my big t's =)

[Alice]

hey everyone,

i saw some pretty cool pictures here and decided to share mine - i hope you like them.

so these are my big ladies: A. versicolor, B. albiceps (formerly ruhnaui), C. cyanopubescens, Cyriopagopus spec. 'blue' I (singapore), G. pulchra, L. parahybana. in my other thread you can see the A. purpurea i got today.
i have some slings as well, but they are not fond of me or my camera .

if you like those, i might post some more pictures of ts i have kept in the past.

 

[Alice]

the rest of them

 

[regalis]

wow that ruhnaui is awesome :worship:

 

[Alice]

yeah, she is, she's my favourite . and she's even more gorgeous after a molt - she's about 12 years old and her body's about 7,5 cm without cheliceres...

she's also got a very docile temper - you can pick her up any way you like, and she won't even flick hair. i leave her alone, though, except for when a phobic wants to 'get in touch'.

 

[Arachnophilist]

Those are fantastic.. I need to get a B.abliceps? did they rename it? either way I want whatever that one its! and the G.pulchra.. other than that I just have to wait for all mine to grow up to look nice like those!

 

[Tegenaria]

~Very nice Ts. Im a sucker for those blues but too scary for me!

 

[Alice]

yes, they renamed it recently - ruhnaui is now albiceps. don't ask me why, though, i've no idea.

here is a e. weijenberghi i got for a friend (sigh, i wish i had kept it) and a B. boehmei i gave away because she flicked so much hair and i'm allergic .

then come two of my more elaborate terrariums. the first one is for an avicularia, the second one used to house an A. geniculata.

 

[Alice]

why are the blues too scary?

ok, i'll grant that they're fast as hell - but mine is actually very easily frightened and not at all agressive. also, it calmed down a lot when offered a bigger terrarium in which it can hide better.

 

[michal1991]

WOW! Great enclosures!

Spiders are really awesowe, especially ruhnaui and C. sp blue

 

[Tegenaria]

why are the blues too scary?

ok, i'll grant that they're fast as hell - but mine is actually very easily frightened and not at all agressive. also, it calmed down a lot when offered a bigger terrarium in which it can hide better.

Not quite sure its a good idea to have such a potentially dangewrous T when I have young kids. Maybe later on

 

[Alice]

ok, it's different when you got kids. we don't have kids and don't plan getting any .

but really, she's quite nice as long as you don't frighten her or move too quickly. she even let me 'arrange' her with the tongs so i could take photos.

i'd never dream of handling her, though, much too unpredictable.

 

[Tegenaria]

I tell you what tho, I'd love one of those Avicularia versicolors, one of the best looking Ts Ive seen!
And well behaved too!
Will be getting a Whoite Knee sling soon!

 

[Alice]

they are fun, though they can get pretty quick as well .

mine is wandering about a lot, but a friend of mine has got one that is always hiding - he's lucky to see her once month, late at night.

btw: the slings are not as difficult to raise as some believe. just don't keep them too moist and plan for a very good ventilation and they will do fine. damp air and mold is their certain death.

 

[syndicate]

pics look great!also i love your enclosures.thanks for sharing

 

[Alice]

i like natural enclosures with live plants but they are hell to keep clean. also, plants sometimes die for no apparent reason . i'm just better with spiders than with plants, so at the moment i have only two terrariums with live philodendron, ficus, fern, moss and stuff. but all my other enclosures feature real earth, bark, mangrove wood and other natural materials, though the plants are plastic :8o.
i'll take some pictures after work (buhuuu, in about 9 hours).

 

[Alice]

just got home and took out the camera. the first picture is my A. versicolor terrarium (20/40/40 cm), the second is my G. pulchra terrarium (30/30/30 cm) and the last one my L. parahybana terrarium with a much suffering live plant .

 

[Alice]

here's a p. verspertinum i've kept. i had to give her away though, i was allergic to the hairs she was so generausly showering me with .

 

[sublimeskunk37]

Your albiceps is breathtakingly beautiful! I can't wait to get one!!!!

 

[TheNatural]

Hi Alice, congrats for the great pics and Ts.
Cool terraruins also! The problem with plants is that need lots of light. philodendrun is an exeption that goes easily with poor light.

 

[Bedlam]

Amazing collection and the tank setups are unreal!