User Ladyratri's picture thread

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I'm really quite smitten with them. Got my sights set on maybe getting a tapi later this year...

I'd like to get a Tapinauchenius as well someday. Probably a T. violaceus because of the beautiful purple. That will not be for a while though. I find their apparently legendary teleportation capabilities too intimidating at the moment.

Still really want to get a Y. diversipes sling.

Just took a look at some photos of that species in the gallery and it seems to me that they go through a number of different colour stages throughout their lives. All of which are very pretty. I have to wonder why some Ts evolved to be like that. Pamphobeteus are the same way.

I love how they hunt, how they move, the proportions, and the coloring...

Terrestrials and arboreals both appeal to me in these ways, albeit differently. Currently, I'm focusing exclusively on terrestrials. But I will definitely consider getting some arboreals eventually. Probably Aviculariinae, as I find the speed of many other new world arboreals too intimidating.

Hope I will be in a position some day to get a pokie and an H mac. that camouflage

I would like to get a P. metallica someday. Those colours are unbelievable! The H. maculata sounds too reclusive for my liking, but they are certainly beautiful as well. Definitely more of a long term goal, though. Not ready for that kind of speed, or the prospect of very potent venom.

And sometimes ominous.
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I know tarantulas don't use their eyes for much, but it is hard to deny that Irma looks like she is eyeing that cricket!
Very graceful movement as well. As I said before, that is one thing about tarantula that I just can't get over. I imagine most people would probably find how they move creepy. I on the other hand find it very elegant.

 

[ladyratri]

I know tarantulas don't use their eyes for much, but it is hard to deny that Irma looks like she is eyeing that cricket!

Arboreals do tend to have better vision than terrestrials, and she definitely reacts to seeing me move too fast sometimes outside her bin -- mostly by running into her web fortress. Just my unscientific hunch, but I think the movement catches their eye.

Very graceful movement as well. As I said before, that is one thing about tarantula that I just can't get over. I imagine most people would probably find how they move creepy. I on the other hand find it very elegant.

100% agree. The "predator slink" is so incredibly self-assured and business-like... And then when they go exploring and just creep along waving the front few legs to feel their way around it's so goofy.

Bonus photo of G. pulchra "Lava" hiding like a toddler:


And C. versicolor "Blue", who finally got around to molting and then kindly allowed me to nudge a cricket into the kill zone, letting us have the tiniest glimpse of its new colors:

 

[ladyratri]

And C. versicolor "Blue"...letting us have the tiniest glimpse of its new colors...

Stop the press folk, Blue actually (gasp) touched the ground!


P. irminia "Irma" otoh is contemplating what she thinks of my watering protocol.


The way she webbed the top of her fortress most recently....diverted my nice "drip some water down along the wall" attempt into more of a "dump torrential rain directly in her face" kinda thing.

Honestly, I was surprised not to get a threat pose. Maybe she actually was thirsty, and is now conveniently drinking that stray drop of water.

 

[ladyratri]

I was permitted to engage in a brief bit of flash photography. Judging by those colors, I think it's safe to say my C. versicolor "Blue" qualifies as "adult"...

I don't see any hooks or emboli, yet at least? Maybe when I redo its enclosure I'll get a decent ventral view in the catch cup.