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The Spider House said:
Latest addition....SAF Pamphobeteus c.f. antinous - well that's how she was described anyway but we all know that 'antinous' causes much debate
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Wow, she is one beautiful girl! About what would you estimate her diagonal leg span to be?
I am wanting to get a Pamphobeteus antinous myself at some point. But I'm having trouble figuring out which one of the five or so regional variant/forms I want to get. That's my one gripe about Pamphobeteus - the genus is so confusing! o_O
 
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Pedipalpable said:
Wow, she is one beautiful girl! About what would you estimate her diagonal leg span to be?
I am wanting to get a Pamphobeteus antinous myself at some point. But I'm having trouble figuring out which one of the five or so regional variant/forms I want to get. That's my one gripe about Pamphobeteus - the genus is so confusing! o_O
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Thank you. She is easily 6" atm. Yeah it's very confusing. It's good that proper scientif8c taxonomy is taking place but what that dies highlight is the mess many if the hobby staples are now something else. I hope, although doubt it, that this doesn't put more pressure on over collection in the wild.
Good luck in your pursuit of which if the five to get. I doubt any will disappoint.
 
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Pedipalpable said:
So Pamphobeteus antinous cf. Big Black has thicker femurs compared to the other colour forms?
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As far as I understand, yes it's true of the Peruvian species, which trends to be the larger one. Source is pretty reputable IMO.

Pamphobeteus cf. antinous "Peru" - Female

This is a jet black tarantula with bloody red satea/bristles, a female that is always hungry ready to hunt.
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That combined with red setae confined to the "posterior third of the abdomen" vs covering the entire abdomen.

Pamphobeteus cf. antinous "Peru" - Female

This is a jet black tarantula with bloody red satea/bristles, a female that is always hungry ready to hunt.
arachnoboards.com
 
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Caribena versicolor darkening up nicely in the incubator (see earlier posts for previous pics)
Estimate = 120 to 140?
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Feeding time for the L2 Blondi I bred.
All on standard crickets and take them like champs!
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Wow! Now that is what I call a fast takedown! Reminds me of my juvenile A. geniculata, who grabs the prey the instant it hits the substrate. Gotta love those large tropical new terrestrials.

I definitely want to get a Theraphosa someday. I would probably go with T. stirmi or T. apophysis just because I like the look of them a bit better. And the price is not as high as a T. blondi. I’ve also read that T. blondi is supposedly less hardy than the other 2 species, though I am suspecting that may be another pesky myth arising from decades of incorrect husbandry practices with wild caught specimens, which tend to be more sensitive.
 
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Pedipalpable said:
Wow! Now that is what I call a fast takedown! Reminds me of my juvenile A. geniculata, who grabs the prey the instant it hits the substrate. Gotta love those large tropical new terrestrials.

I definitely want to get a Theraphosa someday. I would probably go with T. stirmi or T. apophysis just because I like the look of them a bit better. And the price is not as high as a T. blondi. I’ve also read that T. blondi is supposedly less hardy than the other 2 species, though I am suspecting that may be another pesky myth arising from decades of incorrect husbandry practices with wild caught specimens, which tend to be more sensitive.
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Thank you. They are eating machines for sure. And yeah, same as genics, attack first, ask questions later ha ha

I have lots of Apophysis, Blondi and Stirmi and keep them all the same way so I think there is a bit of an urban myth about blondi.
If I had to choose, I would say Apophysis are the best looking, richer colours, fully haired abdomen with red satae (blondi and stirmi only have last third of abdomen) and hairy knees. Hairy knees seems to be thr clincher with most people when it comes to Theraphosa 🤣🤣🤣
 
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The Spider House said:
Tiltocatl khalenbergi pairing
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Wonderful. We need more independent breeding of Mexican species now that we can’t get them from Mexico for the time being due to the CITES suspension. Look forward to seeing the video when it’s ready.

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Just because this makes me smile every time I see it.
An example of how quick and food responsive T blondi can be. One of my females actively chased and caught a cricket. Footage from spy cam in her viv.

Note: this is real time.
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WOW! Now THAT is what I call a feeding response! Makes me want a Theraphosa even more. I assume they all do that and not just T. blondi. Does she do that every time you feed her?
 
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Pedipalpable said:
Wonderful. We need more independent breeding of Mexican species now that we can’t get them from Mexico for the time being due to the CITES suspension. Look forward to seeing the video when it’s ready.


WOW! Now THAT is what I call a feeding response! Makes me want a Theraphosa even more. I assume they all do that and not just T. blondi. Does she do that every time you feed her?
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Yeah all my Blondi are like that. I bred the T blondi last year and the feeding response on the slings is nuts! I will dig out a vid and put it in here.
Hoping to get a few more Mexican species breeding done this year. Got 4 AF CITES B smithi and CITES males that need to mature, along with males and females of all the other Brachypelma species. Avicularia species also being targeted for future breeding attempts. Keeps me out of trouble anyway ha ha
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