Pamphobeteus sp. 'araña pollito'

[MetalMan2004]

And the legend continues. I’ve heard stories but never seen them for sale. Good luck to anyone trying to breed them!

 

[AbraxasComplex]

Yes, I had them. Did a very expensive import many years back. The group did so well together and I sent a bunch to someone in Europe. The sacs I had never hatched and the adult females eventually passed on long after the last males had.

I'd love to try again, but my supplier couldn't get the proper permits for a few years in a row and stopped attempting. Also I slowly became hyper sensitive to their urticating hairs and spending any time working with them was torture.

I hope someone starts working with a large group soon.

 

[xenesthis]

Be careful out there. There are people selling the Pamphobeteus cf. antinous "Peruvian Big Black Birdeater" collected in Pucallpa, Peru as the "chicken spider". A few years ago, this was an issue with certain dealers in Europe selling the "chicken spider".

The true "chicken spider" is only found in the Madre de Dios region of SE Peru and also into NW Bolivia. It's believed to be a Pamphobeteus sp. with fairly thicker legs as compared to the Pamphobeteus in central and NE Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador.

 

[Comatose]

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but I figured I’d share. My partner Aleks Kaszper became the first person in the US to breed this species earlier this year

The breeding stock pictured came from Europe.


As others have pointed out, Peruvian antinous are often sold as this species by ignorant or even unscrupulous sellers. Here is a side by side of “Chicken Spider” next to “Big Black”.



Lastly, here are the slings

 

[ButterMan]

I found a pamphobeteus sp arana polito on the Canadian site tangled in webs for 1500 cad. Why… and I thought theraphosas were pricy

 

[antinous]

I found a pamphobeteus sp arana polito on the Canadian site tangled in webs for 1500 cad. Why… and I thought theraphosas were pricy

Some Pamphobeteus are just that uncommon/difficult to breed compared to many other species. This is why sp. ‘Solaris’, ultramarinus, etc. command a higher price.

 

[ButterMan]

Some Pamphobeteus are just that uncommon/difficult to breed compared to many other species. This is why sp. ‘Solaris’, ultramarinus, etc. command a higher price.

Yeah the entire pamphobeteus genus is kinda confusing. Like how many pamphobeteus antinous even are there lmao

 

[antinous]

Yeah the entire pamphobeteus genus is kinda confusing. Like how many pamphobeteus antinous even are there lmao

There’s only one. The rest are an undescribed species given the name ‘antinous’ due to looking like the true one.

 

[Super8Spiders]

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?

A few years later, but I just got three of them last week. Still in juvenile / sub adult stage, but hopefully I have a pairing in the lot.