Steve Calceatum's (formerly known as Xsyorra) Picture Thread

[Steve Calceatum]

You have such an awesome collection going there! Beautiful Ts

Thanks!!!!

Wow awesome photos.. Loving the GBB and the A. versi.. OH and the B. smithi well the rest of them too.. Cant wait to expand my collection with some of the T's you got... (Like all of them.)

LOL, don't you already have a B. smithi, Avic Avic, OBT, and a rosie??? That's four down and 10 more species to go for you!!!!

On the other hand, you have a T. violaceus you lucky...you...know...what!!! :worship:

Great photos :clap:

Thank you very much!!! Feeding video 2 coming soon......

 

[Steve Calceatum]

This is interesting. The last 2 pics I've posted of my S. cal and this one show a real progression of bravery. She didn't even run from the flash as she usually does, and stuck around so my roommates could finally see my most fearsome creature in person.

Lilith hanging around her waterdish....can't wait to get a pic of her drinking from it to post up in the "Can I buy you a drink?" thread.

 

[Abby]

Great pictures, maybe she is learning to like the photo shoots

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Part of me likes that she is out more...I paid good money for her, and I want to see my beautiful girl. The other half of me knows that is a prospect I should rightfully be nervous about.

I have to maintain her enclosure today at some point....I'm just hoping she doesn't feel ultra-brave while I'm working in there, LOL.

 

[Steve Calceatum]

G. pulchripes, and a GBB Sling

This is one of my favorite pics of my new girl so far:

One of my GBB slings looking close to a pre-molt.....I actually gave them temporary names: Requiem (my mean one), Capriccio (my reclusive one), and Rhapsody (my adventurous one), but forgot which one I took this pic of. I think this might be Rhapsody:

 

[Teal]

I'll have a GBB one day! Very pretty

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Thank you. Be forewarned, they are well worth the price of admission!!!!

 

[Teal]

When Twisted got his, I rehoused it for him... little 1" sling trying to take down the tongs from the second I opened the shipping cup! LOL I had passed up getting one of my own with that order... and now I wonder why? lol I know it was because of the price, and I've yet to spend that much or more on a T since I didn't get the GBB... but one day!

 

[Steve Calceatum]

It took a couple months of saving my nickles and dimes, but I eventually was able to get 3 of them so I had a shot at getting a female. I couldn't bear to look at the screen as I sent off my PayPal payment, LOL.

 

[Steve Calceatum]

What I hope to be feeding my T's soon......

Lookie what I found in my roach colony yesterday!!!!!

Look at the "Dual Faces" on this girl (the obvious black one on the carapace, and the larger white one underneath):

 

[Ariel]

lol thats kind of creepy. great shot!!!

 

[Redneck]

Awesome shot! Can those things fly? Probably a dumb question but I have yet to feed my T's roaches.. (Not allowed to have any in the house.. My mom hates them..) Loves some of the T's and has 2 of her own but no roaches.. Geeze!

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Not a dumb questin at all. Actually, they can't fly, but they can sure climb, and flutter. I figured since eveyone is torn between dubias and lats, I'd just do something different.

Think I'll just start posting up my videos in my pic thread. Tried putting one of my son feeding our B. smithi in Tarantula Chat, and my new feeding video in the pics section. Neither have really been commented on......People could at least comment on the boy, for god's sake!!!! Other than RobC, I don't see too many proud parents showing off their kids interacting with the spideys......despite how many parents are on here who own video cameras, and have YouTube accounts.

So, here they are again:

Feeding Video 2
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And Erik's First Feeding.......
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[Steve Calceatum]

Finally a Pic of my H. mac!!!

This may not be the best pic, but I'm just happy to have this:

 

[Teal]

That roach is so cool! What kind is it? Wait.. is it a deathhead or something or other? lol

Erik's vid is cute! lol

 

[Steve Calceatum]

I'll let tbhe boy know at least someone liked it!!! LOL

The roach is a hybrid species of B. craniifer (Death's Head) and B. fusca (Brazillian Dwarf Cave Roach). I'm having a rough time getting my colony going, but now it looks about 50 members strong.....started it two months ago with 7 females, 3 males, and two large nymphs. The one in the pic is a freshly molted female of one of those nymphs.

 

[Teal]

Very cool! I don't think I'd be able to feed such a pretty roach lol as it is, I can't feed albino dubias because they are cute

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Well, if they don't make good feeders, they make awesome pets!!!! I'll send you some when my colony gets a bit more established. The only problem with them is that they need some rediculously high temps, and a supplemented diet to breed.

 

[Teal]

Pet roaches would be great! lol

What all do these guys eat?

 

[Mad Hatter]

I agree, roaches are very... pleasant, especially compared to crickets. I recently acquired some Madagascar hissers and I have no intention of using them as feeders. They are too cute.

Wonderful pictures and Ts Xsyorra! :worship: :clap: