Species Stromatopelma calceatum

[-Kordian-]

 

[P. Novak]

oh wow, thats gorgeous! whats the size?

 

[Fierce Deity]

WOW! I didn't know they could look that good. Absolutely gorgeous! It's a female right? Congratulations.

 

[CedrikG]

Nice one for sure an awesome species, that ppl dont know much

 

[Scorpiove]

Somebody should set up an experiment with these to see how good their free fall floating ability is. I think it would be pretty interesting. Nice pics and spiders by the way.

 

[cricket54]

What a nice picture of your stromatopelma! I had no idea they were this pretty when they are grown. I have a really nice little sling from Todd Gearheart that I love, but he is still pretty small and dark grey. This species looks about as pretty as my P rufilata! Thanks for posting the picture.

sharon

 

[ErikH]

Nice picture! Beautiful T.

 

[Scolopendra55]

Nice lookin T!!

 

[syndicate]

amazing photos!really captured the colors in this featherleg.looks almost like a rufialata mixed with a maculata :razz:

 

[Crimsonpanther]

:drool: :drool:
Those pics really show your T off well ! Absoultly gorgous man !
Thanks for sharing:clap:

 

[harrymaculata]

love stromos and all Stromatopelminae shame thiers only three, got all three african arbs and love em heres my fem extremely angry during cage transfer hence taken through plastic

 

[harrymaculata]

S.calceatum ad fem during cage transfer picture taken through plastic

 

[psionix]

that's not a S. calceatum... that's a Heteroscodra maculata...

 

[ShadowSpectrum]

Compare :

Stromatopelma calceatum
http://botarby8s.com/images/spiders/scalceatum2.jpg
http://www.e-spiderworld.com/gallery/images/Stromatopelma calceatum F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Inferno03/Tarantulas/Stromatopelma/calceatum/IMG_0134.jpg

Heteroscodra maculata
http://www.spidy.goliathus.com/foto/0412_h_maculata.jpg
http://www.mytarantula.com/yourpets/uk/gwright/heteroscodra-maculata.jpg
http://www.spidercity.ch/images/heteroscodramaculatawestafrika_520.jpg

Either way, nice African aboreal

 

[CedrikG]

its a Stromatopelma calceatum just by looking at its leg 4

 

[xgrafcorex]

i agree...the abdomen on the h maculata has many more white dots but they are more similar looking that i previously thought.

 

[ShadowSpectrum]

Yeah, they are quite similar looking, but S. calceatum is more greenish in color. When H. maculata is in premolt, or a mature male, they do darken, but more brown-grayish.

<edit> Found an easy way to distinguish the two. S. calceatum's scopulate pads on the metatarsi look quite a bit thicker than H. maculata's, while the pads on the tarsi look about the same size. I would say the spider in your picture is indeed S. calceatum.

 

[CedrikG]

Yes exactly, their leg 4 and especially the patella region are larger

 

[harrymaculata]

that's not a S. calceatum... that's a Heteroscodra maculata...

um im afraid its a s.calceatum but they are often mixed up and mature male h.maculata look alot like s.calceatum, thier was a thread with pics to show the difference round here

 

[Scolopendra55]

Doesn't look like any H.maculata I've ever seen.