Genus Poecilotheria

[Ewok]

 

[syndicate]

congrats on the eggsac!female is beautiful.did u build all those tanks?setups look tight man

 

[Phalagorn]

congrats on the eggsac!female is beautiful.did u build all those tanks?setups look tight man

Thanks.. No, its an good friend that build the tanks for me.
Here an pic of my whole Poecilotheria spp. collection

 

[syndicate]

wow!!setup looks pro

 

[ambellina]

wow, phalagorn. not gonna lie, looks like a petshop. very nice!

 

[BEN-V]

Hi Stefan, nice Pokies room and congrats for the breeding ! Did you mate the female several times or only once ?

I' ve got 3 P. metallica about 6-7cm legspan and one of them doesn' t look like the others at all. She' s mostly grey-black with only a little of blue on the legs I. H. Krehenwinkel told me it may be a grey-form or black-form spiderling.

Here are pics of my classic-blue-form spiderlings :





and here some pics of my grey-black spiderling (just molted) :







All pictures taken at the same time with the same light and with flashlight.

What do you think about it ?


BEN

 

[Phalagorn]

Hi Stefan, nice Pokies room and congrats for the breeding ! Did you mate the female several times or only once ?

I' ve got 3 P. metallica about 6-7cm legspan and one of them doesn' t look like the others at all. She' s mostly grey-black with only a little of blue on the legs I. H. Krehenwinkel told me it may be a grey-form or black-form spiderling.

Here are pics of my classic-blue-form spiderlings :

All pictures taken at the same time with the same light and with flashlight.

What do you think about it ?


BEN

Hi! Ben
Thanks.

I have the male with me females 2-3 times just to be sure that they mated completely.

Very nice and intressting P. metallica you have there.
It looks like it might be an grey/black or dark form, It dosn´t shows no signs of sexual dimorphism at this size yet, only when they get an little bigger (diffrent blueish colours, and contrasts) Im looking forward to see more pictures of this little rarity! Please keep me updated.
Concerning dark forms I earlier had an P. striata "dark form". This odd individual comes from an normal batch of slings, as each time it moulted it became darker and darker. Unfortunately it appears to been an male

Here some pics of the P. striata "dark form" as juvenile.

Take care..

 

[BEN-V]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the answers !
I had alreday see the pics of your black striata, very nice ! Did you try to mate this male with a classic striata female ?

BEN

 

[Phalagorn]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the answers !
I had alreday see the pics of your black striata, very nice ! Did you try to mate this male with a classic striata female ?

BEN

Yes we tried to mate him with an normal striata female, but she killed him..

 

[Tarantula]

Here is my female Poecilotheria ornata "purple form" (or "blue form") :

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Nice isn' t it ?

BEN

Are you sure about that?? Looks like a normal ornata to me. They get purrple when freshly molted...

 

[Shad]

All freshly molted pokies are "purple form" ;P

 

[BEN-V]

Yes we tried to mate him with an normal striata female, but she killed him..

:wall: This beautyful specimen was so weird ! It seems the females don' t like the black look !

BEN

Are you sure about that?? Looks like a normal ornata to me. They get purrple when freshly molted...

Hi MetalDragon_boy,

not all ornata turn purple when freshly molted (i' ve got a big female that never has been purple at all even when freshly molted). But you' re right, some "classic form" come out with some purple just after molting.
Nevertheless, there is another characterisitc in the "purple form" that Phalagorn showed us : they' ve got a much larger spot underside the femur of legs IV. My "purple specimen" has this characteristic that my others ornata have not.

BEN

 

[Bearo]

Hi Ben..

Weird.. Do you know the sex of the specimen?
The Tibia also looks strange.. kinda reminds me of P. rufilata alitle..
Could you post ventral pictures as well?

Have a good one
//Björn

 

[BEN-V]

Hi Ben..

Weird.. Do you know the sex of the specimen?
The Tibia also looks strange.. kinda reminds me of P. rufilata alitle..
Could you post ventral pictures as well?

Have a good one
//Björn

Hi Bearo,

you' re talking about my metallica or my ornata ?
I don' t know the sex of the metallica, i bought it in Hamm with two classic metallica. H. Krehenwinkel sold them to me.
The ornata is a 7cm BL female.

BEN

 

[Bearo]

Hi Bearo,

you' re talking about my metallica or my ornata ?
I don' t know the sex of the metallica, i bought it in Hamm with two classic metallica. H. Krehenwinkel sold them to me.
The ornata is a 7cm BL female.

BEN

Hi..

I ment the P. metallica
Ventral pictures would be great

Cheers
//Björn

 

[davros]

P.fasciata

Best wishes Mal.

 

[BEN-V]

I ment the P. metallica
Ventral pictures would be great

OK, i' ll try to do that soon.

BEN

 

[stooka]

congrats on that Mal:clap: :clap: nice pics too

 

[davros]

congrats on that Mal:clap: :clap: nice pics too

Thanx Stu.


Best wishes Mal.

 

[strongboy4]

P. met

I think its a male...