Mature Male Appreciation Thread

[Arachnid Addicted]

Ephebopus murinus

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Ornithoctoninae sp. "Hati Hati"

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Pamphobeteus sp. Ecuador

 

[CEC]

Psalmopoeus victori

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Catanduba peruacu

 

[dangerforceidle]

Catanduba peruacu
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What a handsome fella! Do adult females have the same colouration, or does the male undergo a change as he matures?

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

What a handsome fella! Do adult females have the same colouration, or does the male undergo a change as he matures?

Adult females have the same coloration as males. I posted a pic of a female on the gallery.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Psalmopoeus langenbucheri

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[Vanessa]

Grammostola sp. Concepcion. This little dude is on FIRE!

 

[AracnoDreams]

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Guyruita cerrado


Poecilotheria rufilata

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli

 

[Vanessa]

My sexy little Bonnetina sp. Chamela (cyaneifemur) dude. He has two lovely females waiting for him. Hopefully, I am successful in breeding this species.

Bonnetina sp. Chamela (cyaneifemur) Mature Male

• Vanessa
• Dec 10, 2019
• 1
• bonnetina bonnetina cyaneifemur bonnetina sp. "chamela" cyaneifemur male mature mature male mexican blue femur tarantula moult sp. "chamela"

Freshly moulted

Bonnetina sp. Chamela (cyaneifemur) Mature Male

• Vanessa
• Dec 10, 2019
• 1
• bonnetina bonnetina cyaneifemur bonnetina sp. "chamela" cyaneifemur male mature mature male mexican blue femur tarantula moult sp. "chamela"

Freshly moulted

 

[Ungoliant]

I went to feed my "juvenile" Idiothele mira, and I noticed his palps looked odd. Sure enough, he's a tiny mature male at only 2.5". (I didn't even know what sex he was, because he stashes his molts in his lair.)

Embolus (♂ Idiothele mira 2.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 12, 2019
• 2
• blue foot baboon tarantula elvis emboli idiothele idiothele mira male mature male mira

I went to feed my "juvenile," and I noticed his palps looked odd. Sure enough, he's a tiny...

I guess I should start trying to find him a date.

Elvis Has Left the Building (♂ Idiothele mira 2.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 12, 2019
• 3
• blue foot baboon tarantula elvis idiothele idiothele mira male mature male mira

This is the first picture I've been able to take since June, because he bolts underground as...

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Catanduba flavohirta

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Grammostola vachoni


Poecilotheria metallica

 

[sdsnybny]

1.0 Avicularia purpurea

 

[dangerforceidle]

1.0 Avicularia purpurea
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Did he get an insertion at least?

 

[sdsnybny]

Did he get an insertion at least?

I sure hope so, Before pics.

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Harpactira pulchripes