Tell me about: G. Iheringi

[RiPz]

not heard much about this species - we've recently aquired one and it molted within a week.

are they similar to the G. Rosea in terms of care ? like it very dry with an open water dish ? he/she far more.. leggy than a rosea and likes to climb, is FAR more active than the rosies..

are they docile or defensive in any way ?

 

[Kid Dragon]

male Grammostola iheringi?

If she is more leggy, she could be a he.

G. iheringi care sheet:
http://terraristic.net/en/tarantulas/Grammostola_iheringi.html

 

[IdahoBiteyThing]

iheringi

They are wayy leggier than most Grammostola, and yes, more active. Pretty speedy when they want to be. I have a couple, and one is always out and about and the other hides except for meal time. Apparently the ID on these in the hobby is questionable, so I lovingly refer to mine as G. Actaemollihiringicoma just to cover my bases. That being said, most of the T's labeled as G. iheringi that I've seen on here look fairly similar- gray/black body, scarlet red abd. Structurally they resemble GBB's to me. I would not say that yours is male due to leggy structure as I have one male/one female and they are both all legs with pretty small abdomens compared to other Grammostolas. I keep mine moderately dry w/ water dish which they use frequently. Both are good eaters, no hair kicking so far, but will definitely slap anything that gets close. I think they're pretty cool, and one of the most attractive T's I have. Enjoy

 

[Kid Dragon]

No offense, but if Grammostola iheringi is one of the most attactive species you have, are the others all Brachypelma albopilosum?

 

[Merfolk]

Looks a lot like G acteon, too!

 

[IdahoBiteyThing]

No offense, but if Grammostola iheringi is one of the most attactive species you have, are the others all Brachypelma albopilosum?

The one pictured is a juvenile that is barely showing adult color. :wall: Give it some time.

 

[daniel15]

woah! good looking t! i think iheringi are really kinda leggy just like g.grossa and acteon. hehe thats only my opinion from what i've seen. hehe

 

[izan]

I have 3 of these. 1 adult fm and to subs. I am also rather fed up with what these are supposed to be > iherngi, acteon or mollicoma ? ? ? AAAARGH !

Pretty T though.

iZAN

 

[daniel15]

I have 3 of these. 1 adult fm and to subs. I am also rather fed up with what these are supposed to be > iherngi, acteon or mollicoma ? ? ? AAAARGH !

Pretty T though.

iZAN

maybe you've seen the pic of a g.iheringi mislabelled as g.mollicoma in other web sites?? i've seen it myself and was really confused but in the end it really wasn't a mollicoma but a iheringi. hehe

 

[Arachno Maniac]

There is much confusion between the Grammostola species occurring in southern Brazil and the border with Uruguay.
G. actaeon is velvety black, including the abdomen ... but with arrow-shaped mirror and visually silver.
G. anthracina (formerly G. mollicoma) is very confused with G. pulchra. Both have the same pattern, but the mirror is almost impercepitível in G. pulchra and G. anthracina is easily visualized.
In Uruguay G. anthracina and G. alticeps are considered the same species with color variation ... G. anthracina as G. anthracina Black Morph and G. alticeps as G. anthracina Brown Morph.
G. iheringi has the typical scarlet abdomen with the mirror in the same format G. actaeon, which generates much misidentification between these species. But the color of the abdomen is the key (G. iheringi scarlet red and black for G. actaeon). Besides the large difference in size in adults, with 19-20 cm for G. iheringi and 13-14 for G. actaeon.
Recalling that in Uruguay there is still a kind called by them in G. iheringi, however, is completely black and reaches the same size of G. iheringi scarlet).

I'm in a hurry now, later I will express my views on these species.

 

[McGuiverstein]

Love it when this happens. You've resurrected a nearly five year old thread. I wouldn't count on any of these guys getting back to you.

 

[dactylus]

Do we have any folks keeping G. iheringi or what was being sold as such here in the USA?

:smile:

 

[Storm76]

Do we have any folks keeping G. iheringi or what was being sold as such here in the USA?

:smile:

They seemingly are kinda rare even over here from what I can tell. At least they aren't really offered often.

 

[BrettG]

We have a large female...Really odd spider,it never seems to regain weight after a molt.

 

[dactylus]

We have a large female...Really odd spider,it never seems to regain weight after a molt.

I have a spider with a similar weight loss pattern to what you mention, the animal that I have was sold to me as G. actaeon several years ago. I can never seem to fatten her up appropriately. I have always considered some type of internal parasite as the cause but other than the anorexia I haven't noticed anything else unusual...

 

[PEIMike]

they are offered here in Canada, I picked one up. was 2 inch in sept, its over 4 inch now. fast grower for a Grammastola

 

[lumpbump]

I bought a couple this past week at a local herp show. Real leggy like the previous posts say but even at 1" their abdomens are scarlet red. Really attractive in my opinion.

 

[RussoTuristo]

I bought a couple this past week at a local herp show. Real leggy like the previous posts say but even at 1" their abdomens are scarlet red. Really attractive in my opinion.

Congrats, it's a lovely species!

 

[dactylus]

Just picked up my first group of spiderling G. iheringi. Beautiful even at 1-2"!

 

[viper69]

Let's see some pics, seeing is believing !