My Australian non-T primitives

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Where did you get these from? I'd really like to know as I can't find many good places to purchase spiders.

Insectory, JJ's stings, bugfrenzy and minibeast are great bug site you can order from online. As far as the more unique stuff, ive got more stuff from Facebook in 1 and a half months than an entire year of gumtree advertising. Cannot reccomend enough hitting up some of the private breeders on there. @Dabugboi can probably help you out too

 

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Insectory, JJ's stings, bugfrenzy and minibeast are great bug site you can order from online. As far as the more unique stuff, ive got more stuff from Facebook in 1 and a half months than an entire year of gumtree advertising. Cannot reccomend enough hitting up some of the private breeders on there. @Dabugboi can probably help you out too

Thanks. I already knew about minibeast wildlife and bug frenzy but couldn't find a review on them so I wasn't sure whether I should buy from them but now I will try them. i will have a look at the others

 

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Thanks. I already knew about minibeast wildlife and bug frenzy but couldn't find a review on them so I wasn't sure whether I should buy from them but now I will try them. i will have a look at the others

I messaged you

 

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Turns out my "H.formidabilis" is actually both an MM and actually an undescribed tree dwelling species from Mt. Tamborine



So here is a replacement sling of the same species


New Euoplos variabilis


Idiosoma sp. Wagga Wagga


Aname sp. "Cerulea"


A nice and rare shot of my Euoplos turrificus when i rehoused it


One of my 3 new Missulena bradleyi


Stanwellia sp. Wonthaggi, my local species


Bymainiella sp.


A cool Stanwellia sp. I received for free


Australothele nambucca


My new Euoplos turrificus setup


A third Blakistonia sp. Leaflid


Idiosoma sp. Burra 1


A cool photo of Yukinoshita


Stanwellia grisea and sp. Wonthaggi


Namea flavomaculata (the actual ID of my sp. Tamborine "Black")


My failed attempt to breed Arbanitis sp. Wooli (male keeps refusing to drum)


One of my Euoplos variabilis turns out to actually be a species of the newly described Cryptoforis genus, only named this year. The only distinguishing feature is they build their lids from debris and silk, as opposed to Euoplos which make plug lids from mud that are around 3-5mm thick.


Gravid Blakistonia sp. Leaflid and her enclosure



An absolute massive gravid Idiosoma sp. Burra 2


Stanwellia sp. Tarra Valley


Arbanitis sp. Handorf, completely breaking the rules of known Arbanitis distribution. She also layed me the tiniest eggsac ive ever seen, im guessing the male must have only had 1 pedipalp or something. I have a second smaller specimen of this sp. as well. Interesting to note almost zero reflective hairs on the top of the carapace.


Aname sp. Black&gold 2 (Mainae group)


Blakistonia sp. juvenile


Aname sp. 3 i think


Stanwellia sp. purple


Undescribed coastal Cethegus sp. MM from only 40 minutes away from where i used to live.


Arbanitis gracilis


Euoplos variabilis


Euoplos variabilis


Also Euoplos variabilis


Adult female undescribed Tamborine tree funnelweb (Hadronyche sp. Tamborine 2)


Blakistonia sp. "D-lid"





Hadronyche macquariensis


There's still like another 10-15 i havn't photographed yet lol

 

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Breeding pair of Hadronyche macquariensis



The first 2nd generation captive bred eggsac of Arbanitis sp. Gold!



Arbanitis sp. Flagstone


Huge and probably gravid Euoplos variabilis


Hadronyche sp. Tamborine 2

 

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Idiomatta sp. Silverback


Huge Hadronyche nimoola



Hadronyche marracoonda


Yukinoshita (Aname CF. palida)


Idiosoma sp.


Missulena bradleyi


Arbanitis sp. Grafton gold



Arbanitis CF. robertsi, a new tube builder that is likely gravid

 

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Australothele nambucca MM


A fascinating Arbanitis sp. orange (named after both the colour and the locality), new to the hobby and the only known Arbanitis among the few lid making ones to build thick plug lids


Arbanitis sp. Bellthorpe "gunmetal", after fasting below ground for roughly 6 months


Idiosoma sp.


