Genus Theraphosa

[Philth]

Some new pics...

his palps missing the embolus

later, Tom

 

[Shell]

Very cool, Tom! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Tonys spiders]

Wow!! Thats awesome that he survived and was able to molt considering they have a hard time as is. If he survived till another molt, thatd be something else!
Tony

 

[grayzone]

wow thats scary. A post ultimate giant. I hope you keep us further updated.

 

[vixsta]

Congratulations!

He looks to be rather healthy for a post mature male (lack of emboli aside), I was expecting to see a much more shriveled abdomen.

Very intriguing.

 

[Bosing]

cool pics! congratulations, although it would be more fun if he could have another round of making it out with the girls...

 

[Philth]

Thanks man, unfortunately he died on Monday I was hoping to get pics of him making useless sperm webs, but he never really did much. Fun while it lasted !

Later, Tom

 

[Anastasia]

Ah, that is to bad, I really hoped he will last and observed longer, Sorry Man.

 

[grayzone]

Sorry to hear tom..Ive been periodically peeking in on this thread for updates, sadly there wont be any more. Was cool to think about while it lasted.

---------- Post added 05-31-2012 at 08:26 PM ----------

at least he can finally rest.. hes chasing crickets down in t heaven lol

 

[mayhem13]

Great the fisrt time i see that!

 

[Stonerain]

Th. apo. 1.0

 

[colicabcadam]

hi all, have not posted for a while, i thought you'd appreciate this exoskeleton, my spider lost a couple of legs, however, after this moult they came back !

 

[Zeph]

So huge and intact! Great photo!

 

[jim777]

That's a big T!

 

[Philth]

Theraphosa stirmi

Later, Tom

 

[arachnofab]

Very nice close ups - the fangs look just like feline claws . .

 

[dactylus]

Good luck on the T. stirmi breeding Tom! Nice photo.

 

[Trace]

Sold to me as a blondi, maybe a stirmi? What do you guys think?

 

[Terry D]

Trace, Looks like a T stirmi subadult to me- but I'm only familiar with sling and ad f of the species. Pictures I've seen of younger T stirmi individuals seem to show a little more stubby hair around the patella, not so "bald" as mature females. I'm not at all familiar with T apophysis by way of hands-on experience. The pic doesn't clearly show the prosoma shape well. Overall, it looks rather dark. Most images I've studied of T apophysis look paler, often more reddish, although the latter may be an incorrect/variable distinction. Evidently, there may be other Theraphosa sp(p) out there as well but I think someone would be mentioning this by now were they suspected of being in captivity. Tom P/ Theraphosa pros?

Looks healthy whatever it is! Thanks for sharing. (-:

T

 

[TpleaseForMe]

i live in same state know where to get any good slings of t. blondi?