User Storm76's picture thread

[Storm76]

New vids and pictures

Whatever you're doing your photos just keep getting better Jan!

Magnificent cambridgei, much nicer than mine! And I love the geroldi.

Thanks, Michael! Just putting the advice I got on here from you and the others to use - sometimes I -do- succeed!
Moriko is somewhat weird lately, not really hungry after her last molt, not out at all anymore - guess she realized she's a true Psalmo and as such is usually hidden

I agree with Michael, awesome photos! I especially like your P. irminia and A. minatrix. (My minatrix is also reclusive, I don't think they know they're Avics. )

Thank you! Really appreciate the comments - I'm open to critizism and always looking to improve! Phaedra is a doll - compared to every other P. irminia that I've seen or heard of so far - I really have a soft spot for that girl
I think my minatrix has secretely talked to my Psalmos and learned from them to stay hidden, hehe


Here's a number of new videos on some molts I had (one of my E. sp. "red" finally molted - size gain? Negligible, haha! )
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Here's another vid showing the heartbeat of my A. versi female "Sylva"
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And here's the post-molt look at "Neelam", my Homoeomma sp. "blue" male - 5"+ - insane how much he grew that last molt!
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...and some pictures!

"Neelam", Homoeomma sp. "blue" male, ~5" - post-molt


"Neelam", Homoeomma sp. "blue" male, ~5" - post-molt - check out the triangle on his carapace from this angle! Awesome!


"Neelam", Homoeomma sp. "blue" male, ~5" - post-molt


"Sylva", Avicularia versicolor female, ~3.5", post-molt and full adult coloration - beautiful T...

 

[Formerphobe]

Great pics, Jan! Phaedra and Morika are stunning! Did Neelam mature?
What is it with A. genics? My girl uproots her plants and puts them in the water bowl, too! I've started just leaving them there.

 

[papilio]

What magnificent colors!!

 

[macbaffo]

Hey Jan!
that heartbeat video is stunning! and gratz for the new molts!

 

[psohn703]

Wow that avic is just gorgeous.

 

[Storm76]

What magnificent colors!!

Yep, gotta love blueish T's

Great pics, Jan! Phaedra and Morika are stunning! Did Neelam mature?
What is it with A. genics? My girl uproots her plants and puts them in the water bowl, too! I've started just leaving them there.

He's not yet mature, no. As for the genics - at least over here they're well known for having their own mind and loving to redecorate their enclosures. Sadly, a lot of people keep them bone-dry with a waterdish, which IMO is wrong considering their natural habitat is quite moist and close to a dam.

Hey Jan!
that heartbeat video is stunning! and gratz for the new molts!

Thanks! Glad you liked it despite my hand holding the camera being shaky

Wow that avic is just gorgeous.

100% agree


Had a number of new molts over the last few days, another A. geroldi sling molted and most noteably: My female Homoeomma sp. "blue" molted...

"Jewel", Homoeomma sp. "blue" female, looks to be around 4"+ after that molt


"Neelam", Homoeomma sp. "blue" male, little update picture on him

 

[MB623]

Awesome pics!

 

[Storm76]

Awesome pics!

Thanks!

"Ares", Chilobrachys fimbriatus, suspect male, ~2"+


"Ares", Chilobrachys fimbriatus, suspect male, ~2"+, carapace shot


Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi sling, ~1", eating a cricket


"Keeva", Avicularia amazonica, suspect male, ~2.75"+, with a caught cricket


"Aurora", Avicularia minatrix, female, ~2.75" - had to redo her enclosure and she went into scared pose in the catchcup, so cute

 

[papilio]

Hey Jan, your Ares is magnificent, amazing appearance already at 2"!

Man I wish I could find an amazonica ... they seem to have disappeared lately. Such a shame about Brett's babies!

 

[Crysta]

Ares is looking good!! Wowsi. Thanks for the pics..making me wish i kept my fimbriatus xD

 

[Storm76]

Hey Jan, your Ares is magnificent, amazing appearance already at 2"!

Man I wish I could find an amazonica ... they seem to have disappeared lately. Such a shame about Brett's babies!

They gained those colors at around 1.5" already, I'm kinda surprised it develops that soon already, too. But I'm not complaining
Quite frankly, I think I'm gonna start counting my amazonicas towards the "slowest growing, somewhat feisty Avics" by now - they're both somewhat defensive and grow excessively slow compared with the other Avics I raise....hope you'll find some, Michael!