2 huge and gorgeous new Arbanitis sp., I think from around Nowra



Blakistonia sp. bumblebee


And finally, one of the rarest species in the hobby down here, Xamiatus rubifrons

 

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That “sp.3” reddish aname is sp. 4. Cerulea is sp. 3.

 

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Haven't shown many Actinopodidae in a while so here is a Missulena bradleyi I recently got, but sold off to a friend who has been wanting them for a long time



Aname sp. SA black 1


Aname sp. SA black 2 (mainae group)


Stanwellia sp. purple


Arbanitis sp. Gold


Idiommata sp. silverback


Australothele nambucca MM



Arbanitis sp. Orange

 

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Aname sp. SA black 2 (mainae group)


Arbanitis sp. Tamborine "drawbridge"


Arbanitis sp. Newcastle 1


Aname sp. Mt Lofty "orange"


Australothele nambucca pairing attempt


Arbanitis sp. Maleny


Another new Idiosoma sp. from somewhere in SA


Aname sp. SA black 1


Arbanitis sp. Wooli


Massive new Xamiatus rubifrons

 

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Xamiatus rubifrons juvenile


Xamiatus rubifrons breeding pair




Blakistonia sp. leaflid


Arbanitis sp. (Forgot the locality but chasing it up)


Aname sp. SA black 1



Aname sp. red


Presumed new Teyloides sp.

 

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Arbanitis sp. Handorf



Hadronyche sp. Tamborine 2 (tree dweller)


Hadronyche cerberea


Arbanitis sp. Bateman's Bay


Arbanitis sp. Nowra "yellow"


Cataxia sp.


Euoplos thynnearum lid


Euoplos turrificus lid

 

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Aname (also quite possibly Teyloides) sp. "cerulea" slings




Arbanitis sp. Bellthorpe "banded" slings



Blakistonia sp. leaflid sac and slings




Arbanitis sp. Toowoomba slings

 

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And just like that, we went from around 85 permanent specimens in June 2020 to just over 200 permanents about 7 months later

 

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Teranodes sp. female, presumed gravid


Unknown tree dwelling funnelweb from southern Victoria (nicknamed the "very southern tree funnelweb")


Cataxia sp. purchased from Minibeast wildlife several years ago

Big 65mm Hadronyche cerberea


Freshly molted Hadronyche valida


Euoplos variabilis with the lid lifted open


Big Arbanitis sp. Nowra 2


Stanwellia sp. Bago


Gorgeous Namea cf. dahmsi


Big cranky Xamiatus rubifrons MM

 

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Euoplos sp. nangur


Arbanitis cf. robertsi

A true Euoplos grandis


Presumed Aname sp., possibly pallida group


Hadronyche sp. Tamborine 2 sling


Another fruitless attempt at pairing Australothele nambucca


Namea cf. dahmsi


2 Blakistonia sp., 1 of which is freshly molted



Bymainiella sp. gibraltar

 

[scolopendra277]

how hard are these to care for?

 

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how hard are these to care for?

It's easy to to keep them alive for a long time, but to keep them adequately and happy is a little more complicated as you'll always get the best results out if mimicking each species natural habitats. Alot of keepers I know just chuck them in a tub of peat moss, but in reality alot of them are quite uncomfortable when housed on it. Some of them will only be able to display their natural and signature behaviours if they are housed on clay, such as Euoplos turrificus and thynnearum.

If there's one species that's a cut above the others in terms of difficulty, it's Australothele nambucca. They are very picky with moisture levels and can die in as little as a week if their setup becomes too dry. They are also a nightmare to captive breed, I've been trying for the majority of my 3 years hobbying and never succeeded

 

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Ever wanted to see some of my specimens and their differences through video? I made this quite lengthy video showcasing some of the ones I own. Atracids, Actinopods and Anamids are next week

 

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It's been so long since I updated this thread and there's so much new stuff it's hard to pick up exactly where I left off. Here's a few new ones though.

Stanwellia cf. inornata


Aname sp. red 1


Aname sp. orange 1


Aname sp. gold 2


Aname sp. SA "black steel"


Anamidae sp. Mt Lofty 2


Proshermacha sp. Mt Lofty 1


Anamidae sp. Flinders Ranges 1


Aname sp. mudflats


Kwonkan sp. Redhill