pix Cupiennius coccineus

[Steven]

Cupiennius coccineus (Costa Rica)

yeah yeah,... from Vinnman,...

just to be faster then our fellow German board-members

 

[Christoph]

Hi Steven,
I love this spiders :drool:

 

[SebastianH]

Hi Steven,

here is one of the german board-members with Coccineus from TV ;P .
Are your spiders adult, it looks so :clap: ?
My 5 spiders are still spiderlings in the 4- 5 instar. But the eat my my last hear of the head and are growing very well.
Pix from them will follow in some weeks.
Greetings,
Sebastian

 

[Steven]

Hi Steven,

here is one of the german board-members with Coccineus from TV ;P .
Are your spiders adult, it looks so :clap: ?
My 5 spiders are still spiderlings in the 4- 5 instar. But the eat my my last hear of the head and are growing very well.
Pix from them will follow in some weeks.
Greetings,
Sebastian

hehehe Seb i allready knew you had them,...
(i meant by "faster" that otherwise you'd be asking if i got them from TV or not )

i've met Thomas today on the fair,.. i asked if he could bring along some Slings 4 instar,... but he had mistaken his plastic boxes with slings and didn't had any slings Coccineus with him,... so i got this adult female instead

(He said she was furtile,... mmm don't know if should believe that,. but anyway,... AWSOME spider !!! looking forward to see your pictures :}

 

[danread]

Wow, stunning spider and even more stunning photos Steven! Whats the leg span on this one?

Would you mind posting some photos of the setup you use to keep it in?

 

[Steven]

Would you mind posting some photos of the setup you use to keep it in?

In one of the enclosures on top,...

 

[Nikos]

Steven, are the enclosures on the top movable or do you use a ladder to get to them?

 

[Steven]

Steven, are the enclosures on the top movable or do you use a ladder to get to them?

mmm ? why use a ladder ? i only need to open them 5 cm to trow in a cricket and mist it,...

but they are movable,... they are comparments of 3.

 

[Adnan]

Awesome spider! I love the big eyes!

 

[SebastianH]

Hi Steven,

....i've met Thomas today on the fair,.. i asked if he could bring along some Slings 4 instar,... but he had mistaken his plastic boxes with slings and didn't had any slings Coccineus with him,... so i got this adult female instead

(He said she was furtile,... mmm don't know if should believe that,. but anyway,... AWSOME spider !!! looking forward to see your pictures :}

let´s hope that is how about he said

Are your female so brown like it on your fotos looks? I know them more orange, like here:
http://www.isopoda.net/portfolio/Cupiennius/c.coccin_fem.html
http://gea.free.fr/fiche cu-coccineus.htm

MfG,
Sebastian

 

[Steven]

Hi Steven,



let´s hope that is how about he said

Are your female so brown like it on your fotos looks? I know them more orange, like here:
http://www.isopoda.net/portfolio/Cupiennius/c.coccin_fem.html
http://gea.free.fr/fiche cu-coccineus.htm

MfG,
Sebastian

Bad lightning

but not so orange as the 2nd pict,...
1st one from Francesco is correct colors

 

[danread]

Wow, your bug room is coming along nicely now Steven. Are the tanks along the top just large tanks that you divided into three, or did you buy them that way?

 

[Steven]

Wow, your bug room is coming along nicely now Steven. Are the tanks along the top just large tanks that you divided into three, or did you buy them that way?

homemade by a friend of mine, for a very good price

 

[Steven]

Would you mind posting some photos of the setup you use to keep it in?

@Dan
some close-ups of the enclosures
(on the first pictures they were empy )

on the right C.coccineus,..

same enclosures,.. other spiders: H.immanis

 

[danread]

:clap: Those are really nice setups! I think i need to have a look at improving my tanks and enclosures soon, your pictures are really inspiring.

 

[SebastianH]

Hi Steven,

what i forget to ask. How big is your female?
Greetings,
Sebastian

 

[Steven]

Hi Steven,

what i forget to ask. How big is your female?
Greetings,
Sebastian

about the size of a lightswitch
(see picture )


i'll try to take exact measurements for ya if she will coöperate :wall:

 

[Steven]

(He said she was furtile,... mmm don't know if should believe that,. but anyway,... AWSOME spider !!!

I guess i should have believed him in the first place

OK,.. need advice
(first spider-cocoon i have,... usually more the 8 leggs )
- how long should i wait to take away the eggsac from the mother ?
- how long to wait before opening the sac ?

 

[SebastianH]

Hi,

i think you should the eggsack stay by the mother. But take them into an other cage, that when the slings hatch the can´t escape. After hatching when the slings molt to the first eatskin (in german "1. Fresshaut") you separat the mother.
Best luck for your hatch Steven.
Greetings,
Sebastian

 

[Steven]

Update:

since last week she has made a fine web-tube on the frontside of her tank.
(preparing a kind of nursery web ?)

the eggsac has turned "grey" now,... :?
good sign or bad sign ?

it's almost 1 month since she made the sac,...
should i wait a bit longer or remove it and make a small opening to check the inside ?

sorry for the bad picture,... difficult angle to take the pict.