New Haplopelma

[DanCameron]

Picked up a Haplopelma minax today. She was very calm the entire car ride, then we got to putting her into her new home, and she was so angsty! I threw in 4 large crickets and she has already downed them all! Now that she calmed down and ate I took a picture of her:


I also picked up 4 A. purpurea's at Three River's Reptiles. Don't worry, they still have plenty left. They were actually placing the order as I came in and the lady there decided to get more because I said I was going to get 4 and my buddy ended up getting 3 of them. They are so tiny! I also have a single A. purpurea from Botar which is totally from a different sac. So I will definitely be breeding this whenever it is they mature (and if anyone knows how long that takes for this species, please inform me). Well, here they are (I know, you can barely see them... they are the tiny dots):

 

[Frazier_05]

Sweet deal! Love the minax! Gotta add that to the "list". Nice T's!

Brett

 

[Lorgakor]

Are you sure that is an H. minax? It looks alot like Ornithoctonus aureotibialis to me. But that's just my opinion. It is a beautiful spider!

 

[Scolopendra55]

Nice H.minax :drool:

 

[Larkin]

It looks alot like Ornithoctonus aureotibialis to me.

Because it's Ornithoctonus aureotibialis, not Haplopelma minax.
It's sometimes sold in the pet trade as minax.

So I share your opinion

Nevertheless, beautifull T :clap:

 

[Martin H.]

Picked up a Haplopelma minax today. She was very calm the entire car ride, then we got to putting her into her new home, and she was so angsty! I threw in 4 large crickets and she has already downed them all!

would like to see a photo of your H. minax – can you post one?

Cheers,
Martin

 

[Lorgakor]

would like to see a photo of your H. minax – can you post one?

Cheers,
Martin

I don't understand why you need to phrase it like that. It clearly states in his post that he thinks that is a H. minax. Clearly you are very knowlegable about these spiders, so instead of offering up a sarcastic comment, why not help the person out? I see this kind of reply from you all the time and frankly, I just don't understand why.

 

[FryLock]

would like to see a photo of your H. minax – can you post one?

I don't understand why you need to phrase it like that. It clearly states in his post that he thinks that is a H. minax. Clearly you are very knowlegable about these spiders, so instead of offering up a sarcastic comment, why not help the person out? I see this kind of reply from you all the time and frankly, I just don't understand why.

Ah but Martin could be asking to see the picture of his real H.minax thinking he posted a picture of his O.aureotibialis by mistake .

 

[Lorgakor]

Good point. Well if that is the case then I apologize to him.

 

[Seigneur Veinen]

no doubt that the Tarantula on the picture is an Ornithoctonus Aureotibialis.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Good point. Well if that is the case then I apologize to him.

LOL, that is not the case, good on you for standing up and saying it Bill, you know Martin Martin, I think it's a good question. Why not just say "that is clearly O.aureotibialis", instead of dancing around the topic with sarcasm?? Perhaps silly Americans aren't as smart as Europeans and don't see your "subtle" pokes, but I doubt it

All in good fun I might add. Martin's great, full of knowledge, I just wish you'd use it Martin instead of the sarcasm sometimes, it would do more to benefit keepers me thinks, rather then inadvertently put them down. Perhaps it's a translation thing????

Steve

 

[Martin H.]

Hello "Lorgakor",

I don't understand why you need to phrase it like that. It clearly states in his post that he thinks that is a H. minax. Clearly you are very knowlegable about these spiders, so instead of offering up a sarcastic comment, why not help the person out? I see this kind of reply from you all the time and frankly, I just don't understand why.

see my reply to "NYbirdEater" in this post to a similar question: >>click here<<

+ different people have different "styles". I often post questions to make someone think about something or/and lead someone to an answer instead of posting the plain answer itself. I admit, sometimes with a little bit sarcasm. Depends on the topic.
People who can read between the lines + are willing to do so, should be able to tear some infos out of most of my posts – that's my style. If you don't like the style of someone you can try to convince im to change it or you also can ignore him. e.g. if you don't like my posting-style, feel free to >>click here<<.
e.g. I prefer to know who I am talking to, the real name not the nick name + I prefer posts with greeting at the beginning and ending. => I rarely answer posts or E-Mails which are missing the greetings. And my spam filter is set, that mails without a subject line get straight into the trash box => For someone who does not have the time to write a subject line (or takes the time to say "Hello" in a mail), I don't take my time to answer his mail! ...so, anyone who wonders why I haven't answered his mail in the past may check if he broke one of these "rules"! =;-)

all the best,
Martin

 

[Steve Nunn]

I admit, sometimes with a little bit sarcasm. Depends on the topic.

