Pokies rule ok

[si_sleaf]

The other day I watched my B.smithi Tom eat a locust. If you look closely, you can see a locust abdomen expanding and contracting which I supose is them breathing. When Tom ate a locust it took around five minutes for the locust to stop breathing.

This evening I put a locust in With my P.regalis, Jerry. He took it and sunk his fangs in straight away. The locust stopped breathing less than thirty seconds later. Bearing in mind that Tom is around 4.5 inches and Jerry is closer to 2 inches, I think we can see why Pokies have the fearsome reputation they do.

Heh, gotta love them Pokies though

 

[si_sleaf]

Here's another shot of him. Check out the size of that locust, it's as big as he is!

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hey

I think ur regalis is very hot. hot as in terms of good looking any ways cool stuff too see and a nice pic. have a nice day
geo

 

[arachnopunks]

yeah we loved our OW species. We have a baby on the way and at this juncture the OW's wouldn't be prudent. We had a whole room for our T's but that is a nursery now. Anyhow real nice pic. Can't wait to get more when we have the room.

 

[Philth]

Are you sure that a regalis? Regalis are sopposed to have a white band under there abdomin.:?

 

[Static_69]

Originally posted by Philth
Are you sure that a regalis? Regalis are sopposed to have a white band under there abdomin.:?

I think they get the band when they get more mature.





Risto

 

[Crotalus]

Ive seen a Lasiodora kill a cricket faster then a Phoneutria, it doesnt mean that the Lasiodora got more potent venom for humans (or insects)
It simply depends alot on how the fangs are penetrated into the prey.

/Lelle

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

my t is a cricket ass-kicking machine. he had three in his mouth at once last time i fed him.

 

[Frostbyte]

It is rather cool watching different species react in different ways to prey. Out of all my Ts , Id have to say my Green Bottle is the most aggressive attacker . Even faster than my Cobalt.

 

[MizM]

Originally posted by Crotalus
Ive seen a Lasiodora kill a cricket faster then a Phoneutria, it doesnt mean that the Lasiodora got more potent venom for humans (or insects)
It simply depends alot on how the fangs are penetrated into the prey.

/Lelle

I've had a cricket kill a L. mactans, "Black Widow!" Go figure THAT one!:?

 

[SpiderTwin]

Originally posted by Philth
Are you sure that a regalis? Regalis are sopposed to have a white band under there abdomin.:?

Dosen't look like a regalis to me either.
P. regalis dosen't have the redish-purple color and they have bright yellow coloring on the under side of their legs.

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hey

My most agressive eater is my L.difficilis even when it was 3/4" it took large adult cricks. well it started by accident actually the crick jumped to the deli cup my L.difficilis is while I was feeding other Ts and he( I know its a he now) responded so violent. any ways its 2" now and umm its doing fine. about your Pokie... I noticed the band is not there either any ways it still looks hot. have a nice day
geo

 

[Sean]

my togo is alittle over an inch it eats pinheads bigger then him killed 3 lined them side by side and ate them slowly..weird thing is he bobs his head up and down when he eats never seen a t do that before

 

[WYSIWYG]

Are you sure that's a locust? It looks more like a grasshopper to me. Even so, it looks too pretty to end up as spider food (at least the one in the 2nd pic does).

Nice-looking spiders though.

Wysi

 

[si_sleaf]

Originally posted by SpiderTwin
Dosen't look like a regalis to me either.
P. regalis dosen't have the redish-purple color and they have bright yellow coloring on the under side of their legs.

I'm pretty sure it is a regalis. I got it from a friend as a spiderling and now it is about 2.5" long. He has got a lot of growing to do still, but I can see the yellow starting to come through on his legs now

 

[ArachnoJoost]

At that size my regalis didn't have the cream colored band nor the yellow on the underside of the leg. If you look closely at the underside pic you can see a bit of a band appear, with the next molts the yellow and the band will become apparent. So yes, I think it's a regalis indeed.
greetz,
Joost