Tarantula from Cyprus

[thedreadedone]

Tomorrow my fiancee is being given a T that someone brought back from Cyprus in their suitcase (it hid in there, they werent smuggling it) - gave them a helluva shock when they opened their case
any ideas what it might be?

 

[CedrikG]

you've got a picture ?

 

[danread]

Possibly some sort of Chaetopelma sp.?

 

[AcidQueen]

they're probably more than 1 species of tarantulas on Cyprus so a pic would be handy

 

[danread]

According to Mikhails website , there are two species of tarantula in Cyprus, Chaetopelma gracile and Chaetopelma karlamani.

 

[thedreadedone]

thanks, hopefully i will have a picture or a better description tomorrow

 

[bagheera]

Too funny! Perhaps it came for all the social benefits?

 

[Crotalus]

Two species is found on Cyprus, Chaetopelma gracile and C. karlamani. C. gracile grows much larger then karlamani - around 4cm bodylength and 10cm legspan while karlamani is very small 2-3 cm bodylength

Youll find pictures of both species on my website.

/Lelle

 

[thedreadedone]

ok, steve has the spider now
he says its definately a T
about 2-3 inches and dark brown
cant get photos as it has webbed itsself in

 

[Steve Nunn]

You know it's truly amazing how many tarantulas just wander into international suitcases, perhaps these environments replicate their homes? Was it a female? My goodness I hope you were even more lucky! I bet several of them could be in there if you look harder. Oh, they travel in herds, that's right. But info on just one of them is enough. As herds usually travel as one species. Particularly international travelling herds, why, they're almost domestic! They were asking to be taken in and cared for, kind of like the way whales beach themselves, ya know? The analogy is perfect

 

[Crotalus]

You know it's truly amazing how many tarantulas just wander into international suitcases, perhaps these environments replicate their homes? Was it a female? My goodness I hope you were even more lucky! I bet several of them could be in there if you look harder. Oh, they travel in herds, that's right. But info on just one of them is enough. As herds usually travel as one species. Particularly international travelling herds, why, they're almost domestic! They were asking to be taken in and cared for, kind of like the way whales beach themselves, ya know? The analogy is perfect

I hope a entire colony of funnel webs walk into mine when Im in Australia....

/Lelle

 

[Steve Nunn]

I hope a entire colony of funnel webs walk into mine when Im in Australia....

LOL, no comment

 

[Tescos]

You know it's truly amazing how many tarantulas just wander into international suitcases, perhaps these environments replicate their homes? Was it a female? My goodness I hope you were even more lucky! I bet several of them could be in there if you look harder. Oh, they travel in herds, that's right. But info on just one of them is enough. As herds usually travel as one species. Particularly international travelling herds, why, they're almost domestic! They were asking to be taken in and cared for, kind of like the way whales beach themselves, ya know? The analogy is perfect

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm there Steve? lol No really it happens all the time when I came back from Africa we found a bloody baby elephant in our bag! I wonderd at the time why the bag felt so heavy.
Dam thing now costs us a small fortune to house and feed

No really its true I tell you. :liar:

 

[Sheri]

baby elephants are the cutest things ever.
I have already made it a mission to find one in my suitcase.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Dam thing now costs us a small fortune to house and feed

And that's why I empty my suitcase of animals before I leave, I have this sloth that is suicidal because it can't hang ten. See what domesticity does to things

 

[FryLock]

C.gracile can be found even outside Paphos according to a friend that used to go there to look for moths and other insects iirc. he gave no exact local of course just around Paphos area.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Geez Fry, I knew there was something I liked about you, anyone who can quote the great Joey R. knows good lyric Jello Biafra also has a spot in my soul, I once was the highest bidder in an auction for his songlist from an old DK gig, it had Jello's vomit on it, that was enough for me to empty the wallet (ok, I was 15 at the time). The songlist is gone, but the sound remains.

 

[FryLock]

Heh I would have thought your more a Radio Birdman chap Steve , I still like Jello my bro in law saw the DK’s once supporting the Dammed, they were good he said but the Dammed were in there prime at the time and overshadowed them on night.

I would not recommend a huge collecting trip for C.gracile in Cyprus even I had a loc for them I think they were £7 or £15 at last years BTS .

 

[Mistwalker]

Sometimes hitchhikers do get picked up. Friends of mine came to visit from kentucky, and they had a drowned scorpian in their cooler. Not sure what sort it was, or what species they have there.

And speaking of local species of things, I'm gonna have to go and see if I can find one of the tarantulas that live in this area (Missouri). Sort of plain brown looking spiders, they call them "Texas browns" in texas, and another name in arkansas, and here they just call them "Missouri tarantulas". I've seen two scientific names for them, one being Dugesiella Hentzi. Need to go a bit farther southwest of here to find them.

 

[Sheri]

Sometimes hitchhikers do get picked up. Friends of mine came to visit from kentucky, and they had a drowned scorpian in their cooler. Not sure what sort it was, or what species they have there.

And speaking of local species of things, I'm gonna have to go and see if I can find one of the tarantulas that live in this area (Missouri). Sort of plain brown looking spiders, they call them "Texas browns" in texas, and another name in arkansas, and here they just call them "Missouri tarantulas". I've seen two scientific names for them, one being Dugesiella Hentzi. Need to go a bit farther southwest of here to find them.

The genus is Aphonopelma... and there are quite a few in the US, though I don't know which would be found in that state.