Stefan2209´s T-pix

[Stefan2209]

gorgeous ornata........

Thanks Sean!

Together with P. regalis one of "the oldschool-hobby" species and definitely one of my favorites!


Hi to the rest,

don´t mind, not yet sunday, but i thought i might update this thing one more time anyway.

Avicularia spec. "Peru purple", 7. instar

1,1 Cyriocosmus elegans, couple mating

Avicularia azuraklaasi (or at least what´s sold under this name....), young female

Avicularia cf purpurea (form with white-tipped hairs), 8. instar, still unsexed - i hope for this specimen to turn out to be a female, as i´m having a second specimen that´s already sexed as being a male....

"Paintbrush artist"

Avicularia huriana, 7. instar, at least sold under this name - this specimen looks particular weird to me, as it´s now resembling the juvenile colours of A. spec. "Amazonica" very closely, but it´s lacking the bandings on the legs that species shows.
However, i have no doub it´s no A. spec. "Amazonica" as the slings looked quite different and the slings sold at a much lower price than the "Amazonicas". Wonder, how it´ll look once it´ll be adult.
Anyway - as i don´t plan on breeding this species, i don´t care too much.

Avicularia spec. "Amazonica", 10. instar, female

Have a nice weekend.

Regards,

Stefan

 

[BCscorp]

Great pics Stefan!

 

[Stefan2209]

Hi there,

well, no sunday again - hope you don´t mind me updating this thing anyway...

Cyriocosmus perezmilesi, hopefully a female, but not sexed yet...

Psalmopoeus cambridgei, adult male, fresh after maturation molt

Avicularia huriana, 8. instar female

Avicularia cf purpurea, (sub-?)adult female

Avicularia cf purpurea, adult male

Avicularia spec. "Peru purple", 9. instar female

Avicularia minatrix, 9. instar female

Avicularia azuraklaasi, subadult (?) female

Poecilotheria rufilata, 5. instar - one out of 5 specimens of a communal setup

Ephebopus cyanognathus, 8. instar female

That´s all for now folks.

Regards,

Stefan

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

awesome pics, I love watching the avics grow up through pictures. They change color so much. I can't wait till my amazonica gets that big, is yours a slow grower?(compared to other avics)

 

[J.huff23]

Just my opinion, but I wouldnt hold any Ts when they are freh from a molt. They need that time to grow, stretch, and harden. Just my opinion though

 

[fatich]

one of the best piture thread l have ever seen
danke für alle stefan^^ schöne bilder hehe

 

[Stefan2209]

awesome pics, I love watching the avics grow up through pictures. They change color so much. I can't wait till my amazonica gets that big, is yours a slow grower?(compared to other avics)

Hi,

I mainly started to produce pictures of very young Avicularia specimens for that particluar purpose to have some kind of documentary at hands about how different "species" (or whatever those are) change their looks through their development process. Indeed: fascinating!

I find the A. spec. "Amazonica" to be quite comparable in development speed with species like A. braunshauseni and A. huriana - not too surprising, as all mentioned species are known to grow rather large and massive in comparison to other Avicularia species.
I wouldn´t say though that the A. spec. "Amazonica" are faster in their development. If i take a peek at the molting cycles, they don´t have faster cycles than other species, they just have more massive and pronounced size gaines with each molt.

Regards,

Stefan

 

[Stefan2209]

Just my opinion, but I wouldnt hold any Ts when they are freh from a molt. They need that time to grow, stretch, and harden. Just my opinion though

Hi,

don´t worry, no offense taken, as i generally fully second your worries.

With the pictured specimens, taking pics of very young specimens was essential to be able to get material for comparison (see post above).
Taking pictures of specimens that would be as "fresh" out of a molt as could be was necessary for the purpose to get pictures with as vibrant colours as possible.

Maybe funny, though: i would have much more scruples to do the very same with larger specimens. The younger the spiders are, the shorter is the recuperation period they need after a molt...

Regards,

Stefan

 

[Stefan2209]

one of the best piture thread l have ever seen

Hi,

thank you! - I have to admit, though, i´m not too happy with the last update: i so wanted to snap some pics of that P. rufilata group all cuddled together behind their bark pieces, just my batteries in the cam ran out of energy when i was about to start taking more pictures. :8o

Will try to get that shots over the next days....

danke für alle stefan^^ schöne bilder hehe

Gern geschehen und danke für die netten Worte!
You´re welcome and thank you for the kind words!

Have a nice sunday everybody,

Stefan

 

[burmish101]

You always have the best pics Stefan! Just wondering have you had any luck keeping african ctenids?

 

[Stefan2209]

You always have the best pics Stefan! Just wondering have you had any luck keeping african ctenids?

Hi,

thanks for the compliment!

I have to admit, though, this impression may not be the whole truth: let´s rather say, the 5% of pictures i post here have turned out fairly ok. If you could just see the other 95% - oh dear... :8o

I have raised and kept three different african Ctenidae over the years. Somewhere in the true spider section must be some pictures of them. Had been no big deal, as the spiders were pretty straight forward in regards of keeping, not too picky with keeping conditions to my experience.

While i´m at it, some more fuzzy bugs:

Avicularia versicolor, subadult male

feeding....

Poecilotheria subfusca (Highland), approx. 5th instar, unsexed

Poecilotheria rufilata, communal set up, 5th and 6th instars

Avicularia cf purpurea, fresh adult female - gotta mate this lady up over the next days...

Avicularia spec. "Peru purple", subadult female

Take care anybody.

Regards,

Stefan

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Nice pic's! I really like those rufilata shot's.