Dolichothele diamantinensis?

[Jokesonmeow]

I’m super intrigued by this dwarf species. What experience level would you rate this little beauties? I see that they are relatively new to the hobby, and rather pricey. I’m still learning sling care with my other babies. How is sling care in comparison to more “beginner friendly” species?

I read a previous thread about them, but that was posted a year ago. Any new information anyone wants to share?

 

[Ungoliant]

I’m super intrigued by this dwarf species. What experience level would you rate this little beauties?

Intermediate due to their speed and sometimes feisty disposition.

Dolichothele diamantinensis Threat Pose (♂ 2.25")

• Ungoliant
• Apr 6, 2017
• brazilian blue dwarf tarantula brazilian blue tarantula diamantinensis dolichothele dolichothele diamantinensis juvenile male male oligoxystre diamantinensis threat wallflower

"It's more afraid of you than you are of it." (He made this threat pose when I nudged his...

I’m still learning sling care with my other babies. How is sling care in comparison to more “beginner friendly” species?

Care is pretty easy. Make parts of the substrate slightly damp, and give it lots of anchor points for webbing.

 

[boina]

I think they are do-able for a beginner because care is pretty easy and straight forward: Go easy on the moisture (not too much!) and more important than a hide are webbing anchors. Mine has always been shunning her hide in favor of her selfmade web tunnel. They are fast and a bit skittish, though, like practically every dwarf.

I got mine as one of my first tarantulas without having a clue what I was getting. I went to this guy to buy my A. genic and he was like: Look at this one, isn't it nice and colorful? Don't you want it? Come on, you know you want it! - So I got it. He gave me basic care information but never mentioned anything about fast and skittish... I was lucky, though, mine is more laid back than most and never gave me any trouble.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

What experience level would you rate this little beauties?

Intermediate, they're bloody quick and can have a temper on them.

 

[aphono]

I'd say easy-ish. Mine is calmer(less reactive) than H. incei. No aggression/defensiveness- surprised at mention of this from others but then I've had only exactly one. It IS fast when it wants to be.

Agree, skip a hide and just give lots of anchor points. Give a lot of height, mine webbed its cube all the way to top and made several layers of tunnels through the whole thing. I used thin loopy, twisty vine?twigs? intended for florist use(pictured below), spider acted as if that was made specifically for it. So maybe use twigs, fake plants instead of cork bark/more solid objects for this species.

Mine never showed any inclination to dig.. the only thing it had to do with substrate was to lay down a molting pad on top of it.

Seems to need some moisture.. it did not look too good when the substrate got dry twice(was away from home & it's a very dry climate here). I didn't notice any stress when the whole substrate was moist. Easy to deal with that though- keep part of the substrate moist(one corner or one side) and the water dish full.

Beautiful colors early on.

This picture was taken shortly after rehousing. First thing it did was make a vertical tunnel up a corner. After that, it continually webbed through the whole cube from top to bottom.

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[dmac]

Fed my girlfriend's little one this evening while she was out. Pretty chill individual from what I've seen. Haven't experienced the speed yet. Really nice looking spiders and I really like the webbing.

 

[Venomgland]

Pretty easy IMO and I didn't think the price was to bad either. I bought a female from FearNot for 80 bucks.

 

[awiec]

I got two from trading a few slings from last year's breeding project and the only thing you need to watch for is the skittishness. Most of the time they will retreat into their web maze but occasionally they hug the edge of the lid making feeding difficult. I'd suggest just offering them prekilled crickets until they get about .75 inches, after that they will take down crickets their own body size. It also takes some time for colors to show up, one has just recently started showing colors. Overall they are just like any dwarf species, fast, skittish but surprisingly bold at times.

 

[viper69]

I’m super intrigued by this dwarf species. What experience level would you rate this little beauties? I see that they are relatively new to the hobby, and rather pricey. I’m still learning sling care with my other babies. How is sling care in comparison to more “beginner friendly” species?

I read a previous thread about them, but that was posted a year ago. Any new information anyone wants to share?

I too feel they require a bit more moisture than I typically give out. That aside I see no one has told you about their BEST feature, aside from being BLUE.....they lack urticating setae!!!!

They are very much a mini-GBB in behavior and appetite.