David Beard's Pic Thread!

[Beardo]

Heres some spider pics....enjoy!

Poecilotheria pederseni sling:

Freshly molted Pterinochilus murinus sling:

Brachypelma emilia sling:

Avicularia versicolor sling:

Brachypelma boehmei sling:

Pamphobeteus platyomma juvenile:

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens sling:

Tapinauchenius gigas sling:

Lasiodora parahybana sling:

Haplopelma lividum sling:

 

[ChrisNCT]

Those don't look like animals with scales? ;P

 

[Beardo]

I know, I know lol....I guess I'm swinging back towards inverts again. Can't get 'em out of my system lol.

 

[Boanerges]

Nice pics and I guess a welcome back (I am out of the loop, I take it you got out of T's for awhile?).

 

[P. Novak]

I feel ya David; I got out of inverts about a year ago, and still find an itch needing to be scratched. I recently purchased 3 more, but still seem to need more. Nice additions!

 

[Beardo]

Nice pics and I guess a welcome back (I am out of the loop, I take it you got out of T's for awhile?).

Yeah, for a while....but I can't seem to get these bugs out of my system lol.

 

[Beardo]

Heres a few pics of my juvenile female C. fasciatum...

 

[KJE]

Oooh, she's pretty!

 

[Beardo]

Nhandu coloratovillosus:

Grammastola rosea:

Paraphysa scrofa:

Hysterocrates gigas:

Chilobrachys huahini:

 

[Beardo]

Last night I had to feed and rehouse a bunch of spiders, so I took the opportunity to take some pics....

Mexican Red Rump (B. vagans):

G. rosea:

C. huahini:

C. crawshayi:

Last, but definitely not least, is what has quickly become the favorite spider in my collection....a subadult female Tawny Baboon (Hysterocrates gigas) that I got in trade last month....she is very active, is easily the best looking example of her species I have come across and to top it all off she is hands down the most docile Old World spider I have ever had.....I have no doubt I could free-handle her with zero problems if I wanted to (**as a disclaimer I would like to point out that I never advocate the free-handling of any venomous animal, be it a spider, scorpion or snake!**)...

At one point during my photo session, she casually walked up to my camera lens (since it is a macro, I have to get fairly close for the really detailed pictures) and reached out and placed her two front legs on the front of the lens, as if she were putting her arms on the shoulder of a long-time friend....it was one of the more comical things I have seen one of my tarantulas do....I had a nice chuckle to myself over it (yes, I'm a dork, I know!).

And here is the H. gigas "waiving goodbye" from her enclosure, lol...

 

[Jackal6666666]

Very Nice PICS!!!!

 

[thedude]

i'm in love with your H. gigas. VERY nice pics!

 

[Nokturnal1980]

Love that Scrofa picture.

 

[Beardo]

Heres a few of my adult female P. murinus...

 

[_Lange]

now why would you want to get these bugs out of your system!?? im jk. But yea man, VERY nice pics. I so wish i had a good camera with a macro lens