Grammostola species available in the hobby

[pbenner]

Don't get my hopes up .......

I felt the SAME WAY. The only one that felt good about them not being there was my Credit Card. :/

lol

 

[Colorado Ts]

My only experience with the Grammostola genus has been through the species G. pulchripes...I have 1 sling at about 1.75" to 2". Not much for the contents of this thread, but it is such a cool spider...I've really enjoyed having this little guy. Has not moulted for me yet; but it has stopped eating recently and the abdomen is nice and shiny and getting darker...so maybe soon. Then I'll know if I've got a male or a female.

I'd really like to get a few more of them and add a group of Grammostola pulchra as well. I have Grammostola iheringi on my list to acquire. By the end of summer I should have nice groups of these three species.

 

[pbenner]

That's exactly where I started back into the hobby after my first horrible failure, was a G. pulchripes sling. It is now grown to nearly 3" and should be easily sexed after next molt. I bought (5) more and got a freebie so have a total of 7 pulchripes currently.

A few more pulchras are on my list too.

 

[weibkreux]

So far these are what I have:

• 0.1 G. porteri
• 0.2 G. rosea
• 0.2 G. pulchripes
• 0.1 G. actaeon
• 0.0.1 G. pulchra

I'm kinda having regrets not buying the juvenile female G. grossa.

 

[Swagg]

Don't get my hopes up .......

lol I thought we were talking about the death maul, got the genus mixed up

 

[Vanessa]

I'm kinda having regrets not buying the juvenile female G. grossa.

One of my favourite species of all time - I have a male and female, but the male has always been this tiny runt of a dude. I'm not sure what is going on with him. My female is absolutely glorious and I adore her.

 

[Theneil]

I looked into this from Martin. He told me my order would need to be 2,000$ min.

Is that Tarantulas Canada? I will check and see. but i don’t remember Canadian prices being low enough to drop that kinda cash. Euro imports i have, but IIRC Canadian prices are closer to US prices than european prices, butnif i am wrong maybe i can make it happen, got a couple other importation projects i need to work on first though...

 

[weibkreux]

One of my favourite species of all time - I have a male and female, but the male has always been this tiny runt of a dude. I'm not sure what is going on with him. My female is absolutely glorious and I adore her.

Makes me regret it more but the opportunity came at the wrong time. I got other more important expenses at the moment. Btw, how big can they get? And are they slow growers like other Grammos or medium grower like actaeon?

 

[Vanessa]

Makes me regret it more but the opportunity came at the wrong time. I got other more important expenses at the moment. Btw, how big can they get? And are they slow growers like other Grammos or medium grower like actaeon?

Apparently they get big - over 7". My girl is about 4-4.5" right now. Faster grower like iheringi and actaeon.

 

[Jmanbeing93]

Any news on the availability of Grammostola alticeps? They seem almost unheard of lately.

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Any news on the availability of Grammostola alticeps? They seem almost unheard of lately.

Here's the situation:
Grammostola alticeps is a valid species, but no one really knows what it looks like. That is because, on a science basis, its description is old and all of its types might be lost or useless to be analyzed.

That said, the mess in the pet started when someone got a Grammostola and introduced it as G. alticeps in the hobby, regardless if one knew about the science basis, it was wrong.

What pet trade have as G. alticeps is in fact, G. anthracina.

 

[Jmanbeing93]

Here's the situation:
Grammostola alticeps is a valid species, but no one really knows what it looks like. That is because, on a science basis, its description is old and all of its types might be lost or useless to be analyzed.

That said, the mess in the pet started when someone got a Grammostola and introduced it as G. alticeps in the hobby, regardless if one knew about the science basis, it was wrong.

What pet trade have as G. alticeps is in fact, G. anthracina.

We still hardly ever see G. anthracina for sale as well, is possible to get this tarantula? Wouldn't it be something if alticeps never existed?

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

We still hardly ever see G. anthracina for sale as well, is possible to get this tarantula? Wouldn't it be something if alticeps never existed?

I don't know about G. anthracina availability, currently, tbh. In the past, I know there were plenty of them named as G. alticeps in the hobby, don't knoe what happened, though.

It's not that G. alticeps never existed, at some point of Grammostola's history, someone named an individual scientifically as G. alticeps, the problem is, which was this individual? Nowadays, would it be considered an actual G. alticeps? Or it was wrongly named at that time and the species is a synonym of other? Or was it an actual Grammostola?

Got it? Since the conditions of the type material of this species remains a mistery, no one can answer these questions (and many others).

 

[Jmanbeing93]

I don't know about G. anthracina availability, currently, tbh. In the past, I know there were plenty of them named as G. alticeps in the hobby, don't knoe what happened, though.

It's not that G. alticeps never existed, at some point of Grammostola's history, someone named an individual scientifically as G. alticeps, the problem is, which was this individual? Nowadays, would it be considered an actual G. alticeps? Or it was wrongly named at that time and the species is a synonym of other? Or was it an actual Grammostola?

