief underside shot is the most I've been able to see of her:



And this P. everetti sling has the opposite problem-it's become so bold (to the point of outright abandoning its hide and staying out for hours, in fact even as I'm typing this) that I'm wondering if something has gone wrong with its hide.

Out and About in New Clothes

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 23, 2023
• everetti ornithoctoninae phormingochilus phormingochilus everetti sling

This sling has become very visible after its recent molt, and in spite of having eaten twice...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

P. regalis juvenile (now definitely a juvenile) joins the list of newly molted Ts in my care:

Yet another molt in my collection

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 27, 2023
• indian ornamental indian ornamental tarantula molt poecilotheria poecilotheria regalis post-molt regalis

I expected this one to molt somewhat earlier, but it did end up joining the ongoing Molt...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

How to cheat at rehousing

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Mar 28, 2023
• 2
• indian ornamental indian ornamental tarantula juvenile p. regalis poecilotheria poecilotheria regalis regalis rehousing

This juvenile was probably in need of a rehouse even before its recent molt and definitely needs...

 

[bunnythetarantula]

Pretty

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

There have been three molts (one unexpectedly fast, two long-awaited) in the past few days. Only the unexpected molt was photographable:

Molt imminent

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 3, 2023
• molt molting molting mat pamphobeteus sling theraphosinae

I've had T after T molt within the past few weeks, and this one decided to do so sooner than I...

New growth

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 3, 2023
• 2
• molt pamphobeteus theraphosinae

Despite me kicking myself in the head for missing a live feeder cricket, the molt ended up going...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

The newly molted Phan Cays and one of several new additions to the collection:

Fine I've molted

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 11, 2023
• 3
• juvenile ornithoctoninae

This is the same juvenile that I complained about not molting before. Note the orange setae...

Purple Legs

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 11, 2023
• juvenile ornithoctoninae

My other Ornithoctoninae sp. "Phan Cay Blue" juvenile, even more recently molted than the last...

One of three

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 11, 2023
• heteroscodra heteroscodra maculata hmac maculata ornamental baboon sling togo starburst baboon togo starburst tarantula

One of three Hmac slings I picked up the past week, rehoused the previous day. I have a hunch...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

I find my ornata slings to be some of my most watchable Ts.

A giant in the making

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 12, 2023
• 4
• fringed ornamental tarantula ornata p. ornata poecilotheria poecilotheria ornata pre-molt sling

The largest of my ornata slings. My smallest (from a different sac) ornata sling has molted...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

This sling has since been rehoused (and has reverted to the usual geniculata gluttony):

In need of a rehouse

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 18, 2023
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata brazilian white knee geniculata giant white knee molt post-molt sling theraphosinae white knee

After the second molt this sling has had in my care, it really needs a bigger deli. Can't wait...

Another post molt glutton:

Return to Gluttony

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 25, 2023
• eating feeding ornithoctoninae

This is the same juvenile I've posted re: ventral sexing. It has gotten rid of much of the...

And a new molt from today:

Ahead of the curve

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Apr 25, 2023
• 2
• fringed ornamental tarantula molt ornata poecilotheria poecilotheria ornata sling

One of my ornata slings molted and is one again the undisputed largest of my P. ornata slings...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

For the first time in months, the Queen makes a full-body daylight appearance.

The Queen Returns

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 3, 2023
• 2
• ornithoctoninae saf

I've actually seen Anihan on a daily basis for the past month, but only her toes (and...

Hard to think she was a 1.5" juvenile just eight months ago.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Back in Black (and orange)

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 6, 2023
• 4
• feeding irminia p. irminia post-molt psalmo psalmopoeus psalmopoeus irminia suntiger tarantula venezuelan suntiger venezuelan suntiger tarantula

This sling caught me unawares by molting out of sight even though I've specifically been on the...

Sacmates who molt together shouldn't live together

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 5, 2023
• c. lividus cobalt blue cobalt blue tarantula cyriopagopus cyriopagopus lividus haplopelma haplopelma lividum lividus molt ornithoctoninae

One of my 4 C. lividus slings (3 sacmates and a freebie I got from another breeder) has just...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

The lone Tapie of my collection:

Finally out of 2nd instar

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 7, 2023
• caribbean diamond molt post-molt rasti sling tapinauchenius tapinauchenius rasti

One of my relatively few freebies, and formerly one of my smallest Ts, this sling has had such a...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Rehoused this one yesterday, I don't expect to see it for another two weeks at least.

The Hermit

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 13, 2023
• juvenile lampropelma violaceopes omothymus omothymus violaceopes ornithoctoninae rehousing singapore blue tarantula violaceopes

Today's rehouse was the first time in half a year of seeing more than the legs of my juvenile O...

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Crazy how a single enclosure change can completely alter a T's behavior.

Less of a Hermit

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 29, 2023
• juvenile lampropelma violaceopes omothymus omothymus violaceopes ornithoctoninae singapore blue tarantula violaceopes

I've seen more of this T in the past three weeks than in the preceding six months. Still just as...

And the molts continue (I've had a flurry of molts recently, but this is the only one I've photographed)

A significant size boost

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• May 31, 2023
• 3
• a. genic acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata brazilian whiteknee tarantula geniculata molt post-molt white knee

The third molt in my care from this sling.

0.0.1 Acanthoscurria geniculata

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

The molts keep coming and they don't stop coming (also, the second pic is the first image I've taken of my Thrixopelma)

The race to 4" DLS

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Jun 5, 2023
• 7
• juvenile molt pamphobeteus theraphosinae

Warm weather + naturally fast-growing T genus = massive size boost less than a month after the...

Shiny new clothes

• CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy
• Jun 5, 2023
• molt sling theraphosinae thrixopelma

First molt in my care.

0.0.1 (out of 0.0.3) Thrixopelma sp. "Sullana"