Hi Martin ,
The topic is ID, your favourite. Sarcasm will always go well with an emoticon to show such, all in good fun, best to avoid flame that way, well, IMO.....I hope I don't break any of your rules by anwering a post that wasn't directed toward me Fluffy bunny hugs Martin, fluffy bunny hugs.

If you don't like the style of someone you can try to convince im to change it or you also can ignore him.

I believe that was the aim of the response, I saw no malice.

e.g. I prefer to know who I am talking to, the real name not the nick name + I prefer posts with greeting at the beginning and ending. => I rarely answer posts or E-Mails which are missing the greetings.

I agree with you, it's an absolute pet hate for me when people do not use their real name, I always like to know with whom I'm communicating, I think it's bad manners not to do such, but that's my opinion. In the very least a first name is nice. Now I know why you didn't reply, I didn't say hello!!!

...so, anyone who wonders why I haven't answered his mail in the past may check if he broke one of these "rules"! =;-)

You sound like my father ;P

Yours most ironically (you know I still love you),
Steve

 

[Lorgakor]

Hello Martin and Steve,

My name is Laura K, I am from British Columbia, Canada. Now you know who you are talking to! (And I always use greetings and subjects in an email or formal letter, but not always on a forum)
Most people could care less who I am, so I don't bother posting my name. And I certainly did not have malicious intent with my post. It just seems that someone with as much knowlege as you could help amateurs (such as myself) so much more just by being straight and to the point. Sometimes I see a reply from you and I go to read it hoping for some really great helpful information, but find only sarcasm and sublte put downs.(not always mind you, I have learned alot from some of your posts Martin!) But thank you for replying, I appreciate the answer, and I have no reason to put you on ignore, I doubt you would ever contact me anyway!

And thank you Steve for understanding what I meant. It certainly wasn't my intention to step on any toes.

Cheers,
Laura

 

[DanCameron]

Lorgakor you said:

no doubt that the Tarantula on the picture is an Ornithoctonus Aureotibialis.

I was wondering just how exactly you are so positive about the identification of this species.

I do have some doubts about the scientific identification of this species. They have the H. albostriatum labeled as "Cobalt Blue" which on the order sheet was H. lividum. I spoke with the guy that ordered them and he said that he realized that when he was marking them and was making the corrections because the guy shipped him the wrong tarantula.

Unfortunately the order sheet did not have the scientific name of this spider and it was labeled "Black Birdeater." So, I did some research and it appeared to be H. minax to me.

If you have a picture of H. albostriatum please do post it. Of course, I've heard that it is impossible to correctly identify most species of tarantula with 100% certainty on just a photograph of it alone. However, thoughts and opinions are always welcomed and are seriously considered by me.

 

[David_F]

I'm just taking a guess to see how well I'm absorbing the info posted on Asian tarantulas....They confuse the hell out of me.

I think the reason Lorgakor said it's O. aureotibialis is due to the orange setae on the outer (found the word I was looking for...it's retrolateral) surfaces of the tibia and patella of legs I and II. H. albostriatum usually has more prominent striping on the legs (looks similar to A. seemanni or E. murinus) but I'm sure there are better ways to ID them.

Found a thread you may be interested in reading, Dan. Click Me.

 

[DanCameron]

Forget all that noise. I'm not changing labels on any of my tanks. When you have 32 tanks changing labels can be quite annoying. I also have pictures labeled on there and the labels are connected with the pictures. so I would have to change the pictures as well as just cutting it off and putting more tape over existing tape will just look tacky and degrade the photo a bit I'm sticking with what I have. Mostly because I'm lazy.

You know, I didn't notice that orange setae when I bought it, but did notice it when I got her home and got everything set up for her. She mostly stayed all bunched up in the plastic cup thing, but readily showed me a threat-pose when I got her in her set up. She was very displeased, but she constructed a burrow that night and is very happy. I'm finding that using 100% peat moss for burrowers is teh best route. But yes, the orange setae made me think twice about it being an H. minax. But whatever. A rose by any other name...

 

[Lorgakor]

Dan,
That was not me that said that. I said I think it is O. aureotibialis, not that I was positive it was. I also said that it was just my opinion. It was someone else who said 'no doubt it is O. aureotibialis'. (Seigneur Veinen)

I would never say I was positive about the ID of any haplopelma species based on a photo. I just said it looked like it that's all. And then everyone else agreed with me.
Cheers,
Laura

 

[TheDarkFinder]

You guys are better then I am. I can make out a tarnatula but the picture is really horrible. BUT it does look like a O. aureotibialis. The shading on the back and very thing.

For DanCameron

http://www.swiftinverts.com/species/swiftsmiscpage2.htm For you Haplopelma sp.
http://giantspiders.com/O_aureotibialis.html
It should be clearer what you have now.
thedarkfinder