Today in the Spider Room?

[TheraMygale]

Time for what seems like the annual post-Summer rehousing festival......
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I can see you also getting in the market for selling DIY. And plant trading

to bad youre not in Canada eh

 

[goofyGoober99]

That emilia- impressive burrow. Mine never was interested in burrowing. I am surprised it hasn't caved in.

I had a somewhat similar situations with a H. chilense- such busy engineers.

Yeah I have no idea why she made it so tall. Maybe she thinks she's going to grow .
It's always so interesting to see how differently members of a species can act. One of my C. elegans filled the two starter burrows I made with moss and sits out in the open all day. I almost never see the other one.
I want an H. chilense so bad lol. When I have more disposable income....

 

[viper69]

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[viper69]

E. sp. Red, Adult Female- Recent Molt

• viper69
• Aug 29, 2016
• 1
• chilensis euathlus sp. "red" female homoeomma homoeomma chilensis

 

[corydalis]

Accomplished a long overdue rehouse for this girl (juv. O.aureotibialis) today, it wasn't much complicated, as she was so pissed, that she entered the catch cup on her own (after I blocked her way back to her old burrow ofc).

The introduction to her new enclosure also went smoothly, I already placed some of her old webbing in the starter burrow, so she's feeling herself more secure in the new place.

Around last week or so also presented to my female X.intermedia sling a bigger tank, she couldn't care less about the environmental change, started feeding on a roach just minutes after the rehouse.

My lighter M.balfouri looks fresh and clean after a recent molt..

..and the H.pulchripes I got 3 months ago just busy being fabulous (as usual).

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

I already placed some of her old webbing in the starter burrow, so she's feeling herself more secure in the new place.

I’ve been doing this too with good results. The last one I did, she sat on her webbing that I’d placed a few inches from her hide in her new enclosure and didn’t move for several hours. Finally she ventured into the hide. Next time I’ll make sure it makes it all the way to the hide, lol.

 

[Lilin Hemlock]

E. sp. Red, Adult Female- Recent Molt

• viper69
• Aug 29, 2016
• 1
• chilensis euathlus sp. "red" female homoeomma homoeomma chilensis

So velvety!

 

[zsiciarz]

Cyriocosmus leetzi

• zsiciarz
• Sep 27, 2024
• 2
• cyriocosmus cyriocosmus leetzi dwarf leetzi new world terrestrial

Sling feeding on a springtail.

Feeding time. Most of my Cyriocosmus leetzi already burrowed - these got various unalived roach bits. This one was out and about so I wanted to see if she would take live prey. Yes she did! One springtail already in her mouth, another soon followed.

 

[l4nsky]

Well, got the lion's share of my rehousing done. A lot of the big females decided this week was perfect to molt, so I need to wait a few weeks for them to harden and get a meal. I also had 5 new specimens arrive for a total of 23 animals getting rehoused this week, so busy, busy, busy.....

In the 0.5g Mainstays:

• 0.0.3 Avicularia rufa
• 0.0.4 Avicularia minatrix
• 0.0.4 Ornithoctoninae sp Phan Cay Blue
• 0.0.2 Ornithoctoninae sp Phan Cay Red (1 more to move, but it was in the middle of a molt)
• 0.0.3 Cyriopagopus sp Sumatran Tiger

In the 1g Mainstay:

• 0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp South Cotabato Lowland

In the Sterilite 1932's

• 1.0 Poecilotheria subfusca LL
• 0.1 Phormingochilus sp Sabah Blue
• 0.1 Cyriopagopus sp Sumatran Tiger
• 0.1 Pelinobius muticus

In the Haplotanks:

• 1.1 Haploclastus devamatha.

Here are some highlights:

This is my hissing box of dirt that I've sacrificed roaches to once a week for the better part of a decade. Sometimes my offerings would be accepted, other times merely ignored. Little did I know the daughter of the old gods was biding her time, gaining strength to emerge again....

.... radiating strength and beauty....


....Emerging as the Queen Baboon....


