Protectyaaaneck's picture thread

[Shrike]

Nice looking Tap! Love that species.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Beautiful H. gabonensis!!

Thanks, David! These guys are getting pretty big. I'm hoping one of them turns out to be male.

Nice looking Tap! Love that species.

Thank you! They're one of my favorites as well! : D

0.1 P. everetti

 

[advan]

Beautiful spider and awesome pics!

 

[Storm76]

Cute little fella...

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Beautiful spider and awesome pics!

Thanks, Chad!

Cute little fella...

Thanks, Jan!

So I decided to check on my H. incei "Gold" communal to see if they were doing alright and it turns out that they were behaving naughty towards one another and not really acting so communal. I started out with 18 of them in there and when I took them all out I was left with 8. A few of them were really big and fat and a few others were still very small and underfed. I'm not sure if the tank was too small for the amount of individuals I put in there or they just really aren't that communal, but I decided to take them all out and house them individually. I figured I would clean out the enclosure from top to bottom and give it to my M. balfouri female and the kids that were still living with her. It's been a week or so since I placed them in their new enclosure and they really haven't ventured out of their hide too much, but today I found the female out for a stroll. I like to call this series of pics, "Where Mom goes, I go".

 

[papilio]

Man that hurts to hear, Jason ... I've got one H. incei 'gold' and love it, shame to lose such beautiful spiders. But all in the name of experimentation I guess huh?

Amazing that the M. balfouri are still hitching a ride on mom at their size!

 

[syndicate]

Nice one man!!How many are living in there with the female?Also I noticed the same thing keeping the normal form H.incei together.I think you need to really give them a huge tank so they can each create there own territories.
More tolerant than truly communal!
-Chris

 

[FoxtheLviola]

Your T. subcaeruleus is just stunning. I love the look of that species. And the picture of the M. balfouri and sling is adorable.

 

[Storm76]

LOL - backpacking - someone is tired of walking on their own their I guess hehe

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Man that hurts to hear, Jason ... I've got one H. incei 'gold' and love it, shame to lose such beautiful spiders. But all in the name of experimentation I guess huh?

Amazing that the M. balfouri are still hitching a ride on mom at their size!

It's alright, I put them in there knowing what could happen. I pretty much had a feeling that was going to happen anyway so it wasn't as bad of a letdown as it could've been.

I think the mom and kids are liking their new home, but none of them have really ventured out of her burrow.

Nice one man!!How many are living in there with the female?Also I noticed the same thing keeping the normal form H.incei together.I think you need to really give them a huge tank so they can each create there own territories.
More tolerant than truly communal!
-Chris

Thanks, Chris! There are 5 total right now, used to be six but I removed one to sell. I might try another H. incei gold communal enclosure one day, but for now I'm just going to keep them separate. And I agree, the right word is tolerant, not communal. It will be interesting to see how the balfouri babies fair with the mom. I've given plenty of room for the 5 of them to construct their own homes should the move out of moms house.

Your T. subcaeruleus is just stunning. I love the look of that species. And the picture of the M. balfouri and sling is adorable.

Thank you! She keeps darkening with every molt and is quite the stunner now.

LOL - backpacking - someone is tired of walking on their own their I guess hehe

Yeah, I got a good laugh out of it too! I wish her and the kids would come out more often though.

0.1 P. brachyramosa

 

[Shrike]

Love the pic of the M. Balfouri with the hitchhiker sling! Very cool. Bummer to hear about the H. incei communal. I guess you can't win them all. Will you give it another go with a bigger tank?

 

[Storm76]

Awesome! P. brachyramosa! I still want one of those, too. How's the temper of the little one so far? I hear they are tiny terrors?

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Love the pic of the M. Balfouri with the hitchhiker sling! Very cool. Bummer to hear about the H. incei communal. I guess you can't win them all. Will you give it another go with a bigger tank?

Thanks, me too! It's one of my favorites for sure. I don't think I'll do another H. incei "Gold" communal anytime soon, but I guess there's always a possibility.

Awesome! P. brachyramosa! I still want one of those, too. How's the temper of the little one so far? I hear they are tiny terrors?

Thank you! I love this species! They are pretty fast but I wouldn't say they have a bad temper, just very skittish.

0.1 E. olivacea

 

[papilio]

Nice Jason, you've really gotten this macro stuff down haven't you? :biggrin:
Lookin' good, beautiful colors!

 

[advan]

Gorgeous lady! Nice shots Jason! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Storm76]

Great shots, Jason! Lovely tarsal claws of a beautiful T!

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Nice Jason, you've really gotten this macro stuff down haven't you? :biggrin:
Lookin' good, beautiful colors!

Thanks, Michael! I'm trying!

Gorgeous lady! Nice shots Jason! Keep 'em coming!

Thanks, Chad!

Great shots, Jason! Lovely tarsal claws of a beautiful T!

Thank you, Jan! I love taking pics of the claws.

0.1 C. sp. "Sulawesi Black"

 

[Formerphobe]

Very nice!

 

[papilio]

More wonderful images Jason, and what a beautiful spider! That carapace shot is unreal!!

 

[Arachtion]

So adorable when they're small