-Selenocosmia sp. "Java"-

[priZZ]

This species was labeled as Selenocosmia sp. "Java" in Praga. I have 5 slings of them, and they look like this:

I'm very eager to find out, what this slings really are...

 

[morda]

They are also in Poland and I think (I know - popcorn situation) they are just Selenocosmia javanensis. But who knows... What was the name of a dealer from You were buying it?

 

[priZZ]

They are also in Poland and I think (I know - popcorn situation) they are just Selenocosmia javanensis. But who knows... What was the name of a dealer from You were buying it?

Hey morda, nice to read You again! Long time not seen You Friend! Everything is OK?

A friend of mine bought them in Praga, I'll ask him, maybe he can give me the sellers name.

 

[morda]

Yeah, thanks - everything is ok.
I have many things to do now. Mostly i'm learning ... studying biology is not an easy way to spend time

I had 3 Selenocosmia javanensis, they look similar. Unfortunetly 2 of them died for unknown reasons. I have only one left but I don't see her often. She/He is still very small and sits in burrow.

 

[Jmadson13]

Interesting, we have some Selencosmia sp. Lyrasis, I think at our stores. They're also being sold as New Guinea Black femurs, or Lyra Java birdspiders; could these be it?

 

[MUNG!!!]

A good friend of mine got an S. javanensis sent to him as an H. minax, and it also died of unknown causes, it also never moved , ate , or molted.... kind of boring but at the same time interesting... weird.

 

[morda]

I don't know this for sure but this spiders may be WC. Maybe that's why they are so weak in captivity.

 

[FryLock]

W/C S.javanensis are very highly strung animals ime every one iv seen was super jumpy and a female I owned was about the nastiest spider iv ever had holding threat poses for a few hours after being upset and did not settle well or construct a burrow.

There were a lot of slings on sale from W/C sac’s soon after the time I had her but they seemed to disappeared a few years later i dont know if anyone had kept them going in the time iv been away but im guessing there from new imports.

 

[priZZ]

I had 3 Selenocosmia javanensis, they look similar. Unfortunetly 2 of them died for unknown reasons. I have only one left but I don't see her often. She/He is still very small and sits in burrow.

Sorry to hear about Your loss mate! My slings are digging and webbing like hell, some of them made 4 (!) entrances in their burrows.

Interesting, we have some Selencosmia sp. Lyrasis, I think at our stores. They're also being sold as New Guinea Black femurs, or Lyra Java birdspiders; could these be it?

Honestly, I don't know. But we have to wait until they grow and gettin' bigger, so I can send a skin to an expert, who can examine it.

...S.javanensis are very highly strung animals ime every one iv seen was super jumpy and a female I owned was about the nastiest spider iv ever had holding threat poses for a few hours after being upset...

Sounds great! I'm eager to see this behaviour! The slings are a little bit stressed, and run relatively fast.