E.pachypus

[paul fleming]

Have not seen this out for ages.....tis late though
Along with C.marshalli,I think these are the most under rated spiders around.
Hope you like

 

[Tindalos]

so are these "feather legs"?
first time ive seen them
its a beautiful spider,
i gotta check em out,
nice pic btw

 

[Redneck]

Ohhh!! I like!!

 

[Ariel]

Man I really want one of these!

 

[paul fleming]

It is known as a featherleg baboon but you have to be careful using common names because I have also seen C.calceatum called a featherleg too.
Be a bit of a surprise if you got a C.cal instead of the pachypus.....lmao
Glad you like

 

[Ariel]

It is known as a featherleg baboon but you have to be careful using common names because I have also seen C.calceatum called a featherleg too.
Glad you like

I thought it was stoutleg baboon...I dunno, I'm more familiar with scientific.

 

[paul fleming]

I thought it was stoutleg baboon...I dunno, I'm more familiar with scientific.

Again,common names for you.
It is mainly known as a stout leg but as I have said.....I have seen them called featherleg too.
This is the reason common names are frowned upon in the hobby......with good reason too.

 

[skippy]

i was under the impression that the "featherleg baboon" was S calceatum and the "stoutleg baboon" was the E pachypus... either way, it's an incredibly cool little T. i picked one up from kenthebugguy today at the sfbats meeting in concord for a pittance! i was thrilled! it's the only baboon spider i've ever handled

 

[Mack&Cass]

E. pachypus are fantastic. We've got a mature female (with absolutely no luck finding a MM) and she's the chillest T we have. She's more handleable than our Brachys and Gramms. I know this isn't true for all E. pachypus, I think it's because she hasn't established a burrow yet. The guy we got her from said she never burrowed with him either, so she's just weird, I guess. I really wish we could find a MM but by the looks of it, that's never going to happen, haha.

Cass

 

[skippy]

apparently it's pretty easy to tell the difference when they mature: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tarantula.store/E.pachypus.htm

i'm glad to know that on the off chance i got an IM that he won't lack for dates:}

 

[paul fleming]

E. pachypus are fantastic. We've got a mature female (with absolutely no luck finding a MM) and she's the chillest T we have. She's more handleable than our Brachys and Gramms. I know this isn't true for all E. pachypus, I think it's because she hasn't established a burrow yet. The guy we got her from said she never burrowed with him either, so she's just weird, I guess. I really wish we could find a MM but by the looks of it, that's never going to happen, haha.

Cass

How big is she ?
My girl was bought as a sling about 7 months or so ago.

 

[Mack&Cass]

apparently it's pretty easy to tell the difference when they mature: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tarantula.store/E.pachypus.htm

i'm glad to know that on the off chance i got an IM that he won't lack for dates:}

Yeah apparently the problem is that since E. pachypus is mostly WC (in Canada anyway), mature males are almost never collected because of the reason you stated: they look ridiculously different. One of the suppliers here had a sac with them like 5 years ago, but haven't received any feedback as to whether anyone has any males. We've made it clear that we need a male, but that's one of the things that suck about the Canadian hobby: it's harder to find more uncommon species. I think everyone I know in the Canadian hobby that has an E. pachypus has a female.

I think She-Ra may have to go dateless forever. Poor girl, haha.

Sorry to kind of derail your thread, Paul. Yours is gorgeous

Cass

 

[paul fleming]

Yeah apparently the problem is that since E. pachypus is mostly WC (in Canada anyway), mature males are almost never collected because of the reason you stated: they look ridiculously different. One of the suppliers here had a sac with them like 5 years ago, but haven't received any feedback as to whether anyone has any males. We've made it clear that we need a male, but that's one of the things that suck about the Canadian hobby: it's harder to find more uncommon species. I think everyone I know in the Canadian hobby that has an E. pachypus has a female.

I think She-Ra may have to go dateless forever. Poor girl, haha.

Sorry to kind of derail your thread, Paul. Yours is gorgeous

Cass

no worries

 

[Tindalos]

i never knew the binomial name, i knew they were called feather/stout leg, ive seen pictures of them but never the uhhh fluff part.
but now i know.

 

[Mvskokee]

very very high on my want list

 

[Teal]

SUCH an awesome T! I can't believe I got rid of the one I had, way back when

I used to handle that one, too... Very calm and workable!

 

[Moltar]

I really like these lil guys too. I have two adult females that a friend sold me whan he finally gave up on finding a male. In spite of their very cool anatomical distinctiveness (long fluffy back legs, beautiful, subtle olive hues, etc) I find them to be kind of pet holes. They're kind of boring IMO. That said, I'd never sell them.

I did find a MM a few years ago at the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show in the LLL Reptiles booth. It was labeled "Hairy Legged Baboon" so I spent a while trying to ID it. In the end I sent it to another user here, an experienced breeder, but it didn't bear fruit. I believe the female molted and the male didn't make it to have another chance. He was mature when I got him so time was pretty limited.

 

[Arachnoholic420]

Gorgeous beauty... Paul...are the back legs actually burgendy in colour?

 

[Abby]

:drool: Ahh I want one!

 

[paul fleming]

Gorgeous beauty... Paul...are the back legs actually burgendy in colour?

No,they are a browny colour......trick of the lighting i'm afraid although there are shades of other colours too on the back leg hairs.
Just have to get one and see for yourself......lol
very nice though all the same.....one of my favs.