New Mexican Blonde Care?

[Mojo Jojo]

Does anyone have any experiece keeping Aphonopelma sp. (New Mexican Blonde)?

Since it doesn't have a species name and common names are usually unreliable, I have added a link to a picture of one on Kelly Swift's website.

http://swiftinverts.com/pix/Newmex.jpg

I would like to know if it has been given a species name yet. And I would like some care/housing advice for when it is older.

Thanks

Jon

 

[MrT]

Jon,
Is it a wild caught? If so, where.

Ernie

 

[Bob the thief]

kelly? wild animals?

NEVER!

Actually he just got some wc's in

but no since its from swifts i wouldent think its wc

 

[MrT]

Originally posted by Bob the thief
kelly? wild animals?

NEVER!

Actually he just got some wc's in

but no since its from swifts i wouldent think its wc

I thought Jon was useing Kellys link for the pic.

Ernie

 

[Mojo Jojo]

No its not wild caught, as I got it from Kelly.

Jon

 

[MrT]

Jon,
I keep my Aphonopelma's on 100% peet with a water dish and a hide. They pretty much stay outside the hides. My A. chalcodes webs up the enclosure floor, wall to wall. My A. schmidti just sits outside its hide and chills.
I don't mist the enclosures at all. And their both very mellow. I can pick them right up.
If yours is from southern New Mexico, It may be a Carlsbad Green. If its from northern New Mexico it could be a A. behlei.
Theres so many Aphonopelma Sp. its not funny. Theres one from Tucson thats called A. sp. Highway 10.

Hope I helped a little,

Ernie