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[MRL]

smithi looks great smof!

 

[Twysted]

you have a very nice collection.. and those are very nice photos.. congratulations.

keep those photos comming

 

[ChrisNCT]

The more I see Chaco Golden Knee's the more I like them.

 

[smof]

Bit of a random one. I took this pic of my Chaco just after he moulted, but the flash reflecting off all his webbing made it far too bright. So I played around with the contrast, and thought the result looked kind of cool. This is now my desktop

 

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new GBB shots

My C. cyaneopubescens moulted a week ago. Grew from ~0.75" legspan to ~1", maybe a tiny bit more but I'm just estimating. He's gotten overall a bit darker, and his legs have got their first sign of blueness. Fed him today for the first time since his moult and he's taken two crickets so far. He's been attacking the tweezers for a few days tho so I'm guessing he was ready to eat a lot earlier!

Doing the Happy Eating Dance:

I want to blow this pic up to 4' high and put it in my window to scare people walking past:

 

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My B. smithi was up against the glass when I checked on him today so I took some pics to add to the Sexing for Dummies thread. Also got this shot of his fangs:

And then decided to play around with the exuviums I have, because I figured they're a lot easier for getting close-ups of than the real spiders are

What I call the "driver's seat" view of the exoskeleton. I love it, in my head it makes Ts look like little robots:

A much easier-to-get fang shot, using my B. emilia's exuvium:

 

[xgrafcorex]

those are some very nice shots! congrats on the molts. how big is your gbb now? mines still a small fry...only molted once since i got it..still under 1"

 

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The rest of the close-ups I decided to use my Chaco's exo, just cos he's my biggest T so it's much easier to get detail, and also his is the least mangled skin

The gold knees of my Gold Knee:

Another "driver's seat" shot:

Spinnerets:

Carapace:

Carapace inverted to show the stalactite of exoskeleten to which the muscles are anchored, which I found out today is called the 'tergal apodeme'

And another fang shot. I love the colour of Ts mouths:

Okay, I'm done for now

 

[smof]

those are some very nice shots! congrats on the molts. how big is your gbb now? mines still a small fry...only molted once since i got it..still under 1"

I don't know for sure. I just went to measure him cos he's stretching out after his meal, but I can't find my ruler. Judging by eye I'd say he's a fraction over 1", maybe 1.25"? Probably a moult after yours.

 

[Ewok]

You take some great pics! I especially like the 3rd pic of the greenbottle blues, it looks cool with the first gbb eating the cricket and the other gbb faded out in the background. Sorta cute,

 

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Got some waxworms today for the first time, to try and fatten up my smithi a bit cos he's super skinny after moulting recently. But couldn't give some to him and not treat my emilia and aureo as well! Obviously the smithi and aureo were scared I was going to try and take them back or something, cos they immediatly hid to eat theirs, but Hubert my emila sat and munched in the open, so I got a couple of pics cos I haven't taken any for a while.

Hubert only moulted just over two months ago, but recently he's started getting duller colours and really fat for no reason, so I think another one might be coming up.

Will try and get some photos of my smithi soon when he's feeling less shy, and also my OBT who just moulted too, if he ever comes out his hide.

 

[smof]

First pics of my smithi since his second moult in my care. I was away while he shedded so I don't know the exact date but it would have been between 07/04/06 and 26/04/06. His moult measures 3" and my guess is that he's now about 4". He's growing fast! I need to find a female for him, I'm planning to send him off to breed but I would also like to have a go myself first. If anyone knows of any mature or nearly mature female smithis up for grabs in the UK let me know (yeah I know, wishful thinking! ) Anyway, pics:

Yum yum:

His two moults since I've had him. First was February, second was April. Is this normal growth for a male Brachy? I expected it to be much slower!

Smithers here was my first T. I love him to bitses

 

[Vys]

You loved him to bitses? :/



Nice pictures.

 

[Scolopendra55]

Excelent photos!!

 

[smof]

Thanks guys

 

[smof]

G pulchra

Finally got a G. pulchra today, been top of my wish list forever. And it's a girl She's about a 4" legspan and I've named her Sketch (well, technically Sketch II)

Shoddy pic from my mate's phone. I held her once, as I was putting her in her tank, and she was by far the calmest and sweetest T I've held, even compared to my G. aureostriata.

 

[smof]

Few more pics of Sketch cos I got her out for a bit today.

 

[MRL]

G. pulchra looks great Kate!

 

[Crunchie]

lovely pulchra, looks like my Raven.