Species Hysterocrates gigas

[pearson340]

my uncle is a woof worker(own buisness) so im picking up some nice half cressed logs does anyone have any idea on what i should do to my tank as in layout ect......

 

[pearson340]

not yet guys i dont have any of mine i just cant wait any longer has ANYONE got pics of this spiders burrows please

 

[pearson340]

Yes guys i woke up this morning to find that "Pancho" has been digging last night YAY look carefully undernear the rock hes about 3-4 cm down hes in there on the pics not clean srry guys i need a new camera im using my cell phone.

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[pearson340]

ohh yeah and guys i was feeding my B.Vagans last night when her wood peice where her burrow is underneath caved in on her last night she was active so i didnt wake her so imoved the wood to see if she was finewhen the spider i thought i could easly pick up anytime done this may need to zoom out a bit.

and she was attacking my forcepts

 

[fartkowski]

Hahahaah
Looks like your T's switched personalities

 

[pearson340]

yes i think so lol

 

[seanbond]

not gigas but scepticus

eats well, nice backlegs!!!

 

[pearson340]

omg thats amazing i hope mine makes one like that

 

[David_F]

omg thats amazing i hope mine makes one like that

That is a cool picture.

Give yours a big enough home and it'll probably make multiple burrow entrances, some that are actually covered by web and substrate to form a sort of trapdoor. All of the Hysterocrates I've kept did that and it was a lot of fun watching them catch prey through them.

 

[seanbond]

ahhhhh

it is so hard for me to get good pics b/c i let all my lil monsters burrow but i caught just the backend of her leaving!! ill try to get her all the way out with a roach tonight..lata

 

[pearson340]

thanks alot man your pics are great i love them mine has just started to make another one i looked in this morning to find the water dish upsidedown and a small burrow forming

 

[pearson340]

yes guys i just got in from work and "pancho" has made a burrow all the way to the bottom of the tank i think hes still going :? fingers crossed

 

[pearson340]

ok yes hes done it all the way down and i think her going to the other end of his Tank sould i feed him or leave him to do his burrow further????

 

[pearson340]

look to the bottom left of the tank thats his small burrow

 

[robc]

I got this MM H.Gigas yesterday and the female about 5 days ago, the female is crazy and will bite anything in site, the MM is more laid back.

Pics of MM:

Pics Of Female:

 

[Neuroticax]

Very cool!

 

[syndicate]

Good luck with your sp."Gigas" hehe
you should def let a bunch live communally if you get an eggsack!

 

[LasidoraGT]

Nice baboon rob

 

[ZamWiesel]

Those look awesome.

 

[robc]

Thanks guys I had 200 live communual and had no deaths...they were all aropund 3-4" when I sold them!!