Sling Appreciation Thread

[Ungoliant]

Why should adults get all of the love? Post your favorite sling photos here.

freshly molted male Acanthoscurria geniculata (Genicula)

Freshly Molted Acanthoscurria geniculata Sling (♂ 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 30, 2017
• 7
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata callow genicula geniculata male post-molt sling whitebanded tarantula

My new Acanthoscurria geniculata sling just molted for the first time (in my care).

male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Muffet)

Muffet (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 1, 2017
• 2
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula male muffet sling

my GBB sling

female Neoholothele incei (Crazy Legs)

Neoholothele incei Sling (0.5")

• Ungoliant
• Oct 7, 2017
• 3
• chaetorrhombus longipes crazy legs cyclosternum longipes female hapalopus incei holothele incei holothele vellardi incei neoholothele neoholothele incei sling trinidad olive tarantula

Crazy Legs, my tiny new Neoholothele incei sling. (It's about half an inch.)

tiny Bumba cabocla (Pele) with a tiny worm

Tiny Sling With a Tiny Worm (♂ Bumba horrida)

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• 3
• brazilian redhead tarantula bumba bumba cabocla bumba horrida feeding horrida iracema cabocla male maraca cabocla paraphysa horrida pele sling

Proof that even a tiny sling can take live prey!

female Davus pentaloris (Bumblebutt)

My New Davus pentaloris Sling (1.5")

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• bumblebutt crypsidromus pentaloris davus davus mozinno davus pentalore davus pentaloris female guatemalan tiger rump guatemalan tiger rump tarantula hapalopus pentaloris pentaloris pseudoschizopelma pentalore sling

 

[mconnachan]

One of 0.0.3 H.laticeps - post molt feed -

 

[Vanessa]

I have tons!! I love taking photos of my tiny tykes, so I can look back on their progress.
Homoeomma sp. Blue


Caribena versicolor


Bonnetina sp. Chamela


Thrixopelma sp. Cajamarca


Avicularia purpurea


Grammostola sp. Concepcion


Ami sp. Colombia


Avicularia metallica


Euathlus sp. Red from the archives.


And last, but not least, Grammostola pulchra - Onyx. I had to dig through the archives for this one too.

 

[Vanessa]

I never should have delved into the archives...

Thrixopelma ockerti


Lasiodora difficilis


Eupalaestrus campestratus

 

[Anaximandre]

Caribena versicolor
View attachment 267774

They all look really cool but I find the Caribena Versicolor truly stunning!

 

[Little Grey Spider]

Two new acquisitions... Top: .75 in H. pulchripes and bottom: 1.75 in P. metallica.

 

[nicodimus22]

C. versicolor

G. rosea RCF

P. sazimai

B. albopilosum

P. platyomma

E. sp. red

A different B. albopilosum

B. boehmei

 

[CEC]

Caribena laeta


Dolichothele diamantinensis


Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus


Psalmopoeus victori


Psalmopoeus langenbucheri

 

[CEC]

Psalmopoeus pulcher


Iridopelma hirsutum


Neoholothele incei


Ornithoctoninae sp. "Hati Hati"


Ephebopus cyanognathus

 

[CEC]

Aphonopelma marxi


Cyriocosmus elegans (on DVD)


Avicularia avicularia (azuraklaasi)


Avicularia variegata (sp. Amazonica)


Ybyrapora diversipes

 

[CEC]

Harpactira pulchripes


Chilobrachys fimbriatus (mid molt)


Tapinauchenius sp. "Colombia"


Pachistopelma bromelicola

 

[Dave Jay]

Selenotypus sp.2

 

[Dave Jay]

Phlogius sp.'stents'

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Get ready for some throwbacks here.

Mercury - Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus


Deathcry - Poecilotheria subfusca LL


Sareena - Grammostola iheringi


Heteroscodra maculata


Grammostola pulchra


Tapinauchenius gigas


Dust - Acanthoscurria musculosa
View media item 41367
Banshee - Psalmopoeus pulcher
View media item 39317
Loki - Ephebopus cyanognathus
View media item 39162
Wolfsbane - Hysterocrates gigas
View media item 45257
Avicularia minatrix
View media item 45508
Poecilotheria metallica
View media item 45507
Theraphosa stirmi
View media item 46111
Ornithoctonus aureotibialis
View media item 46783

 

[Thekla]

Bonnetina sp. Chamela
View attachment 267779

I really shouldn't have looked... now, I need this one, too!


Here are my slings:

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens


Homoeomma sp. blue peru


Avicularia merianae


Euathlus sp. red/Homoeomma sp. fire

 

[volcanopele]

Brachypelma hamorii "Pumpkin" (this little guy or gal has been hiding, closed off in a burrow for three months, basically since the week after I bought it, so this is probably my first decent photo of it)



Theraphosa stirmi "Socks" (one or two days after its first or second molt since becoming a sling)

 

[Scarabyte]

P. cancerides eating a nice big chunk of superworm

G. pulchripes after a biiig meal of superworm piece.

 

[mconnachan]

Here is my Ch. dyscolus sp. (Vietnam) blue -

Haha, having the biggest roach it's ever had, just got 50 medium Dubias.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Purple starburst bird eater

• Arachnoclown
• Feb 4, 2018

P. machalla 1.5" sling

Pamphobeteus machala "purple starburst" is definitely one of my new favorites. I need more Pamphobeteus sp. in my life.

 

[Tia B]

You guys made me dig through my archives. : )

B. smithi
P. scrofa
B. boehmei
L. parahybana

GBB
G. pulchripes
A. chalcodes

H. maculata
B. boehmei (previous molt)
Hapalopus sp. "Colombia" large