I. hirsutum (Ribbed Treespider) doing daily cleaning

[invertepet]

Such a cutie, very fastidious!

 

[Grael]

oo thats gorgeous i wouldnt mind one

 

[Nixy]

Beautiful.
Have an adult picture for us?

 

[JacenBeers]

Oh man that is so nice.

 

[grindcore]

Wow, that is so nice. Where are they from?

 

[Nixy]

The adult picture on the Rick West site shows a Very pale adult male.
Blanched, but it has that red stripe on it's abdomin. No pictures of an adult female.
But I'm guessing that the species doesn't keep those amazing markings at maturity correct?

The slings are wild looking though.

 

[invertepet]

Here's a pic of an adult female. It's not a great pic, but they DO keep the abdominal striping into adulthood... One of the nice aspects of this species (because it sure isn't their disposition).

http://mitglied.lycos.de/moritzfusser/Home/Tiere/Vogelspinnen/hirsutum/hirsutum.html

And not surprisingly, Martin Huber has several excellent pics here:

www.spiderpix.com/tarantulas/ Iridopelma_hirsutum-01.htm

(edit) Oops, almost forgot -- they come from Brazil.

bill

 

[Nixy]

Thank you.
Cute knobby footsies they have.

 

[petitegreeneyes]

Hi Bill,
You never cease to amaze me with these gorgeous T. pics. Everytime I think I have seen the ultimate pic, you show us another one.

 

[Weapon-X]

impressive!

very much so, amazing colors! how big is it?.

 

[vulpina]

Bill,
Nice spider, I am a proud owner of this species. A very nice species to have!! You are right about the colors being their high point. They are a hyper, fast, and aggressive species. I would recommend that everyone on this forum purchase one of these beauties. Aggressive feeders too!!

Andy

 

[Dafne]

WOW!!! It is really a beautiful T
But I doubt I could buy it somewhere in Poland...

 

[Code Monkey]

So would you keepers of this species consider it similar to Psalmopoeus or Taphinauchenius as far as care, habit, and attitude goes?

 

[Joy]

Beautiful! What amazing stripes. How big is it?

Joy

 

[vulpina]

I would consider it similar in keeping to an Avicularia. As a matter of fact it might have once been in the Avicularia genus, then moved. It tends to like it a bit drier than other arboreals. Temperament wise I'd compare it to the Psalmopoeus, quite defensive and fast.

Andy