Pseudhapalopus sp. blue

[Arachnophobphile]

Any member have a Pseudhapalopus sp. blue that is at least 2 years old that could post some photos please?

Attaching a photo of my Pseudhapalopus sp. blue. It's over 2 years old, fossorial and just molted end of last week. It's only a little over 1 inch now geez. Will try to get better photos at a later time.

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

Hi
I have the Pseudhapalopus sp Colombia that are 1 year 9 months old now and closely related. They are between 1.3 and 1.5 inch mark.But I never gave them a chance to burrow that deep and have been eating good.Temps between 20°C and 30°C depending on season.Curently living in 1.3l braplast container but don't have pics of that setup.

Spermathecae pic


Regards Konstantin

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Most interesting thanks for responding. I believe Pseudhapalopus are absolute true dwarves staying under 3 inches. I wonder if they ever reach 2 inches and if they do how many years on average it would take.

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

Hi
Not sure about classing them as dwarfs but they do grow very slow.
just in case you haven't seen this

Regards Konstantin

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Hi
Not sure about classing them as dwarfs but they do grow very slow.
just in case you haven't seen this

Regards Konstantin

Cool video

Yes true dwarf tarantulas max adult size never exceeds 3 inches.

I say a true dwarf maxes out at 2 or under.

 

[dman13760]

I got mine in March of 2021. At the time it was 1" I'd say it's 1 3/4" now. It's gotta be at least 2 years old given their growth rate. Here are some pics:

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I got mine in March of 2021. At the time it was 1" I'd say it's 1 3/4" now. It's gotta be at least 2 years old given their growth rate. Here are some pics:

Thanks for responding.

I bought mine in February 2020, it was 1/8 maybe a hair smaller, was ridiculously small.

Mine is over 2 years old and looks nothing like yours.

I've been worried that what I bought was a mislabeled tarantula. It's confusing because it is a dwarf yet bears no relation to a Pseudhapalopus sp blue. This was purchased at an exotics show. I bought 2 T's there in Feb. 2020 a .5 inch G. pulchra that is now a healthy 4 inch T. albopilosus and a 1/8 P. sp blue. Purchased from two different vendors at the exotic show.

Since I've had it, no matter how much substrate there is in the enclosure it has always been fossorial.

Now mine may be growing slower so might take a little longer before it starts bearing any color other than pale yellow and white.

Some more time will tell.

 

[dman13760]

@Arachnophobphile no problem....and kudos to you for raising your spider from such a small size! Given how long it took for yours to get to 1", mine must be about 4 years old then? Judging by your picture and the behavior you described, I think it was labelled correctly. Like you said, it may just need some more time. Mine loves to burrow, so much so that I would like to rehouse it into a enclosure that allows for more burrowing. They are such cool T's......it'll be interesting to see how big they get.

 

[calliew311]

Hi
Not sure about classing them as dwarfs but they do grow very slow.
just in case you haven't seen this

Regards Konstantin

According to the video the sp. Columbia can get 5 to 6 inches dls. Wow, and I thought mine was a male since he is just over 1.25 inches, in a year, but got him at around 1/4 inch. Well, he is blonde, but actually yellow , I guess and his hairs a purple-ish blue. He's a fossorial for sure and I think when he was little that I gave him too much substrate to burrow in, because he never ate for months. I thought he was maybe molting. Finally one day, I opened the top of the burrow and put a mealworm on the top with a squished head, and it disappeared. From then on, it ate great and in the last month or so, he's been coming to the top, and l had never seen that before. Now, he's back to burrowing. But it makes me feel better knowing they get rather big, not a dwarf, so maybe mine isn't a male, I haven't ever seen a molt, so, idk. But thanks for the video.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

According to the video the sp. Columbia can get 5 to 6 inches dls. Wow, and I thought mine was a male since he is just over 1.25 inches, in a year, but got him at around 1/4 inch. Well, he is blonde, but actually yellow , I guess and his hairs a purple-ish blue. He's a fossorial for sure and I think when he was little that I gave him too much substrate to burrow in, because he never ate for months. I thought he was maybe molting. Finally one day, I opened the top of the burrow and put a mealworm on the top with a squished head, and it disappeared. From then on, it ate great and in the last month or so, he's been coming to the top, and l had never seen that before. Now, he's back to burrowing. But it makes me feel better knowing they get rather big, not a dwarf, so maybe mine isn't a male, I haven't ever seen a molt, so, idk. But thanks for the video.

This thread is old and I've posted on other threads on updates of my Pseudhapalopus sp blue.

Mine will be 4 years old from instar 2 on February 2024. It also just molted a few days ago. It is a P. sp blue without a doubt and it is a dwarf.

From what I can see from the side where I can view the burrow it appears a little bigger. Rough guess maybe 2.5 inches.

 

[dman13760]

Mine is still going strong too...... such a beautiful species!

 

[calliew311]

This thread is old and I've posted on other threads on updates of my Pseudhapalopus sp blue.

Mine will be 4 years old from instar 2 on February 2024. It also just molted a few days ago. It is a P. sp blue without a doubt and it is a dwarf.

From what I can see from the side where I can view the burrow it appears a little bigger. Rough guess maybe 2.5 inches.

I saw other threads. I was just thanking you for the video post, because I was looking at info for sp. Columbia. I really like Martin (I think that's his name), from Bird Spiders ch. And again, I'm relieved that mine may not be a male since he said the sp. Columbia get larger than the sp. Blue. Thanks again.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I saw other threads. I was just thanking you for the video post, because I was looking at info for sp. Columbia. I really like Martin (I think that's his name), from Bird Spiders ch. And again, I'm relieved that mine may not be a male since he said the sp. Columbia get larger than the sp. Blue. Thanks again.

Oh no problem

The columbia definitely gets bigger than the blue.