H. minax Breeding Attempt#1

[mcliff1]

Well - we experienced our first breeding attempt last night with our pair of H. minax. After the male spent 1 hour walking around her cage - waiting for her to come out from her hide, the big event lasted approximately 25 seconds! The male made his escape at the end, which was easy because the female stood their massaging her opisthosoma area with two of her back legs. I was so excited, that half the video I took is out of focus (Thats what happens when you stop looking at the camcorder and start watching the action instead ) Hopefully this event will lead to a sac!

 

[seanbond]

I tried to breeding these at the end of last yr but the female molted and the male died on me. who id it as a minax male? u got pix, some of those male haplos look very similar, good luck!!!

 

[mcliff1]

They came to me as a breeding pair. The only pic I have of the male is on the myspace link (pics section), or in the Questions section of Arachnoboards under the Spermweb or Tank Decoration post.

 

[Rochelle]

Awesome!!!
What are you going to do with your MM, now?

If no one has dibs yet; we could use him.
Our girl just molted!
Pm me if you're interested!

 

[GartenSpinnen]

Wait.... as in "Haplopelma" minax? Why the hell would you want to breed those!?! J/K... good luck!;P

 

[seanbond]

Yeah i could use him after her wanna make sure its the rit male, you got pix of the female?

 

[mcliff1]

Wait.... as in "Haplopelma" minax? Why the hell would you want to breed those!?! J/K... good luck!;P

Why breed H. minax?!?!?! Because it is one of the greatest looking Ts that you hardly ever see of course!

 

[mcliff1]

Yeah i could use him after her wanna make sure its the rit male, you got pix of the female?

Only pic I have of the female -

 

[syndicate]

Thats a nice female there.I'm Wondering mabey it might possibley be sp."Vietnam" or sp."Vonwirthi"?To make things even more confusing I guesse its thought those may just be a regional form of H.minax.Does your female have black or tan spinnerets?
heres a shot of one of my minax girl.

and heres sp."Vietnam" (young adult)

Notice the Vietnam species has more tanish spinnerets and also more pronounced striation on the legs.Supposedly minax ranges from Vietnam to Thailand so whether or not these are dif variants of the same species or new species we wont know until some papers are published.Contact Soren or Volker and they can prob help you ID your spiders alot better than me!
-Chris

 

[seanbond]

mcliff1 looks like you got a "vietnam" still very nice too..

 

[bliss]

Thats a nice female there.I'm Wondering mabey it might possibley be sp."Vietnam" or sp."Vonwirthi"?To make things even more confusing I guesse its thought those may just be a regional form of H.minax.Does your female have black or tan spinnerets?
heres a shot of one of my minax girl.

and heres sp."Vietnam" (young adult)

Notice the Vietnam species has more tanish spinnerets and also more pronounced striation on the legs.Supposedly minax ranges from Vietnam to Thailand so whether or not these are dif variants of the same species or new species we wont know until some papers are published.Contact Soren or Volker and they can prob help you ID your spiders alot better than me!
-Chris

Chris.. thanks for bringing this up. i was about to ask to see pics, because minax, at least the real one, is rare here. i wanted to ask before... but i didn't want to cause any arguments

-dan-

 

[mcliff1]

mcliff1 looks like you got a "vietnam" still very nice too..

If she is a Sp. Vietnam....I wonder what the male is that I am breeding her with! Guess I should get a pic of him up here!

 

[Topcat1]

The stridulating organs are different between H. minax and H. vonwirthi suggesting they're different species

 

[Topcat1]

Ok, I need more coffee, my brain entered vonwirthi where it says sp. vietnam

 

[syndicate]

Im pretty sure sp.vonwirthi/Vietnam are the same thing.Whatever H.vonwirthi is tho it was improperly described by schmidt so we will have to wait for a revision to find out what in fact this species actually is!
-Chris

 

[Scolopendra777]

I Hope there is an egg sack more tarantulas , , Iv got a H.Minax Myns a nasty little bugger