The Goddess 0.1 Pelinobius muticus, Ruler of Theraphosidae, Her Excellency, Field Baboon Hissing Supreme Matriarchy Leader, VC, DSO, MC, Goddess of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, Ruler of ALL Africa red earth land with Uganda and Kenya dry savannah in particular!

(In case you're not an old timer on AB, I'll let you in on the inside joke lol: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/t...tter-to-the-arachno-pundits-community.292048/

Bonus picture of the male Haploclastus devamatha, such a lovely species.

 

[NMTs]

Today in the spider room I had one of my biggest surprises that I've had in this hobby...

Here's my gorgeous little female Harpactira cafreriana:

0.1 Harpactira cafreriana - 2.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Apr 20, 2024
• 4
• baboon cafreriana harpactira harpactira cafreriana juvenile female

Ten days post molt, beautiful markings on this little lady.

Here's her exuvia from the last molt when I confirmed her as female:

1.0 Harpactira cafreriana - 2.5" DLS

• NMTs
• Apr 20, 2024
• cafreriana female spermathecae harpactira harpactira cafreriana

For reference, didn't see any other pics of this species yet.

EDIT (9/30/24)! These are...

And her she is, a fresh MM...




He's beautiful, and I'm sure he'll be very useful to someone, but I was shocked. Those accessory organs did a masterful job of disguising themselves as spermathecae. I guess sometimes you see what you want to see instead of what is actually in front of you. The silly thing is the label on his enclosure had him marked as male from when I examine smaller molts...

 

[l4nsky]

3.5 year old female Avicularia variegata. It's hard to believe that's an Avicularia species and that she's not even stretched out or full grown.


The male Haploclastus devamatha previously pictured after a rehouse has settled in quite well. He has plenty of sturdy building materials, so I'm expecting a spectacular turret.


0.1 Poecilotheria subfusca LL. She ate this week, however her records indicate she should be going off food here shortly for a molt.


0.1 Aphonopelma sp Michoacan. This big female is a murder tank once she realizes food is involved, but is very mild mannered otherwise.

 

[corydalis]

P. miranda female greeted me from her molt nest this morning.

 

[YellowBrickRoad]

I wasn't going to say anything, but I feel so bummed out. I was planning on doing a breeding project like 2 years ago. I thought about it for a while and decided to get some B. klaasi - that was a bit over a year ago, I guess? Now I have one heavy premolt penultimate male. and my most healthy, biggest, best eating klaasi female is dead.

Although not mature, the immature male, and adult female drummed and wanted each other all the time. I really was convinced everything was going to take and I'd have lots of little babies spring time 2025. I guess bleeping not.

I had so much time and belief and prepping involved, I'm so disappointed. Unfortunately I don't have the money to get another female, even if I did, the odds of them not clicking is very high. Anyway I'm so disappointed today. Who even has a healthy 6in+ true adult klaasi. <rhetorical.

Well, she's freezer bound until next week. My lady knows someone at work that loves doing tarantula art and all that stuff. So I guess it's some sort of consolation that my T won't end up in the trash can.

Want to know whats happening in the spider room today? I'm having me some watered down waters today!

"...one drink to remember and another to forget." Grace is Gone, DMB.

Last photo I took of her, flash on.


Rest in piece,
YellowBrickRoad

 

[FatBadBay]

I'm sorry for your loss. I had a male pass away before it matured a couple of months ago. I had him for about 8 years

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

@YellowBrickRoad
Ahh, man. I’m sorry for the loss of your girl and planned mamma. :-(

 

[Olan]

Freshly molted H. gigas female

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Freshly molted H. gigas female View attachment 484298

Assuming that’s what she is…

 

[Pillenslikker]

Eight months after his final mold my adult male GBB died last night, this one was really small for a non dwarf spiesies.

 

[Charliemum]

It's that time of year again checking on my girl Daliah, my Sericopelma sp Darien af as she's been MIA for a week and low n behold once again she's dropped a sac second time she has done this to me, wouldn't mind if she had been bred but nope, cant find a male or even slings for love nor money.

Not the best pic but can see that bright white on the sac. Poor lass.

 

[corydalis]

Still hanging with her former "shellf".