Hysterocrates hercules {hercules baboon} care sheet.

[ballpython11]

Can someone that has experience with hercules baboon tarantulas please give me ther care sheet im thinking about geting one.

 

[seanbond]

this sp is probably not in the hobby and if someone DID actually have it, they might not even know it. its a burrower, so keep at least 6inches of dirt and a water dish, you should be fine.

 

[Endagr8]

Good luck finding that T! lol

 

[J.huff23]

H.hercules has never been available in the hobby.

However H.gigas and H.crassipes are.

They need deep, deep substrate because they are burrowers. I keep mine a bit on the damp side. Other than that, no special care is needed.

 

[ballpython11]

A friend of mine had one and another friend of mine brings bird eaters {no Goliath } terestrials and baboons. anyways what bedding shoud i use. All my Ts are in peat moss/coco fiber.

 

[ballpython11]

Any words on that specimen guys. Do they do something wierd or some thing else like H.gigas in water or something.

 

[seanbond]

dude,
keep them like a gigias and if you could also post pix and tell us who id it would be totally awesome.

 

[ballpython11]

Do you mean to tell you who sels them im not from the USA.its that the friend of mine who had it was talking to me about his Ts and he told me about the hercules baboon and i was curios and put the name up in you tube and i liked it so i started reading about the care and size and bla bla bla but thanks any ways for the replys oh and any ways what do you mean by kepping it like H.gigas

 

[Satellite Rob]

Over the years i've tried to H.Hercules 25 different times and never received
a real Hercules.Thay alway turn out to be H.Gigas or H.Crassipes.I think there
are alot of people that think thay have a real Hercules but don't have 1.I never seen a real Hercules in the U.S.But I did see a couple in Germany a few years ago.
It not a T that I would advise anyone to buy.Because you will probably be
disappointed.I don't think there was ever a real H.Hercules sold in the U.S.
I know i'm going to get alot of responce telling me that you have 1 and I don't
know what i'm talking about.Well I do know.The real question is do you know.
Just because somebody sold you 1.That does't mean you have one.You probably
got a nice Gigas or Crassipes.

 

[Zoltan]

Hey Rob,

Might I ask how do you know what you saw in Germany was the real Hysterocrates hercules?

On a footnote, for some awesome pictures of Hysterocrates sp. PTN "hercules", click here. (PTN = pet trade name)

 

[ballpython11]

I called the guy who brings the Ts no luck. Iv never even seen one clearly. so thers no chanse of me geting one huh. well the bright side is that in 2 weeks a Cobalt blue {Haplopelma lividum}.thanks everyone.

 

[seanbond]

thanks Zoltan, those pix were sik!!

 

[pato_chacoana]

Zoltan,

Great pics, thanks for the link. It look exacly like my ''hercules'' young spiders. Does anyone know what sp. this spider could be in fact? and also final size for females? larger than sp. ''gigas''?

Cheers,
Pato

 

[Zoltan]

He Pato,

Actually, just exchanged some e-mails with the owner about this spider. He told me he has examined some exuviae and compared it with the descriptions in Smith's "Baboon Spiders". Based on those, it resembles H. gigas the closest.

 

[Satellite Rob]

Hi Zolton,
Large almost round carapace.Hercules large uniformed legs.Color is brown
with a olive sheen on legs.H.Gigas + H.Crassipes has long narrow carapace
with enlarged rear legs.The color of Gigas is a rusty brown and thay can get
8"plus.The H.Crassipes is a much smaller T.That rarely get larger than 6" plus
and it's brown with a slight rust color.The three main things to look for in
H.Hercules is 1-Large wide almost round carapace.2-large heavy legs on all
sets.3-The legs are brown in color with a olive sheen.Once you see a real
Hercules you will never forget it.Large wide heavy carapace,heavy huge abdomen
and thick uniformed legs.It's really amazing.There is a good picture of one.In
in the book by Peter Klaas-Tarantulas in the Vivarium.The picture is on page 121.
But the picture doesn't show the olive sheen.

 

[Robert Jordan]

Man. I went looking for that book on Amazon and the search yielded one result--used for $637. Awesome...

What's the full title/author's name? Maybe there's another edition...

Thanks!

He Pato,

Actually, just exchanged some e-mails with the owner about this spider. He told me he has examined some exuviae and compared it with the descriptions in Smith's "Baboon Spiders". Based on those, it resembles H. gigas the closest.

 

[Satellite Rob]

I have a bunch of pictures.But the other pictures I need to get permission to
post.This is a real H.Hercules and it's probably the most impressive T that you
will ever see.But this picture doesn't show the olive sheen on it's legs.

 

[Sunset]

it looks like the H.hercules have been in captive from the pics ive seen on yahoo.

 

[Satellite Rob]

I have seen anyone post a picture and you wont.Thay are all H.Gigas and H.crassipes.Thay are easy to tell the differance.There were alot sold as H.Hercules.But i've never seen 1 in the U.S.I bought them 25 times over the 25 years and never got 1.So I gave up trying.I would bet theres not a live specimen in the United States.If you think you have 1 please post a picture.I would really like to see a real Hercules again.I really don't wan't to go back to germany to see another.I wouldn't beleave any pictures I see on yahoo.There all fake and i'll bet you that nobody post a picture.

 

[blix]

H.hercules has never been available in the hobby.

However H.gigas and H.crassipes are.

They need deep, deep substrate because they are burrowers. I keep mine a bit on the damp side. Other than that, no special care is needed.

Maybe not in the U.S.