Monocentropus lambertoni / Madagascar pics

[olafp]

Hi,
I posted a fair number of Monocentropus lambertoni, a rare Madagascar tarantula, in my webshots album on invertebrates:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/563595111bUbGkA
regards,
Olaf P.
Antananarivo

 

[Moltar]

Wow, nice pics. I've never seen that sp before. I'd never have thought it was the same genus as M balfouri, they look nothing alike. Thanks for posting!

 

[Ice Cold Milk]

Well I know where I'm going for my next holiday... (after coming back to the USA for christmas).

Did you get these straight from Madagascar, or go there yourself?

 

[bluefrogtat2]

nice pics

nice pics but definitely not as impressive as the bright blue of the balfouri.
andy

 

[olafp]

Monocentropus

Well I know where I'm going for my next holiday... (after coming back to the USA for christmas).

Did you get these straight from Madagascar, or go there yourself?

I live in Madagascar........
Olaf

 

[fatich]

As l heard the price of this species is nearly 750 euro

 

[Martin H.]

oh, the famous chameleon guy is posting here! Didn't know that you are interested in invertebrates too!

all the best,
Martin

 

[Steve]

Hi,
i would say the most expensive brown spider i saw ever
I'm sure the price will go down fast. Sometimes people think the name is Monocentropus is the price. Rare don't mean expensive!!

Cheers,
Steffen

 

[seanbond]

if it wasnt for the name, id say another brown spida.

 

[jean-manu]

Hi alls,

I don' know why but the animal pictured by Olaf is not showing the real color of this species, it's not as brown as you think but it's a bit darker, the other animals I saw in situ was not as brown as the one on Olaf's picture, but it's not as colorfull as M. balfouri...
It's a really big species, the biggest females we saw was up to 20 cm legspan ! (6-7 inches)

But there is one point in which I agree with you alls, the price is really too high for this species !!!

Here is an adult male, sorry for the bad quality picture :8o :






Cheers
Emmanuel.

 

[meyken]

I live in Madagascar........
Olaf

Hi Olaf,

as you life in Madascar that should be easy for you...do you have some data about the exactly area of M.lambertoni,as temperature,etc.?
I have some speciman here,but its impossible to find any data about this species in the web.


Thanks,Michael

 

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