Hello!! HUGE fan of Aphonopelmas

[Ratmosphere]

$300 for a small size you will have to wait YEARS for to see adult coloration.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

My moderatum is a big fan of digging down and burying herself for a while.

Just like my A. bicoloratum. It's been underground in it's burrow since I received it last December 2023. It was 1 inch when I got it and it's molted. I can see it on the side at the bottom. It's a chunky little sling.

No matter how long it stays underground it will not compare to my Pseudhapalopus sp blue. That T remained underground for four years until it emerged as a mature male.

Need to add I got that as a 1/16 of an inch sling so it's understandable why four years underground

 

[Matt Man]

Just like my A. bicoloratum. It's been underground in it's burrow since I received it last December 2023. It was 1 inch when I got it and it's molted. I can see it on the side at the bottom. It's a chunky little sling.

No matter how long it stays underground it will not compare to my Pseudhapalopus sp blue. That T remained underground for four years until it emerged as a mature male.

Need to add I got that as a 1/16 of an inch sling so it's understandable why four years underground

and mine has no way to access food or water. She barricades herself in

$300 for a small size you will have to wait YEARS for to see adult coloration.

I know a guy who I breeding them. I sw his AFs in person and to be honest I wasn't all that blown away. Like a fluffier GBB but the fluff tends to mute the color.

 

[l4nsky]

I know a guy who I breeding them. I sw his AFs in person and to be honest I wasn't all that blown away. Like a fluffier GBB but the fluff tends to mute the color.

As in attempting to breed or successfully reproducing 2i?

 

[Matt Man]

As in attempting to breed or successfully reproducing 2i?

I think he's producing. He has at least 3 AFs and is waiting for his next male to mature. He's down here in SoCal I typically see him at shows, he's also part of the steindachneri project that I belong to.
We were both getting feeders and he had some of his AFs with him. I'm guessing a good number of the slings that have been at retailers came from his brood.

 

[l4nsky]

I think he's producing. He has at least 3 AFs and is waiting for his next male to mature. He's down here in SoCal I typically see him at shows, he's also part of the steindachneri project that I belong to.
We were both getting feeders and he had some of his AFs with him. I'm guessing a good number of the slings that have been at retailers came from his brood.

That's sort of what I was trying to determine as I'd love to know details to see if they line up with my own observations. We've talked before about the difficulties in reproducing Aphonopelma in captivity, but I think I have them figured out. I'm just waiting for my next shot with another highland species (1.2 A. sp Dragoons) hopefully early next year to prove the hypothesis .

 

[Matt Man]

That's sort of what I was trying to determine as I'd love to know details to see if they line up with my own observations. We've talked before about the difficulties in reproducing Aphonopelma in captivity, but I think I have them figured out. I'm just waiting for my next shot with another highland species (1.2 A. sp Dragoons) hopefully early next year to prove the hypothesis .

I have 2 steindachneri that I hope at lest one is gravid. Last time it took nearly a year for one of them to drop a sac. I wish you luck and am always open to pointers if your hypothesis proves correct

 

[herpetogeorgie]

I have 2 Aphonopelmas in my collection currently - sp. Diamondback and mooreae! The mooreae is a tiny sling currently but this is my AF diamondback.

£150 for a sling in the UK, just started to become available.

 

[Matt Man]

I have 2 Aphonopelmas in my collection currently - sp. Diamondback and mooreae! The mooreae is a tiny sling currently but this is my AF diamondback.

£150 for a sling in the UK, just started to become available. View attachment 487441

The sp Diamond Back are super fun. So was the mooreae or the sp 150 lbs? Because £150 for a mooreae is a deal. Here the pricing his closer to £235

My 3 AF steindachneri are Mavis Valente, Cleotha Vos and Yvonne Vogel. (all V last names. all named after phenomenal women cyclists, first names of course are the Staple Singers

 

[herpetogeorgie]

The sp Diamond Back are super fun. So was the mooreae or the sp 150 lbs? Because £150 for a mooreae is a deal. Here the pricing his closer to £235

My 3 AF steindachneri are Mavis Valente, Cleotha Vos and Yvonne Vogel. (all V last names. all named after phenomenal women cyclists, first names of course are the Staple Singers

It was £150 for the mooreae, I got my diamond back for £95, which was a good deal since afterwards they increased the price to £150 for some reason.

I love the sleek black of the steindachneri, don't think I've ever actually seen any in the UK.

 

[Matt Man]

It was £150 for the mooreae, I got my diamond back for £95, which was a good deal since afterwards they increased the price to £150 for some reason.

I love the sleek black of the steindachneri, don't think I've ever actually seen any in the UK.

that's a good price on the mooreae. steindachneri most of the time are more often Mink Brown than black. They are only jet black right after molt, so if you look at the other photos, that's the more common coloration. They glow bronze in the sunlight. One of the guys in my stein crew sent steindachneri slings to Europe a year or 2 ago and that was the first batch of CB slings on record. We both produced sacs at the same time, my female ate hers sadly.
This is why they are nicknamed San Diego Bronze, This is the same T in the other photos

Mavis ValenteSM

• Matt Man
• Aug 4, 2017
• 5

While doing volunteer work early AM @ the San Diego Velodrome we found this SD Bronze A...

If one of mine has a sac some will be headed across the pond as well. I'll let you know if and when that happens.

 

[herpetogeorgie]

that's a good price on the mooreae. steindachneri most of the time are more often Mink Brown than black. They are only jet black right after molt, so if you look at the other photos, that's the more common coloration. They glow bronze in the sunlight. One of the guys in my stein crew sent steindachneri slings to Europe a year or 2 ago and that was the first batch of CB slings on record. We both produced sacs at the same time, my female ate hers sadly.
This is why they are nicknamed San Diego Bronze, This is the same T in the other photos

Mavis ValenteSM

• Matt Man
• Aug 4, 2017
• 5

While doing volunteer work early AM @ the San Diego Velodrome we found this SD Bronze A...

If one of mine has a sac some will be headed across the pond as well. I'll let you know if and when that happens.

Please do let me know! I seem to remember seeing something about the species a couple of years ago and then nothing. I always like to see more Aphonopelmas head to Europe, that's the advantage you US keepers have. We don't really have a huge selection apart from seemani, chalcodes and the odd gabeli and moderatum

 

[Matt Man]

Please do let me know! I seem to remember seeing something about the species a couple of years ago and then nothing. I always like to see more Aphonopelmas head to Europe, that's the advantage you US keepers have. We don't really have a huge selection apart from seemani, chalcodes and the odd gabeli and moderatum

yeah, you don't have mature males wandering into your office..... or walking a trail and seeing an AF A eutylenum just wandering around.....and yes, common here, exotic there which is why there is a small crew of us trying to change that.

 

[herpetogeorgie]

yeah, you don't have mature males wandering into your office..... or walking a trail and seeing an AF A eutylenum just wandering around.....and yes, common here, exotic there which is why there is a small crew of us trying to change that.

One downside of the UK is we don't really have any cool big bugs. Would love to see the wandering mature males or some of the desert centipedes. Have wanted a pet velvet ant for a while now and I'm glad to see keeping them has taken off a bit.

Closest bit of excitement I got was when a migrating newt snuck into our dorm at university and we went on a wild chase to find a river for her...