Peculiar tarantulas

[The wolf]

Here is a place to post about weird and wonderful tarantula with unique behaviours and physical features I will start of with .mira with its trapdoor building behaviour

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Okay, I'll play.

Typhochlaena seladonia - Arboreal trapdoor.
Ceratogyrus spp. - Some of them have foveal horns.

 

[The wolf]

Okay, I'll play.

Typhochlaena seladonia - Arboreal trapdoor.
Ceratogyrus spp. - Some of them have foveal horns.

How does that even work, the arboreal trapdoor
And I love the foveal horn aesthetic

 

[Ungoliant]

How does that even work, the arboreal trapdoor

The bark is the trapdoor.

 

[The wolf]

The bark is the trapdoor.

Oh right so is it sort of like a gnaphosid sac with a bark covered door

 

[draconisj4]

Megaphobema robustum - "cartwheel of death" defensive behavior

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Ephebopus - Their urticating setae are located on their pedipalps.

 

[MetalMan2004]

Megaphobema robustum - "cartwheel of death" defensive behavior

I’m not familiar aith this move. Any videos?

Ephebopus - Their urticating setae are located on their pedipalps.

Didn’t know this either. Just goes to show how unique each species can be!

 

[Liquifin]

Theraphosa species- notorious uricating hairs

 

[basin79]

Idiothele mira. Expert ground trapdoor builders.

 

[Andrea82]

Megaphobema robustum - "cartwheel of death" defensive behavior

Huh? They don't cartwheel, they kick at you. Cartwheeling spider is not a Theraphosid.

@MetalMan2004
Check out how Ephebopus kicks hairs:

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I’m not familiar aith this move. Any videos?

Basically instead of choose, as first defense option, the setae kicking or the bite (actually I've never saw mine throw a threat pose, btw) they love to rely on those sorta 'spikes', present on their Leg IV, and basically they 'hit-kick' the menace with those... imagine a sort of whip, or how a Sjambok work, but with those legs

If we consider that those are quite big Theraphosidae their ability to perform dash and agility is interesting.

 

[mconnachan]

Check out how Ephebopus kicks hairs:

Beautiful looking spider.

 

[The wolf]

Beautiful looking spider.

I know right. I really want one the blue chelicerae orange legs and golden abdomen I love it

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Beautiful looking spider.

This is about the most you'll ever see of one once it hits juviehood though

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[draconisj4]

I’m not familiar aith this move. Any videos?

There is one on you tube, but to be honest it didn't look like a cartwheel to me.

Huh? They don't cartwheel, they kick at you. Cartwheeling spider is not a Theraphosid.

Lol, just referring to the common name for that move. Still, I'd like to see it in person. My M. robustum must be broken, all I've ever seen from it is a normal threat posture.

 

[mconnachan]

This is about the most you'll ever see of one once it hits juviehood though

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Even so - on those rare occasions, those colours are amazing, @The Grym Reaper yours looks awesome, the blue fangs at the ready - pretty cool man.

 

[checkmate]

The one that has the symbiotic relationship with a frog. Forgot which one.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

The one that has the symbiotic relationship with a frog. Forgot which one.

X.immanis

 

[Venom1080]

E. olivacea. No spermathacae, retain sperm through molts.