Phlogius strenuus - New Aussie T (Lots of Pics)

PhilK

Arachnolord
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G'day guys, just thought I'd post up my newest addition. These are really new to the hobby here in Australia, and are the second largest Ts we have (second to the Aussie Goliath, which isn't available 'til there are slings at Christmas).

I finally scraped the cash together to order this girl.. She's nowhere near full size yet, but should get to about 20cm or so.

The first day I got her she was so placid it was hard to move her into her new tank - I literally had to push her in!














She settled in alright and has eaten 5 crickets between yesterday and today - she is an eating machine, and attacks them like CRAZY! Today I thought she was finished with a meal, so opened up her tank with the plan I'd nudge her aside ('cause she's so placid) and grab out the food bolus.. Anyway, turns out she wasn't finished and today she decided she wouldn't be so placid..











Sorry for the long post, hope you enjoy.
 

syndicate

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great looking species!im still waiting on my new aussie slings to get shipped.
are these a more tropical species?
 

von_z

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Awesome! I love the Aussie T's and plan on owning several. What can you tell me about this "goliath" species? How big does it get, and are there pics available???
 

PhilK

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are these a more tropical species?
Yeah. They aren't arid, if that's what you mean

What can you tell me about this "goliath" species? How big does it get, and are there pics available???
The goliath is the 'big sister' of the strenuus from what I understand. Only a handful went for sale, and that was just to fund a trip to find males. They're setting up a breeding program and we'll have some slings by the end of the year hopefully. They get quite large (>20cm I think). I'll dig up some links.

http://thegreenscorpion.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1764&p=16651&hilit=goliath#p16651

http://thegreenscorpion.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1366&p=12326&hilit=goliath#p12326

http://theata.org/forum/index.php?topic=1374.0

http://theata.org/forum/index.php?topic=1325.0

http://theata.org/forum/index.php?topic=1266.0

http://theata.org/forum/index.php?topic=1394.0

http://theata.org/forum/index.php?topic=1109.0

These are just quick links I dug up - hope they're OK
 
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