Today in the Spider Room?

[Gaherp]

Dug up some of the S. raja to see how my little beauties are doing. That color is so iridescent and the abdomen reminds me of a peacock feather.

Also had another pulchra molt a few days ago and forgot to post the pic so I'll post it up now.

 

[tamra]

Kuku molted for the second time since I got her. This time she didn't step out of her hide for about 7 weeks, but unlike last time she didn't collapse and disguise the entrance. I'm assuming that means she's feeling safer.

She is now waaaay more floofy.

I bought her a larger enclosure and have started work on setting it up. She grew quite a bit this round. I also seem to have figured out the ideal cricket enclosure: I kept 3 of them alive for about 6 weeks this time.

 

[DomGom TheFather]

Sling closet graduated to juvie hall.
Only slings are a pair of B. albiceps and a couple pumpkin patch. Filled in nicely. Wife's mixer can go someplace else.

 

[T Kestralbrachys]

Fed my augacephalus ezendami, acanthascurria genicuata, chilobracys dyscolus, gbb, purpurea aviculeria, and aponophelma chalcodes slings today. They all came from their respective hides to eat some small crickets.

 

[Chris73G]

Took out the front door of my geniculatas enclosure to clean it. This must be the calmest geniculata on the planet, you can even slide up the door right in front of her (and she connected the door with the subtrate through some webbing) and she doesn´t even blink.

 

[8 legged]

The temperatures are rising, the animals are coming out!

Juvenile B. harmori / T. vagans


Dolomedes triton female / male


Dolomedes okefinokensis female / male


Young Mesobuthus gibbosus - A gift from a greek friend!


adult Lycosa tarantula female

 

[8 legged]

And Heteropoda venatoria doing their thing...

 

[Shinn]

Rare appearance of my Ornothoctonus Sp. Uthai Thani in broad daylight.

 

[Gaherp]

Got a successful pairing from my Davus sp panama today

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Got a successful pairing from my Davus sp panama today
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That's awesome! The male is so big and leggy. Hope everything goes well

 

[l4nsky]

Rehouses galore. First off, I upgraded a 0.0.4 group of P. fasciata to Mainstay 1g enclosures. They're growing, well, like pokies lol. I'll grab their next molts to sex to see what sex ratio I'm working with.


Next, I moved a 0.0.1 P. pulcher on up to a Mainstay 1g as well. Got this little one as a freebie, probably need to sex this one on it's next molt as well.

 

[l4nsky]

I also rehoused two MF Phormingochilus sp Sabah Blue into my next generation of prototype breeding enclosures. I have a fresh MM and both females are only 3 months into their molt cycles (Fingers crossed for the future). They just barely fit in the 32oz Deli I use as a catchcup. The lighting and my camera DON'T do these girls justice.

With flash on, you can catch the more subtle and much darker hues of blue that a mature female has.



This is the proven female who dropped an eggsack for me last year. Hopefully, she'll be a bit nicer to the male this time around, as he has other suitors lol.

This young MF Phormingochilus sp Akcaya also got an upgrade to a 5g Sterilite from a 1g Mainstay.


She had a full blown temper tantrum when I put her in the new enclosure. You know a tarantula is REALLY irritated when it lays on it's back like that, fangs to the air lol.

The final tarantula on the rehouse list (for now lol) is a young female Lampropelma nigerrimum.


She also got upgraded to a 5g Sterilite from a 1g Mainstay. She just molted a few weeks back and the camera doesn't catch her sheen. I really need to invest in better lighting lol

 

[spideyspinneret78]

I also rehoused two MF Phormingochilus sp Sabah Blue into my next generation of prototype breeding enclosures. I have a fresh MM and both females are only 3 months into their molt cycles (Fingers crossed for the future). They just barely fit in the 32oz Deli I use as a catchcup. The lighting and my camera DON'T do these girls justice.
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With flash on, you can catch the more subtle and much darker hues of blue that a mature female has.

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This is the proven female who dropped an eggsack for me last year. Hopefully, she'll be a bit nicer to the male this time around, as he has other suitors lol.

This young MF Phormingochilus sp Akcaya also got an upgrade to a 5g Sterilite from a 1g Mainstay.
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She had a full blown temper tantrum when I put her in the new enclosure. You know a tarantula is REALLY irritated when it lays on it's back like that, fangs to the air lol.

The final tarantula on the rehouse list (for now lol) is a young female Lampropelma nigerrimum.
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She also got upgraded to a 5g Sterilite from a 1g Mainstay. She just molted a few weeks back and the camera doesn't catch her sheen. I really need to invest in better lighting lol

Nice photos!

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Was sitting in the spider room on my computer and kept hearing an unusual clicking sound every few minutes. I glanced up and saw Lenore (0.1 P. irminia) doing some digging at the base of her cork bark, then climbing all the up to the top and chucking clumps of dirt at the front of her enclosure with a surprising amount of force, creating a clicking sound. She kept repeating this every few minutes. I was impressed at how far and how forcefully she could sling those dirt clods around.

 

[l4nsky]

Was sitting in the spider room on my computer and kept hearing an unusual clicking sound every few minutes. I glanced up and saw Lenore (0.1 P. irminia) doing some digging at the base of her cork bark, then climbing all the up to the top and chucking clumps of dirt at the front of her enclosure with a surprising amount of force, creating a clicking sound. She kept repeating this every few minutes. I was impressed at how far and how forcefully she could sling those dirt clods around.

Ever seen one throw a molt out of their burrow? It's a surprisingly violent motion they use to fling that incredibly lightweight molt some distance.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Ever seen one throw a molt out of their burrow? It's a surprisingly violent motion they use to fling that incredibly lightweight molt some distance.

I've never actually seen them in the act of doing that but I can believe it! They're surprisingly strong.

 

[8 legged]

Theraphosa blondi 0.1


Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus 0.1

 

[8 legged]

Tapinauchenius cupreus 0.1, a rare sight on daylight

 

[Shinn]

My mature male Chilobrachys guangxiensis decided to give itself a "vasectomy" by removing it's remaining pedipalp which can be seen here at the top.

 

[TattingTarantula]

@Shinn I've never seen this before. Do you know if there was any reason for him to remove it?