Pamphobeteus nigricolor.

Henry Kane

Henry Kane

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Looks like a girl, no?

Now I just hope my other is a male. Not to breed of course (they're siblings...can't do that ;)) but so I can eventually see the mature colors of a male nigricolor. The big girl's awesome too though.

Atrax
 

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Originally posted by Atrax
Wicked! Is she from Todds c/b stock?

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Yep. Bryan (Cronoss) and I got 2 from another vendor. When they arrived, they had stickers with Todd's batch numbers on the containers. I kept them both and they both turned out to be females. Bryan later got 2 slings ( they are about 4" now) on a trade. These proved to be 1 of each gender. He was kind enough to sell the male to me.
 
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wow! those look kind of like the X.immanis, any resemblence between these genus? how are their temperment?



James

P.S- Great pics gary and jon! :)
 
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Originally posted by Tarantula Lover
wow! those look kind of like the X.immanis, any resemblence between these genus? how are their temperment?

James

P.S- Great pics gary and jon! :)
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Thanks James.

Individuals of P. nigricolor go through quite a color change as they mature. The one pictured in my avatar ( at about 4") now looks similar to the one pictured above.

I've found that these spiders are rather "defensive". My larger individuals often rear up and occasionally strike. I have never witnessed these behaviors in any of my X. immanis. I can't comment on how closely these two genera are related from a taxonomic standpoint.

John
 
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