Genus Megaphobema

[Vogelspinnen]

Megaphobema peterklaasi

5" Penultimate male

Thanks, Motz

 

[karin]

Hiya guys!

This is my unsexed robustum.. LS arnd 2"..

 

[robustum]

this size i have to ;P Megaphobema robustum 0,0,1
i love megaphobemas
best regards Jürgen

 

[GoTerps]

M. mesomelas

Sub-adult female Megaphobema mesomelas outside.

 

[Fred]

GoTerps, can I use one of your pics as my desktop background?

 

[GoTerps]

Feel free, I take all my pics at 2048 x 1536, so if you want larger ones let me know.

 

[Schlyne]

I love robustum.

 

[GoTerps]

M. velvetosoma & M. peterklaasi

Female Megaphobema velvetosoma

Female Megaphobema peterklaasi

 

[GoTerps]

M. mesomelas

Sorry the pics not great, but she's very freshly molted and I didn't want to disturb her any more than opening the top of the enclosure. I'll get some nice pics after she hardens up.

Her exuvium measures 4.5" so I imagine she's somewhere around 5.5" now. I have a slightly smaller female who should be molting any day now as well. (Tony, hurry up those males!)

Female Megaphobema mesomelas.

 

[shogun804]

she is gorgeous, very very impressive :drool:

 

[Keith Richard]

Sorry the pics not great, but she's very freshly molted and I didn't want to disturb her any more than opening the top of the enclosure. I'll get some nice pics after she hardens up.

Her exuvium measures 4.5" so I imagine she's somewhere around 5.5" now. I have a slightly smaller female who should be molting any day now as well. (Tony, hurry up those males!)

Female Megaphobema mesomelas.

That's a great looking spider. I've read that they are pretty rare and also a "challenge" to keep in captivity. What's your experience with this species? What conditions do you keep her in?

 

[GoTerps]

That's a great looking spider. I've read that they are pretty rare and also a "challenge" to keep in captivity. What's your experience with this species? What conditions do you keep her in?

Megaphobema is my favorite genus, and M. mesomelas my favorite species. I've actually had Megaphobema.com registered for awhile, but haven't had the chance to get it set up yet. This is the genus, above all others, that I really want to breed.

Anyways, I keep all of my Megaphobema (along with my P. subfusca) seperate from my other spiders. My dedicated spider room reaches 80 during the day. These guys are kept cool, never above the low 70's. Eventually (when I'm not living in an apartment) I will have a more elaborate set up for them allowing more precise control over temps.

IME, the 2 species which can be found in the Costa Rican cloudforests (M. mesomelas and M. peterklaasi) seem to be more intolorent of warmer temps than the species found in Columbia and Ecuador (M. robustum and M. velvetosoma).

Also, these are one of the very few spiders that I don't keep on dry substrate. My method of keeping these guys is definetly still a work in progress.

 

[Keith Richard]

M. mesomelas and M. peterklaasi[/I]) seem to be more intolorent of warmer temps than the species found in Columbia and Ecuador (M. robustum and M. velvetosoma).

Also, these are one of the very few spiders that I don't keep on dry substrate. My method of keeping these guys is definetly still a work in progress.

Interesting! Certainly, IMO anyway, the mesomelas and peterklaasi are the better looking of the above mentioned. I tend to back away from trying to keep spiders that require damp conditions due to the additional husbandary that is necessary to keep them in a healthy environment. Does your mesomelas burrow or is she happy enough with a hide?

 

[robustum1]

Megaphobema is my favorite genus,.

Hiho, Megaphobema is my favorite genus too,
and my favorite species is Megaphobema robustum,
tell me wenn the HP Megaphobema,com is online please
best regards Jürgen

 

[Beccas_824]

I keep my M. robustum damper as well-she (hopefully!) loves to burrow-she's about 2 inches and has about 5 inches of substrate which she spends a lot of time in. Magaphobema is an awsome genus and I'd love to get more...

 

[robustum1]

best regards Jürgen

 

[GoTerps]

M. mesomelas

Some better shots of this freshly molted girl.


Female Megaphobema mesomelas

 

[Fred]

I posted this guy in a different thread, but I thought he fit here the best.

Juvenile Male Megaphobema Robustum

 

[common spider]

The sub-adult female Megaphobema peterklaasi is so very pimp!!!!!!All the T's in the pictures are great we just got a new digital camera and I am going to start taking pics of all of our T's.


Again very cool pic's.


:clap:

 

[Schlyne]

Somehow, this T is the easiest one for me to get pictures of after it molts.