Ares is looking good!! Wowsi. Thanks for the pics..making me wish i kept my fimbriatus xD

Thanks! Yep, both of them are doing well and grow very fast actually. So far, they still prefer to run to cover instead of threatposing, although that happens ocasionally too

Homoeomma sp. "blue" - female molt - very obviously seen with the naked eye already

 

[papilio]

Wow, fantastic pic Jan!!!

 

[Storm76]

Poecilotheria subfusca "lowland" + Psalmopoeus langenbucheri

Wow, fantastic pic Jan!!!

Thanks, but what's fantastic about that one really?


Anyways, I was told by many that Poecis are - for the most part - easier to deal with than Psalmopoeus spp. - so far, I'd have to agree! Surprisingly, I haven't gotten any really defensive behavior from my subfusca *knocks on wood*. However, while redoing the enclosure today, I'm sure this is a boy according to the ventral and the fact that I couldn't find any spermathecae on the last molt. Admittedly, it was badly munched up, but usually I'm still able to find the female parts if there are any - in this case the name "Artemis" was obviously the right call...

Some pics of the little guy (he's now at around ~3" already...)

"Artemis", Poecilotheria subfusca "lowland", ~3" male


"Artemis", Poecilotheria subfusca "lowland", ~3" male


"Artemis", Poecilotheria subfusca "lowland", ~3" male - and this happens if the T decides to move toward the cam when you actually just click...*sigh*



Also redid the enclosure of my Psalmopoeus langenbucheri sling, since the little guy turned over his waterdish and soaked the substrate completely - causing it to become a swamp and him contracting mites! Yuck!
So I set the little one up anew aswell with fresh substrate and a new piece of corkbark. This time, I'll wait till he has established his home before I put the waterdish back in - I'm guessing incorporating it into his last home was part of the problem

"Lyssa", Psalmopoeus langenbucheri, ~1.75"+ unsexed


"Lyssa", Psalmopoeus langenbucheri, ~1.75"+ unsexed


I'll add the vid on those once I've uploaded it...

 

[CEC]

Nice pics and collection, it seems we have the same taste in Ts!!

 

[Formerphobe]

Looks like your H. blues have their adult coloration. Mine should be with their upcoming molt. I'll sort of miss the juvenile colors. :-/

 

[Storm76]

Nice pics and collection, it seems we have the same taste in Ts!!

Thanks, man! I only get those that appeal to me

Looks like your H. blues have their adult coloration. Mine should be with their upcoming molt. I'll sort of miss the juvenile colors. :-/

Yep, very much so, Joyce! I love the adult coloration, that blueish hue of the abdomen is just amazing, it's a mix between black / blue really with a hint of red due to the hairs...stunning. The only problem is, that I find it hard to capture their true coloration on pictures. I need to try to get some better ones once the female has hardened completely. Which will be most likely interesting considering how skittish my couple is...


Here's the latest vids...

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[Storm76]

Didn't upload these so far and since I saw the pics on n0rmal's picthread, though I might want to

Couldn't capture her blue femurs at all this time sadly. Not to mention she is due for a molt and I'm suspecting is in early premolt probably...

"Gemma", E. pulcherrimaklaasi female, 4.5" - out for a photo-shoot


"Gemma", E. pulcherrimaklaasi female, 4.5" - out for a photo-shoot


"Gemma", E. pulcherrimaklaasi female, 4.5" - out for a photo-shoot

 

[Storm76]

Little Update on P. cambridgei

Saw "Moriko" out today after having sprayed down her enclosure. Also threw a couple crickets in there and she must've gotten them since today morning I found two food boli laying next to the waterdish

"Moriko", Psalmopoeus cambridgei, ~6.5" female


"Moriko", Psalmopoeus cambridgei, ~6.5" female

 

[Storm76]

Rehoused my A. diversipes couple into slightly bigger enclosures for raising now. Both of them jumped into the new ones . Took the opportunity to take a few pics, too.

Avicularia diversipes, approx. 1.5" sling - unsexed


Avicularia diversipes, approx. 1.5" sling - unsexed


"Kenno", Brachypelma boehmei, 2.5-2.75" male


"Kenno", Brachypelma boehmei, 2.5-2.75" male

 

[Formerphobe]

Gemma is gorgeous! (Patiently waiting on my two to molt...) The pics of A. diversipes are getting you elevated to Enabler status. LOL