Dave's little beasties comments about captive bred G. Pulchra

[AphonopelmaTX]

For the T. blondi , wasn't it the T. blondi Surinam locality at the time? Compared to the one that came before that which was the T. Blondi French Guiana, it is indeed smaller.

Andrew Smith's documentary on Theraphosa blondi has since then clarified that the T. blondi we thought was just a locality from Surinam is indeed a different species and we're just waiting for the publication. It's going to be called Theraphosa surinamensis. In the documentary, it was mentioned that the species to be T. surinamensis is definitely smaller in size and has much more setae on its legs.

I have no idea what country anything sold as Theraphosa blondi came from at any given time. None of the people I bought mine from told me what the country of origin was of the spiderlings. My two smaller-than-expected T. blondi males are in jars of alcohol so when new descriptions are published I have the material to compare with.

 

[Brewser]

Like Daves Little Beasties it is Enjoyable Entertainment.
Like with All Things, Take Some & Leave Some.

 

[TheraMygale]

I know they are being bred. But to me, an easy species to breed, is a species that is plentiful available, and cheap. Being bred by many folks, not just certain breeders/dealers.

a 3/4” is 75$ CAD here, and 1.5”, 250$ CAD.

i can also understand if there are g quirogai and g pulchra on the market, it might not be as successful, then two of the same. Even if it were possible to breed between both, i wouldn’t want to buy that. No matter the price.

i want a g “black calm pet rock”, that i can identify as pulchra or quirogai, when i buy it. Not a hybrid.

i don’t have issues with Dave’s comments on the breeding of this species. I understand why some are irked by it.

it can be possible, that there are still wild egg sacs and adults being smuggled, even if its banned.

at this point, with the the rapidness that the forest is being chopped down in south america, they should lift the export ban. All the tarantulas in the areas to be deforested, could be exported and create revenue for the country. Legal or not, smuggling will still happen.

 

[A guy]

I know they are being bred. But to me, an easy species to breed, is a species that is plentiful available, and cheap. Being bred by many folks, not just certain breeders/dealers.

a 3/4” is 75$ CAD here, and 1.5”, 250$ CAD.

They're definitely still a bit pricey, in no way rare since you can buy one whenever you want.

 

[TheraMygale]

They're definitely still a bit pricey, in no way rare since you can buy one whenever you want.

i agree: they are not “rare”. I am very happy they are available. When i can afford one, i know i will be able to get one. And i trust the dealer for quality.

i just don’t think the price matches availability, like nhandu color or davus pentaloris.

the price feels like a t seladonia, or D sp Panama Lava.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

I know they are being bred. But to me, an easy species to breed, is a species that is plentiful available, and cheap. Being bred by many folks, not just certain breeders/dealers.

a 3/4” is 75$ CAD here, and 1.5”, 250$ CAD.

i can also understand if there are g quirogai and g pulchra on the market, it might not be as successful, then two of the same. Even if it were possible to breed between both, i wouldn’t want to buy that. No matter the price.

i want a g “black calm pet rock”, that i can identify as pulchra or quirogai, when i buy it. Not a hybrid.

i don’t have issues with Dave’s comments on the breeding of this species. I understand why some are irked by it.

it can be possible, that there are still wild egg sacs and adults being smuggled, even if its banned.

at this point, with the the rapidness that the forest is being chopped down in south america, they should lift the export ban. All the tarantulas in the areas to be deforested, could be exported and create revenue for the country. Legal or not, smuggling will still happen.

I honestly can't understand the prices over there, it is so cheap over here, there is a guy in the UK selling a full collection including adult female G Pulchra 10 T's total 6 female including the Pulchra for £400 ($515) including there enclosures. I asked to get them posted but he's only willing to let them go on collection or they would be mine by now.

 

[A guy]

I honestly can't understand the prices over there, it is so cheap over here, there is a guy in the UK selling a full collection including adult female G Pulchra 10 T's total 6 female including the Pulchra for £400 ($515) including there enclosures. I asked to get them posted but he's only willing to let them go on collection or they would be mine by now.

Because everything we have is imported. Canada has no large scale breeders like in Europe. Plus, they have an actual store, not just a website. So they need to cover the costs for everything

 

[TheraMygale]

Because everything we have is imported. Canada has no large scale breeders like in Europe. Plus, they have an actual store, not just a website. So they need to cover the costs for everything

the import kills us. I guess we need to start breeding more tarantulas now.

i am totaly up for participating in breeding more tarantulas. I don’t mind if i only do the easy ones. But I think we have enough people, in Canada, who are “Bug” crazy.

i don’t even want money. Just to be part of it would be nice. Dealers can get my slings or egg sacs.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Because everything we have is imported. Canada has no large scale breeders like in Europe. Plus, they have an actual store, not just a website. So they need to cover the costs for everything

You are a whole country just like the UK. We have the same import and export laws as we are no longer part of the EU. Yet we still have readily available T's that are a lot cheaper than US Ts and Canada. Nowhere compares to Europe though, places like Germany and Poland have some of the cheapest prices I've seen. I wish I could still order from there. All of these places do not have any native Tarantulas too, and are selling American native species cheaper than what they are in there homeland.

 

[A guy]

You are a whole country just like the UK. We have the same import and export laws as we are no longer part of the EU. Yet we still have readily available T's that are a lot cheaper than US Ts and Canada. Nowhere compares to Europe though, places like Germany and Poland have some of the cheapest prices I've seen. I wish I could still order from there. All of these places do not have any native Tarantulas too, and are selling American native species cheaper than what they are in there homeland.

Like I mentioned before, Canada is basically breeding nothing, everything is imported. Main reason

 

[Arachnophobphile]

There's only a few NW terrestrials that are all uniformally jet black as adults one being G. pulchra. G. quirogai is all black as adults.

I think there is an Aphonopelma that's all black but not sure if it's the same jet black as pulchra. There's a couple more I'm not remembering.

P. irminia doesn't count as it's whole body and legs are not jet black

Even among OW's there's a few arboreals that are all black.

The appeal of these T's is the all black appearance.