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Hobo

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Picture tyme!

My A. avic molted... thinking of breeding her... it'll be good practice, at the very least, haha.
She lives in a warped glass jar, so I can't get any good pics... So here's one of her exuvium (which came out really nice) instead. For the record, she is very, very pretty now:eek:


Rehoused my semi-recently molted P. irminia female into larger digs... specifically, one of those fancy OXO good grips containers. Man, I love pushing that button! That'll ensure she stays fresh and crispy!


Drilling these holes were a pain. The lid is 3 layers, and there are inner mechanisms that would screw the whole thing up if you drilled through them. Luckily, I didn't mess it up.:)


And here she is! I figured I'd get a good measurement while I had her out. She grew to ~4" in about a year. She's a weed!


I managed to get her exuvium out of her hollow too, which she had webbed to the bottom of her hide like a trophy. At last, her spermathecae were big enough to photograph with my camera.


Here she is climbing around her new enclosure. I've left most of her webbing alone inside the hollow, so she's settled in right away, and has begun webbing it up in exactly the same way.


Thanks for coming!
 

Hobo

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Well my computer was down, but now that it's back up I can post again!

I got a few newcomers over the past week... but it's a bit of a sausage fest;P
Naturally, I took a few pics.

First up! A beautiful, probably-penultimate boy-toy for my GBB, coutesy of Armando. He actually looks a lot better than my girl. I'm sure she won't mind when the time comes.


He came with a little buddy too, a tiny, C. fimbriatus. This one is quick. I dropped him in the vial with a predug burrow and went to clean up the box and stuff... came back about 20 minutes later and saw this.


Another fellow I picked up, this time at an LPS. He was freshly molted when I got my female Avic back in April... so that makes him almost 4 months. He's a friendly, tip-tapping machine that likes to keep me up at night. Hope my girl likes him!




The third fellow I've picked up, who molted within this month. A MM C. perezmilesi. He's a quick one... pretty feisty despite his size too.


And finally, a very beautiful female X. imannis. She had her butt in the air the whole time I moved her in her new diggs. I love her.


Speaking of big butts in the air...


 

Hobo

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Hey thanks guys!

Well, my avic doesn't seem to like the male much at all.. all he ends up doing is chasing her all over her enclosure. Maybe she just needs a couple of months to warm up to him... hope he lasts that long.

BUT!

I paired my C. perezmilesi yesterday (my first Tarantula pairing, in fact!), and it went great!

The male was super skittish and flighty though (this would come in handy later). He would NOT budge as long as the top of her enclosure was on...
So, I covered it, and with clenched teeth, I watched as he finally started moving towards the already incessantly tapping female.


He came around and walked to her other entrance, waded in, and got to work! He got so many insertions that I lost count.




He just kept jamming his bulbs in. After about 15 minutes of this, it looked like he was trying to back off, but everytime he did, the female would flinch so he'd go forward again and tap her furrow with his bulbs without making any insertions. This went on for another 5 minutes or so, until he finally made a break for it and RAN like the freakin' wind. She gave chase of course, but stopped at her tube entrance.


He was already half an enclosure away on the lid, so he'll live to bait the tiger another day.

Here's the sex video if anyone wants to watch it:
[YOUTUBE]X_6X6faluy4[/YOUTUBE]

Unfortunately, I didn't get his many insertions and epic escape in the vid, as I wanted to be prepared to whip him out of there in case of trouble.
But who would want to see that anyway? That stuff don't sell!;P
 

Arachnoholic420

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:clap::clap: Jason!!! Great stuff!!! Bro!!!.. Congrats i hope she lays a fats sac for yah...
Glad to see the pics of your new additions... you weren't joking when you said sausage fest... anyway glad to see your enjoying them!!!

Peace,
Armando
 

Hobo

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:clap::clap: Jason!!! Great stuff!!! Bro!!!.. Congrats i hope she lays a fats sac for yah...
Glad to see the pics of your new additions... you weren't joking when you said sausage fest... anyway glad to see your enjoying them!!!

Peace,
Armando
Hey, I hope so too. Hopefully she isn't too late in her molting cycle...:eek:

Wow! Gorgeous Red Rose Hair. I love red phase Rose Hairs :)
Thanks! The red is starting to fade ever so slightly though... if she's on a yearly molt cycle, she should be bright red agin by Christmas!
 

crawltech

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Very nice man!....fingers crossed for ya!....hope you get a sac out of her, and sure you will!.....how big is your female??
 

Hobo

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Very nice man!....fingers crossed for ya!....hope you get a sac out of her, and sure you will!.....how big is your female??
Hahah Well, here's hoping.
She's just a bit under 2", and the male is just a bit smaller than that.
If I get them they're gonna be tiny slings that's for sure!
 

crawltech

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Ya, when i got my sling(2nd instar)..it was almost microscopic!....grows very fast tho...almost an inch now!:D....i would love to grab a couple off ya for sure, they are a great sp....i love 'em
 

Hobo

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Ya, when i got my sling(2nd instar)..it was almost microscopic!....grows very fast tho...almost an inch now!:D....i would love to grab a couple off ya for sure, they are a great sp....i love 'em
well I don't want to count my slings before they hatch (or even layed...:eek:), but if all goes well, then yeah for sure... that is if you put me down for some of those LPs!

Not bad for a lady hobo;P--------{D
Not bad at'all. Hopefully she won't be a lady hobo, but a mother hobo!
 

Hobo

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My B. smithi molted yesterday morning!

Was lucky enough to catch the making of the molting mat, and the flip on video! Not as cool or as clear as Joe's but hey, it's all right!
[YOUTUBE]IsBJaohdFwo[/YOUTUBE]

Before


After


She's looking great, though she didn't increase in size as much as the last molt.


Her exuvium
 

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Amazing Hobo! Never saw mine B. smithi to flip on her back, now I see how its done. And isn't she a beauty? :clap:
 

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grats on your new editions hobo!! and ohh you got a X... ! :( jealousy! love their colors!
awesome on the video of the smithi as well, made me chuckle.

Crysta
 
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