Got it? Since the conditions of the type material of this species remains a mistery, no one can answer these questions (and many others).

I see, that is indeed a big mess. What's the story with G.grossa, is that also a similar situation?

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

I see, that is indeed a big mess. What's the story with G.grossa, is that also a similar situation?

Here's a thread I made last year, it is really messy, indeed.

G. grossa x G. iheringi.

Really long text below. Before I start this, let me clear up a few things: 1- This wasnt something created/invented/noticed by hobbysts. A couple researchers noticed it after re-reading the currently articles on the genus. 2- This thread wasnt created to take offense at any person not even to...

arachnoboards.com

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Since this thread is back, here're some I'm familiar with.

Note: The names of the species are different, that's how I learned and how I've been keeping them. No worries, though, you won't have to change your labels.

Grammostola actaeon


Grammostola anthracina (Hobby G. alticeps)


Grammostola iheringi (Hobby G. grossa)


Grammostola pulchra


Grammostola pulchripes (Hobby G. aureostriata)


Grammostola quirogai (Hobby G. pulchra)


Grammostola rosea (Hobby G. porteri)


Grammostola rosea


Grammostola sp. "Entre Rios" (Hobby G. iheringi)


Grammostola sp. "Formosa"

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Last ones.

Grammostola sp. (Hobby G. grossa)


Grammostola vachoni (Hobby G. chalcothrix)

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Also, other two species I've seen in the hobby already were G. mendozae and G. doeringi, but this was about 10yrs ago and they vanished. There was a rumour that G. andreleetzi also reached pet trade at a time in the past, however, I've never seen one in person so I can't confirm wether it was one or another Grammostola species.

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

I'm not the "Grammostola Groupie" for nothing. The only ones I don't have, since they are extremely rare in Canada, are Grammostola anthracina, sp.Maule and sp.North (or Northern Gold).
Grammostola sp. Concepcion

Grammostola sp. Concepcion Mature Male

• Vanessa
• Jan 3, 2020
• 1
• grammostola grammostola sp. "concepción" male mature mature male sp. "concepción"

Darling little dude.

Grammostola sp. Formosa

Grammostola sp. Formosa Juvenile Female

• Vanessa
• Nov 26, 2019
• 1
• female grammostola grammostola sp. "formosa" juvenile juvenile female sp. "formosa"

Freshly moulted and looking fabulous!

Grammostola pulchripes

Grammostola pulchripes Adult Female

• Vanessa
• Nov 20, 2019
• 4
• adult adult female chaco golden knee tarantula female grammostola grammostola aureostriata grammostola pulchripes mature female pulchripes

Still waiting for this girl to moult. I think I've missed my chance to breed her.

Grammostola rosea

Grammostola rosea Juvenile Male

• Vanessa
• Nov 14, 2019
• chilean rose tarantula grammostola grammostola cala grammostola rosea juvenile juvenile male male rose hair tarantula rosea

I have two of these tykes and both have turned out to be male. I usually have better luck with...

Grammostola porteri

Grammostola porteri Adult Female - ~5"

• Vanessa
• Jul 22, 2019
• 4
• adult adult female female grammostola grammostola porteri mature female porteri rose hair tarantula

Shoving all of her plastic plants into her hide... as usual.

Grammostola grossa

Grammostola grossa Sub-Adult Female

• Vanessa
• Nov 10, 2019
• 6
• female grammostola grammostola grossa grosphus grossa moult pampas tawny red tarantula pampas tawnyred tarantula sub-adult subadult female

Freshly moulted.

Grammostola iheringi

Grammostola iheringi Sub-Adult Female - ~4"

• Vanessa
• Sep 23, 2019
• 1
• argentinean black tarantula entre rios tarantula female grammostola grammostola iheringi iheringi sub-adult subadult female

Freshly moulted girl - her exuvia measured 4". Definitely already leggier than my actaeon at...

Grammostola actaeon

Grammostola actaeon Sub-Adult Female - ~5"

• Vanessa
• Jul 15, 2019
• actaeon brazilian redrump tarantula brazilian wooly black tarantula female grammostola grammostola actaeon sub-adult subadult female

Freshly moulted and it looks like my girl will still be sporting the red abdomen for a while longer.

And last, but never least, Grammostola pulchra

Grammostola pulchra Juvenile Female - ~3"

• Vanessa
• Jul 18, 2019
• 5
• brazilian black tarantula female grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

Raven, freshly moulted and looking stunning.

that’s not a a Grammostola sp. “Concepción”. G. porteri mature male yes. Yours does not have the pink chelicerae or the disc shape on the metatarsals to be “Concepción”.

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

that’s not a a Grammostola sp. “Concepción”. G. porteri mature male yes. Yours does not have the pink chelicerae or the disc shape on the metatarsals to be “Concepción”.

They are all rosea.