Today in the Spider Room?

[dangerforceidle]

My gorgeous Lampropelma nigerrimum arboricola (or Lampropelma sp. Borneo Black) made an appearance today.

Always a good day when she can be seen.

 

[antinous]

Anybody know how to scream ‘Molt already’ in arachnid? The one P. sp. ‘South Hispaniola’ I’ve been keeping an eye on, due to its interesting coloration, is in premolt still and the other three normal looking ones molted already

Also managed to get some photos of my T’s trying to compare the different purple/pinks with each species:

 

[dangerforceidle]

Anybody know how to scream ‘Molt already’ in arachnid? The one P. sp. ‘South Hispaniola’ I’ve been keeping an eye on, due to its interesting coloration, is in premolt still and the other three normal looking ones molted already

Also managed to get some photos of my T’s trying to compare the different purple/pinks with each species:
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The trick is you need to yell at them in the language of their native home. How is your Taíno?

 

[Flashback]

My A Chalcodes hasn't molted yet, but I've only had him for about a month. I'm curious as to what everyone does with their molts? Also I've read that they shouldn't be disturbed for a week or so, but can you remove the molt immediately or should it stay in the enclosure for a while?

 

[antinous]

My A Chalcodes hasn't molted yet, but I've only had him for about a month. I'm curious as to what everyone does with their molts? Also I've read that they shouldn't be disturbed for a week or so, but can you remove the molt immediately or should it stay in the enclosure for a while?

Aphonopelma can go years without molting. I just keep the molts in a tub. Leave the molt in there until the spider is not near it so you don’t disturb the spider. Depending on the size of the T, don’t ‘bother’ it for at least a week and it can take a week+ until it starts eating again.

 

[grayzone]

Yesterday i noticed that after 16 days of incubating these eggs the first ewl has emerged.
Today im at 5 of 193. These guys sure are taking their time

Phormingochilus rufus

 

[Ungoliant]

I rehoused two slings today.

My Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" outgrew its condiment cup with its last molt.

Rehoused ♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" Sling

• Ungoliant
• Dec 13, 2018
• female phormictopus phormictopus sp. "green femur" phormictopus sp. "south hispaniola" sling sp. "green femur" sp. "south hispaniola"

My Augacephalus ezendami sling (from @cold blood) can still fit comfortably in a condiment cup, but I rehoused it into a deli cup because:

1. It attached its webbing to the lid so that I can't open the enclosure without lifting up half the substrate, spider included.
2. It has tried to escape before, so I wanted a bigger margin of error.

Rehoused Augacephalus ezendami Sling

• Ungoliant
• Dec 13, 2018
• 5
• augacephalus augacephalus ezendami ceratogyrus ezendami ezendami sling

 

[Rigor Mortis]

As feeding day grows closer and closer my A. chalcodes continues to do....absolutely nothing. Love this little fluffy tan rock I have.

 

[antinous]

Last of the Phormictopus sp. Green Femur/South Hispaniola molted and this one was the one showed an interesting coloration. Waiting for it to harden up so I can see if it’ll have a different coloration than the others. Rehoused all of them too.

 

[dangerforceidle]

T. rasti obscuring her superworm meal.

 

[antinous]

Well the Phormic didn’t retain its coloring sadly...but they are all healthy so I can’t really complain

 

[antinous]

One of the Phormictopus sp. ‘blue’ slings molted last night, can’t wait till it puts on more size and gains its adult coloration. Supposedly it’s supposed to look like this.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Rehousing day for K. brunnipes.

 

[Gaherp]

Fed a lot of T's today. Took about two hours to finish a third of the adults. Pics below are of a Female A. avicularia and her web, P. irminia in her log, pet hole C. vonwirthi female, female H. sp colombia lg, and finally one of my female T. violaceus that molted the other day.

 

[Ungoliant]

Genicula dropped his roach bolus in his beloved water dish, creating a truly horrific stench. (If he was trying to win the award for worst bolus of the year, he succeeded.)

I had to remove the top layer of substrate and webbing (because said stench spilled onto it), which made him attack the tongs repeatedly and kick hairs all over the place. Despite my best efforts at cleaning the dish (including bleach), there was still a slight odor, so I cut him a new dish and let the old dish air out. He kicked up another cloud of hairs when I added the new dish.

I'm not sure he deserves a brand new water dish today, but he got one. Here he is sulking about the whole ordeal.

One Sulky Boi (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 4")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 16, 2018
• 8
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata genicula geniculata juvenile juvenile male male whitebanded tarantula

Genicula dropped his roach bolus in his beloved water dish, creating a horrific stench. I had...

 

[MintyWood826]

Went to my first reptile expo and got a sling each of N. chromatus, B. albopilosum, and B. cabocla. I'd post pics but they are in their burrows.

 

[RonC]

Went to my first reptile expo and got a sling each of N. chromatus, B. albopilosum, and B. cabocla. I'd post pics but they are in their burrows.

Just got three new pet holes myself.

 

[Minty]

I rehoused two slings today.

My Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" outgrew its condiment cup with its last molt.

Rehoused ♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" Sling

• Ungoliant
• Dec 13, 2018
• female phormictopus phormictopus sp. "green femur" phormictopus sp. "south hispaniola" sling sp. "green femur" sp. "south hispaniola"

Damn, that is a good looking spider.

 

[MintyWood826]

Went to my first reptile expo and got a sling each of N. chromatus, B. albopilosum, and B. cabocla. I'd post pics but they are in their burrows.

I ended up rehousing the B. albo and B. cabocla so I got pictures from that.

B. cabocla


B. albopilosum

 

[Marika]

I decided that I really want a B. albopilosum and there are some juvenile females for sale. It kinda sucks because it's too cold to order anything. Just five more months, just five more months...