Pamphobeteus sp. 'araña pollito'

[antinous]

This is one of my holy grail species, after seeing them in the wild in Iquitos, I've made it my goal to own a small group of them. Only problem is, I've never seen them for sale, don't know the going prices (probably too expensive for me either way), and I don't know if anybody actually has them in the US hobby? I know they're in Europe, but that doesn't help me much as I have no way of getting them. Does anyone know if anybody is working with this species at all?

 

[Theneil]

Only ones i know about in the US have already died, but if you know of someplace in europe selling them then maybe contacting one of the good, LEGAL importers and maybe they can add them to one of their imports, but honestly, i doubt that anybody does or the importers would probably have already got them, as they are highly sought after ( =expensive) and would be purchased in groups. Would be an awesome add to any collection though. If you do find them let me know because i would buy a few as well (if i could make the dollars work.)

 

[antinous]

Actually just did some more searching and found out that @Tomoran has two females, which is amazing provided he's able to find a male or two. I wonder what they would be priced...oh well, until then I'll be happy with my pair of antinous.

 

[antinous]

Also this reminds me, @KezyGLA, @The Grym Reaper or @boina , how many ‘locales’ of antinous do you guys commonly see in the hobby over there? I’m guessing the only one available in the US is the ‘slender leg’ one, but I’ve seen photos of the ‘thicker leg’ one in the European hobby.

 

[Arachnophoric]

Actually just did some more searching and found out that @Tomoran has two females, which is amazing provided he's able to find a male or two. I wonder what they would be priced...oh well, until then I'll be happy with my pair of antinous.

I was about to mention that afaik he still had his. I had no idea this species was so difficult to obtain in the states.

 

[antinous]

I was about to mention that afaik he still had his. I had no idea this species was so difficult to obtain in the states.

Extremely hard, I’ve never seen one for sale. I’ve always wanted to keep them in a realistic enclosure to mimic how I’ve seen them in the wild, but idk if that’s ever going to happen

 

[Greasylake]

As far as I know jon3800 has some but hes up in Canada and Tom Moran has a few like was mentioned earlier. I'm sure there are some more around that we don't know of.

 

[Theneil]

Actually just did some more searching and found out that @Tomoran has two females, which is amazing provided he's able to find a male or two. I wonder what they would be priced...oh well, until then I'll be happy with my pair of antinous.

Interesting i don't keep up on his stuff but knew he mentioned wanting one. Diddn't know he actually got some. That's cool.

 

[KezyGLA]

Also this reminds me, @KezyGLA, @The Grym Reaper or @boina , how many ‘locales’ of antinous do you guys commonly see in the hobby over there? I’m guessing the only one available in the US is the ‘slender leg’ one, but I’ve seen photos of the ‘thicker leg’ one in the European hobby.

The most commonly known is cf. antinous (Peru) or “Big Black”.

Then it is “Lightning Blue”. I have yet to see the rest for sale.

 

[boina]

I know they're in Europe,

Yeah, I've seen them for sale a year or so ago - but they are exceptionally rare.

I’m guessing the only one available in the US is the ‘slender leg’ one, but I’ve seen photos of the ‘thicker leg’ one in the European hobby.

The most commonly known is cf. antinous (Peru) or “Big Black”.

Then it is “Lightning Blue”. I have yet to see the rest for sale.

AFAIK the 'thicker leg' is the Bolivian one (or a Bolivian one, there may be more than one species from Bolivia) and that's a third species. It is significantly smaller than the Peruvian ones - I should know because I had a WC female for several years. It was 6" and it stayed 6" with every molt and molted only bi-yearly, so I'm sure it was mature and probably rather old. A very, very defensive spider...

 

[KezyGLA]

Yeah, I've seen them for sale a year or so ago - but they are exceptionally rare.





AFAIK the 'thicker leg' is the Bolivian one (or a Bolivian one, there may be more than one species from Bolivia) and that's a third species. It is significantly smaller than the Peruvian ones - I should know because I had a WC female for several years. It was 6" and it stayed 6" with every molt and molted only bi-yearly, so I'm sure it was mature and probably rather old. A very, very defensive spider...

Only one from Bolivia. That is the real Pamphobeteus antinous. But these also grow fairly large.

 

[LV-426]

I remember several years ago someone on this forum had a communal of them, and there was a thread. I wonder whatever became of them? Edit: found the thread http://arachnoboards.com/threads/arana-polita-chicken-spider-diary.173405/page-21

 

[Theneil]

I remember several years ago someone on this forum had a communal of them, and there was a thread. I wonder whatever became of them? Edit: found the thread http://arachnoboards.com/threads/arana-polita-chicken-spider-diary.173405/page-21

He was never able to hatch out a successful sac before the females died.

 

[antinous]

He was never able to hatch out a successful sac before the females died.

He also sold off one of his adult females to Jon3800, which probably meant the males died before that as well

 

[Theneil]

He also sold off one of his adult females to Jon3800, which probably meant the males died before that as well

Oh, i didn't know he sold any.

 

[LV-426]

He was never able to hatch out a successful sac before the females died.

That sucks, I was wishing for a better outcome.

 

[Theneil]

That sucks, I was wishing for a better outcome.

Yeah, i think a lot of people were.

 

[MarksTs]

I know this thread is Oct 2018 but I was having a little look and couldn't help noticing this about the pamphobetus arana polito aka chicken spider I currently have a Male and a female both one molt away from adult but I'm slowing the Male down as I want my female to molt first and hopefully will breed them and see if it's true are they communal I spoke to a guy at a bts way back in 2014 and he showed me images he took in the wild of these guys living in big groups of all sizes ever since I was hooked and determined to find out for myself so fingers crossed.

 

[Theneil]

I know this thread is Oct 2018 but I was having a little look and couldn't help noticing this about the pamphobetus arana polito aka chicken spider I currently have a Male and a female both one molt away from adult but I'm slowing the Male down as I want my female to molt first and hopefully will breed them and see if it's true are they communal I spoke to a guy at a bts way back in 2014 and he showed me images he took in the wild of these guys living in big groups of all sizes ever since I was hooked and determined to find out for myself so fingers crossed.

Very nice. from what i have heard, males of the species seem to be hard to come by. To have both male and female is awesome. Hopefully you will pass him around once your lady is paired. i would like to see these more available.

i have also seen pictures of thes together in mix sized groups but i havent had a chance to see one in person or to see a video clip of a group. Only still photos.

 

[StampFan]

I know this thread is Oct 2018 but I was having a little look and couldn't help noticing this about the pamphobetus arana polito aka chicken spider I currently have a Male and a female both one molt away from adult but I'm slowing the Male down as I want my female to molt first and hopefully will breed them and see if it's true are they communal I spoke to a guy at a bts way back in 2014 and he showed me images he took in the wild of these guys living in big groups of all sizes ever since I was hooked and determined to find out for myself so fingers crossed.

If I remember correctly please search old threads for @AbraxasComplex and these T's. He had a whole project going on if I recall years ago.