User Testdasi's tarantula pictures aka "T's in the apartment"

[testdasi]

I'm back after a long hiatus. Unlike my first rodeo, I now live in a small apartment so it will be a small collection.

Let's start with what just came in the mail today, female P. metallica about 3.5".

This is the enclosure. I tried to make it bio-active so we'll see how things go.


She went straight to the top...


... then decided to come down...


... and finally found the hiding cork bark area I so painstakingly designed.


P.met settling in

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Nice...she's a real gem!

What made you decide to go bio with this particular species' set-up?
Also, I am absolutely captivated by that spider... congrats on your acquisition.

 

[testdasi]

What made you decide to go bio with this particular species' set-up?
Also, I am absolutely captivated by that spider... congrats on your acquisition.

Thanks.
Pokies can tolerate humidity and as an arboreal, it won't dig up the substrate and/or crush the plants while moving about.
I'm keeping it very simple for now just to get my feet wet again and then hopefully once she grows a bit more, I'll upgrade her to something big and proper.

 

[testdasi]

Look who came out this morning to greet me!

Conveniently did ventral sexing and it says male so I contacted the seller who agreed that once he/she molts, we can sex it more accurately and if it is a male then they will refund / send me a replacement if there's another P. met in stock. I'm quite zen about the gender though. I still think it's a male so I'll name it Lars.

 

[Smotzer]

Male or female, its gorgeous just the same!

 

[dangerforceidle]

Conveniently did ventral sexing and it says male so I contacted the seller who agreed that once he/she molts, we can sex it more accurately and if it is a male then they will refund / send me a replacement if there's another P. met in stock. I'm quite zen about the gender though. I still think it's a male so I'll name it Lars.

For what it's worth, I agree this is a male spider.

 

[Chebe6886]

Definitely male but one of the few spiders I wouldn’t care which I had. I miss my p.mets

 

[testdasi]

"Rehomed" a 7" female Lasiodora parahybana.


I spent hours making a really nice hide for her and guess what, she decides to just sit on top of it.



Closer look. The pro of getting a big T is you don't need macro lens haha.

 

[testdasi]

My P.metallica ate an isopod and couldn't get rid of the undigested carcass. It then got spooked and sprinted out of the tank (hence why it's in a plastic cup in the pic)


Put it back in the tank and it finally got rid of the carcass after a lot of grooming.

 

[testdasi]

Featuring today: my new M. balfouri communal tank.


These T's have a major tendency to go arboreal when introduced to a new environment.


This one actually managed to escape when I wasn't looking. It's fortunate that I had a premonition and trusted my hunch to check below the tank and voila, it was hiding underneath.


And of course, it's a communal so I have to end with a pic with more than 1 T in the view.

 

[testdasi]

Holothele longipes (ex sanguiniceps) aka Trinidad Pink.


Beautiful pattern on the carapace with that Holothele-shaped abdomen (that probably is the reason the H. incei became the N. incei, it has a different abdomen shape).
Still don't understand why it's called Trinidad PINK.


This little one favourite activity is running in circle around the enclosure.

 

[testdasi]

Missions Impossible: Balfouri Nation

Ambushing the water dish


The infiltration


The distraction