Surprise Eggsack?

[LaRiz]

I'm stickin' with my guess:
Citharacanthus for the genus.
Species: ? perhaps longipes, or even livingstoni
john

 

[chaset]

any updates?

I was wondering how the egg sack was doing?

 

[xenesthis]

ID

Hard to tell from the photo, but there is a possibility it is the new SE Paraguayan Acanthoscurria sp. being sold in error right now in Europe as Vitalius roseus. I've got one and it looks very similar.

Todd
www.tarantulaspiders.com

 

[Botar]

Re: any updates?

Originally posted by chaset
I was wondering how the egg sack was doing?

Doing fine so far. It is very small... about the size of a quarter. She's burrowed out an area beneath her terra cotta pot and placed it under there. She either stands directly over it or in the opening of the burrow.

Botar

 

[xenesthis]

ID - part II

O.k. I missed the original posting. It is Citharacanthus l. niger most likely. Those were first offered in 2001 out of Europe as CB spiderlings though and mine are now only 2.5" juvs. Seems fishy to me that you have a mated adult female. These are NOT available as adults as they are from Cuba.

Back to square one then. I'll go with the Acanthoscurria sp. from SE Paraguay.

The biggest problem is where you got it from. Lots of ID mistakes originating from that source. I hear about it from hobbyists every week of the wrong IDs and not knowing what they are selling.

Rule 1 and 2 in purchasing tarantulas.

#1 Only buy from a source that lists the scientific name.

#2 Make sure this person or company can at least give you a 2 or more minutes detailed conversation that tells you everything you need to know about this animal and why it is the scientific name that it is.

- If they can't do this, don't buy from them - period.

Todd
www.tarantulaspiders.com

 

[savian]

This is the tech name that I came up with.

C.longipes niger

Hope that helps

 

[Botar]

Originally posted by savian
This is the tech name that I came up with.

C.longipes niger

Hope that helps

That seems to be the consensus... now we'll see if the eggsack is fertile.

Botar

 

[savian]

Well you better hope it's not one of the one's that have 1000 plus babys or we will be seeing another post from you screaming......... HEELLPPP get these things off of me.......mom mom mom mom. ok you get what I mean.

 

[chaset]

1000's of babys

If you do get 1000's i want at least 1 or 2!