Genus Pterinochilus

[Anthony]

One impressive specimen, I hope mine look that good eventually. Congratulations

 

[P. Novak]

Thanks for the great comment ! She is beautiful Eh !!!
Auhh i keep her those terra terrariums 12X12X12 . She loves it !!

, i really need some of those for my Ts
i keep all my Ts in 2.5 gallons(12"x6"x8")

im thinking about moving them to clear boxes(14"x10"x7")

 

[Crimsonpanther]

Thanks ,she amaze's me everyday ! If it isnt the stunning colour then it is the massive webbing ...a new part every day !!

 

[The Juice]

Thats a niced sized female & pretty too. I will have to get another soon.

 

[PinkLady]

Very pretty girl panther...are you sure you don't want to breed her to our male...hehehe

 

[Crimsonpanther]

Only if your female dosnt eat him first pinklady !
For sure ill mate her !!!

 

[smof]

Hey all. Just thought I'd share these pics of a gorgeous spider I 'met' in South Africa. I was working on a game reserve and the resident bug expert wanted to show us one of the locals. She assured us it was safe. The spider was very calm and beautiful, and as promised seemed totally docile. I only found out the other day that these T's are actually known to be really aggressive! Oh well, maybe she got her facts wrong or maybe she just wanted us not to be nervous.

And I have also come to realise that wild T's shouldn't be handled or disturbed at all if possible. Like I said we were going by what our guide told us. I guess we were lucky that it was really chilled out, and I don't think it was really phased. But I know for the future to leave them alone and I'd never try and do this with another wild spider. Hope you like the pics.

assurance for all that she got back home safe and sound

-smof

 

[CedrikG]

woaw mate this is impressive, taking in consideration Pterinochilus are somewhat defensive. It is possible to know if the tarantula is receptive or not, the guide must know his things. Saying that theres NO risk, you cannot say how a tarantula will react, especially Pterinochilus genus ... but as I said, he probably noted that the T was calm and docile at this time.

you very lucky to have observed these AWEEEEEESOME genus in the wild, one of my biggest dream that i'll realise when i've the money for it

congrats again

 

[fleshstain]

very nice T and pics....congrats on getting to see it in the wild....

 

[jbrd]

Nice pics, were you able to observe others in the wild there?

 

[FryLock]

Very nice :clap:, not an Pterinochilus.sp tho but an Augacephalus.sp id say.

 

[DanCameron]

That looks like a P. lugardi. I got one of those sitting in my room, and it looks a lot like it. I do believe they live in Africa as well. Totally awesome that you got to see that spider out in the wild! One of these days I would like to vacation somewhere and observe natural tarantulas in the wild.

 

[finman31]

Thats a Pterinochilus definately.I have seen many in captivity and here where I am at that is one of the most common around in the local pet stores next to a rosehair.

 

[wolfpak]

a docile Pterinochilus sp.

 

[FryLock]

That looks like a P. lugardi. I got one of those sitting in my room, and it looks a lot like it. I do believe they live in Africa as well.

Thats a Pterinochilus definately

Well P.lugardi and P.murinus can both found in RSA but both of them lack the black faces of the femurs (prolateral) of the front limbs we can see here (expect maybe for a DCF P.murinus but then the whole spider would be dark ).

What we can't see so clearly here is the deep setae on the chelicerae (makes them look somewhat velvety) and gentle hump on the caput that rises after the eyes and falls again sharply just before the fovea but the can *just* be seen on the first picture if you know what to look for (iv kept A.breyeri) also other less important things like deep long setae on the front legs.

All of this and far more you can learn for yourself's from this paper.

"Richard C. Gallon: Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and
Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae,Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera"

Which you can get from Timo's site >Baboonspiders<

 

[ChrisNCT]

It is a Augacephalus Augacephalus breyerii. Closely related to the Pterinochiuls sp.

 

[syndicate]

nice one!one of these days ill see some t's in the wild.until then i have my room hehe

 

[spideromaniac]

That was a very nice testamony,
it is a privilege to observe such specimen in its natural environment.
I have here, a specimen of P.lugardi, just like the one on the pic,but....
She won't let you hold her like that.

 

[T.Raab]

Hi,

like said before: Its not a Pterinochilus sp. its 100% an Augacephalus sp..

You can see it very clear in the thickened frontlegs, the pattern on the carapace, the orange in the apical part of Leg I+II and the dark venter of Leg I+II.

Very nice spider - not common in the hobby but common in the wild.

 

[smof]

Thanks for the info everyone. I had no idea what species it was so was going on what other people suggested. I did think that it didn't look quite like a lot of Pterinochilus pics I'd seen - I had noticed how none of them had the orange on the tarsals and metatarsals - but the pattern on the carapace matched them more than any other spider I'd seen. I've never even heard of Augacephalus before! But I'll check them out now, one day I'd like to have one of these beauties in my own collection!

Edit - I'd uploaded these pics into the Pterinochilus category of the arachnogallery. I've now deleted them, but there's no Augacephalus category for me to put them in instead. Any chance one will be created?