Protectyaaaneck's picture thread

[Protectyaaaneck]

Wow, the shots in this last post are gorgeous!! Especially the 4th one down. :biggrin:

You've really got me drooling these days, Mister Avicman.

Haha, thanks Michael, but after your recent versicolor pictures we know who the real avicman is. Thanks for the compliment, but I have a far way to go to get my pictures anywhere near yours.

Please let me know when you're selling the tarapoto. Your rufi girls are doing really well.

Thanks! Glad they're doing well.

Very nice to see some offspring of these over there

Thanks, Jan! But over there, is actually down here. I'm living in Peru at the moment and just recently traveled to Tarapoto to acquire these.

Avicularia sp. "Tarapoto"

 

[fuzzyavics72]

I see why you didn't work for your tarapoto sac. She was WC. I always like new genes in the gene pool.

The mother is soooooo beautiful!

 

[papilio]

I think you're selling yourself short Jason. I'd be happy if that image were one of mine, and you were taking fantastic photos of your Ts long before I took it up in a serious way, they were definitely an inspiration!

 

[Storm76]

You're living in Peru currently? Considering all those latest acquisitions I was wondering - I envy you for your choice of location

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

I see why you didn't work for your tarapoto sac. She was WC. I always like new genes in the gene pool.

The mother is soooooo beautiful!

Oh don't get me wrong, I had to work for it, and yes she is!

I think you're selling yourself short Jason. I'd be happy if that image were one of mine, and you were taking fantastic photos of your Ts long before I took it up in a serious way, they were definitely an inspiration!

Well thanks for the compliment even though I don't agree. I know I keep saying this, but I really need to work on my lighting and I think my pictures would improve drastically. Can't really do much on that front until I'm back home though. They don't have the same type of camera equipment down here and I wouldn't want to risk having anything shipped to me. Lots of packages get intercepted, stolen, looked through, etc... Also going to look into getting another macro lens when I get back. My current lens had a bit of an accident when I was in Tingo Maria recently.

You're living in Peru currently? Considering all those latest acquisitions I was wondering - I envy you for your choice of location

Yep, been down here since the start of December. I'll be here till mid June most likely. Wish I had more money and time so I could go hunt for other tarantula species. There's so much to do and see in Peru its crazy. I leave for Bolivia on Friday for a short vacation and I hope to find some Haplotremus while I'm there, or maybe something else really cool.

Avicularia sp. "Tarapoto"

 

[papilio]

My gosh that is a gorgeous creature! :biggrin:

Sorry to hear about your lens. You're right about lighting ... nothing (including equipment) is so important and I'm always looking for ways to improve it, get more interesting contrast, better diffusion etc. But that's what keeps it fun!



Best luck on your next expedition!!

 

[Storm76]

You're very lucky to have the option to go view them in their natural habitat. May I ask what you do for a living that you get to work in those countries?

And Michael is right - gorgeous creatures!

 

[Wasabiroot]

This entire thread is solid gold. Love the photos - keep 'em coming! Looking forward to some updates from Peru.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

My gosh that is a gorgeous creature! :biggrin:

Sorry to hear about your lens. You're right about lighting ... nothing (including equipment) is so important and I'm always looking for ways to improve it, get more interesting contrast, better diffusion etc. But that's what keeps it fun!



Best luck on your next expedition!!

Thank you, Michael! I had a bit of luck, just didn't find the T's I was looking for.

You're very lucky to have the option to go view them in their natural habitat. May I ask what you do for a living that you get to work in those countries?

And Michael is right - gorgeous creatures!

Well usually I'm a hard working carpenter, but for now I'm down here in Peru volunteering with my girlfriend for a while.

This entire thread is solid gold. Love the photos - keep 'em coming! Looking forward to some updates from Peru.

How fitting! lol Although I didn't find a tarantula, I did find something that had a lot of gold on it. While this update is from Peru, the spider was found in Bolivia! And thank you!

Found in Coroico, Bolivia:

 

[archaeosite]

That is simply STUNNING! How lucky!

 

[Blueandbluer]

WOW! What a spider! Anyone have an ID on that lovely critter??

 

[jbm150]

What in the??? What a cool looking spider, nice find! Looks like it crawled out of a gold mine

 

[Storm76]

NOW I understand the sentence: "Not everything's gold that comes out of the earth!"

Very neat looking species

 

[jiacovazzi]

Amazing, looks like A.francki

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

That is simply STUNNING! How lucky!

Agreed and agreed!!

WOW! What a spider! Anyone have an ID on that lovely critter??

Agreed! I have been told that it might be what's going around in the hobby as Fufius sp. "Bolivia" or Fufius sp. "Rurrenabaque". This was found in Coroico, which isn't terribly far away from Rurrenabaque.

What in the??? What a cool looking spider, nice find! Looks like it crawled out of a gold mine

Haha, agreed Jeff! At first I thought it was just the carapace that was gold when I saw it from a few feet away, but then I dug it up and was shocked at how awesome it looked. I couldn't believe how much gold it had on it.

NOW I understand the sentence: "Not everything's gold that comes out of the earth!"

Very neat looking species

Agreed, Jan!

Amazing, looks like A.francki

Similar, but nowhere near the same size. This spider wasn't very big, roughly 1.25-1.5"


Found near Tingo Maria, Peru, poss. Reversopelma petersi

 

[Storm76]

I'd love to see some Avic pictures in their natural habitats picturing how high in the tree they're usually living aso. You have a very unique oppurtunity there. I'd so be out daily to look for them and take pictures...

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

I'd love to see some Avic pictures in their natural habitats picturing how high in the tree they're usually living aso. You have a very unique oppurtunity there. I'd so be out daily to look for them and take pictures...

I had posted a bunch a couple pages back, but at the time photobucket wasn't working so I used a smugmug free trial and the pictures have since been deleted. So that being said, here they are reposted:

Avicularia sp. "Tarapoto"








































The majority of the specimens I found were at around 3-4 feet above the ground in trees, plants, man-made structures such as roofs, log piles, bridges, fencing etc... There were many more specimens spotted at unreachable heights, but if I had to guess, the highest one spotted had to be around 15 feet. It seemed the younger ones were nearer to the ground than the older ones. But in a very small area I found around 50 specimens, and I didn't even really look that hard.

 

[papilio]

Thanks so much for resurrecting these Jason! Needless to say, we don't often have the opportunity to see images like these.

But in a very small area I found around 50 specimens, and I didn't even really look that hard.

:drool:

 

[tarantellajen]

Just saw the golden Mygalomorph on the previous page:
Incredible; you are blessed to see animals like this. Thank you; others and I may not have seen this species had you not shared this.

 

[Storm76]

Thanks so much for resurrecting these Jason! Needless to say, we don't often have the opportunity to see images like these.




:drool:

I fully agree! And that specimen there got a little aggrevated towards the end, hehe. Too cute.