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[Toxoderidae]

Poecilotheria regalis aka Sparkalee

This was my third t. Got him/her at about .25". Complete psycho, the only arachnid I've been bit/stung by but luckily it bit my nail and was just a wee deli cup dweller. View attachment 212500 View attachment 212501 View attachment 212502 View attachment 212503 View attachment 212505

This one here. Not to mention that's a mature spider.

 

[shining]

This one here. Not to mention that's a mature spider.

I suck at sexing Ts unless it is obvious. What specifically says lady and mature?

 

[Toxoderidae]

I suck at sexing Ts unless it is obvious. What specifically says lady and mature?

This one is super obvious, I didn't even need to look for the epigastric furrow, but notice how large your regalis is, and how prominent and obvious all the colors are. This is a mature spider. The folio stripe is developed, and there is no signs of it being a male. Here is a sexing tutorial. http://arachnoboards.com/threads/sexing-for-dummies.54718/

 

[shining]

This one is super obvious, I didn't even need to look for the epigastric furrow, but notice how large your regalis is, and how prominent and obvious all the colors are. This is a mature spider. The folio stripe is developed, and there is no signs of it being a male. Here is a sexing tutorial. http://arachnoboards.com/threads/sexing-for-dummies.54718/

I was just waiting for it to put some boxing gloves on, lol. I generally don't care about the sex of them as I don't breed but it seems necessary (I'm running out of androgynous names).

Thanks for the info and good words.

It is nice to know I have another big lady amongst my oldest Ts. She has currently been webbed up for almost two months now and I can't wait to see her emerge.

 

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obt sling web progression


Baby G. pulchripes aka "Giraffe Cookie"

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Centipedes, centipedes, upload a pic if you want my man :-s

 

[shining]

Centipedes, centipedes, upload a pic if you want my man :-s

If you insist. Haha. Here's my S. dehaani pedeling. I had to do some maintenance as some fungus gnats infiltrated it's enclosure. It was not too happy about all the hullabaloo.



I wish my adult S. dehaani would come out more but it's my own fault for getting it all nice and fat. At least I can see it in it's burrow it made on the side of the viv sometimes.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Ah ah good! I know you love Centipedes

I have noticed, sadly, that here there's too few people talking (and buying those) about Centipedes, unlike for T's :-(

 

[shining]

Ah ah good! I know you love Centipedes

I have noticed, sadly, that here there's too few people talking (and buying those) about Centipedes, unlike for T's :-(

It's true. The popularity is like so, tarantulas>scorpions>millipedes>centipedes.

 

[Vanessa]

Your Mogwai is about the same size as my G. pulchra, Onyx. I have been struggling with whether I should transfer them into a bigger enclosure. They are one of my most active spiders and shoot around constantly. They have places to hide, so I don't think it is stress. The enclosure that you have Mogwai in - is it the 'mini' KK? I think I will move Onyx after their next moult.
Great photos of your gang!

 

[shining]

Your Mogwai is about the same size as my G. pulchra, Onyx. I have been struggling with whether I should transfer them into a bigger enclosure. They are one of my most active spiders and shoot around constantly. They have places to hide, so I don't think it is stress. The enclosure that you have Mogwai in - is it the 'mini' KK? I think I will move Onyx after their next moult.
Great photos of your gang!

Mogwai and Gremlin are in mini kks. Oh yeah, they are quite active little boogers. I think it's because they don't grow fast and they have all those 'calories' stored in those rumps that they need to burn off, maybe.
I will be moving them to a bigger enclosure soon too as all of the substrate gets bulldozed everywhere and water dishes disappear often, just doesn't seem like enough area even for a T that size. I feel waiting for the molt will take forever.

Thank you

 

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My daughter summoned Sephiroth with her keyboard skills.



After she went back into her web she got a couple of dubias dropped in for being such a good sport (not to mention she hasn't eaten in over a month and was probably hangry).

 

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Caught a glimpse of my big lady P. regalis by peeking in behind the exo terra background. After a couple month hiatus she finally molted. Hopefully she comes out soon to get that rump plump again.

 

[shining]

Aphonopelma chalcodes



Poecilotheria ornata

 

[shining]

Help me....

 

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Freshly molted A. chalcodes

 

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Big lady P. regalis finally emerged.

 

[shining]

This beautiful lady came into my life this morning.

Hapalopus sp Columbia

 

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Dropped a dubia in and it landed on it's head. It stayed in that head stand for a minute, like it was stunned.


P. regalis pigging out on the first meal after a molt.