Agreed. I counted 56 1i slings in your last picture. I imagine there were over 4 easily buried in that dog pile that I couldn't see lol. Good problems to have though.
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My estimations are notoriously bad and this is proof enough lol. Oh well, could be worse I suppose! I've got deli cups to spare... unless there's suddenly 3501 of them, then we'll have a problem.Agreed. I counted 56 1i slings in your last picture. I imagine there were over 4 easily buried in that dog pile that I couldn't see lol. Good problems to have though.
So, I carefully watch the amount of specimens that I have in relation to the amount of available space I have with the goal of never having the former outpace the latter. Awhile ago, I made the decision to temporarily cap my collection for a bit as I have a lot of growout slings that will require quite some space soon, atleast until I can sex them and figure out what I'm working with. Now I've stuck to this temporary cap quite well, but I had things in the works prior to this self imposed restriction that took some time to sort out. Starting tomorrow and over the next two weeks, I have some very hard to find specimens arriving for some future breeding projects that, well frankly, I'm very excited about
They're so cute! Especially when they're just starting to get some fluff. Congrats.
Thanks! They're so stinking cute with their little leg warmers.
When it rains, it pours. A Cyriocosmus ritae L4 sling isn't doing well. Refused food for two weeks (could be premolt), yesterday I found it with legs slightly curled inward and barely responsive. I thought it would be trying to molt right side up, but in the morning the curl just got worse. I gently flipped it on its back, added a drop of water and a smashed piece of a roach. It uncurled a bit, slightly twitching its legs and it appears to have grabbed the roach, so fingers crossed. Though the abdomen doesn't look dehydrated/starving to me. I'm just hoping I didn't disturb an unusual molt attempt...
Don't worry, they tend to have more lives than a cat lol.
The demon stare is a stunner! This would be a nice print for a brown shirt
Speaking of Phormingochilus and P. everetti in particular, I found out today that I have a massive ID issue with my Phormingochilus.
Happens on purpose and accidentally, depending on the seller. I got one of my favorites as a pink bloom bird eater and it turned out some other relative in the genus.Speaking of Phormingochilus and P. everetti in particular, I found out today that I have a massive ID issue with my Phormingochilus.
Back in January of this year, my local breeder and dealer got in 10 Phormingochilus everetti slings (as claimed by him in a phone call earlier today, which was made for reasons that will become clear below). I purchased one of these slings almost immediately (it's the sling I've posted as P. everetti to the media section for a while, though it's nowadays impossible to photograph due to webbing), followed by a second about a month later.
Well, that second "everetti" sling has become a juvenile by now, and....
For those unaware, P. sp. "Rufus" are hilariously cheap in Korea (as in, slings go for $CA 5.00 at most, often less) due to rampant overproduction (this has actually been a consistent issue with Asian arboreals in the Korean trade, and I've personally had issues with it in the past). P. everetti meanwhile go for around ten times as much (prices for true everetti have fallen but not to the same extent). So I am starting to suspect that the breeder ripped me (and others) off by selling 10 P. sp. "rufus" slings as P. everetti slings. I don't have a recent photograph of the first "P. everetti" sling I acquired for aforementioned reasons, but it's also showing the colorations of a sp. "rufus"
But wait, there's another twist to the tale, because during the earlier "P. everetti" transaction back in January I also got a supposed P. sp. "rufus" sling as a freebie. And here is that freebie sling 8 months later:
....yeah, that raises even more questions. I am not sure if this supposed "sp. "Rufus"" is actually a P. everetti (or some other Asian arboreal) but it sure looks like a dead ringer for an actual everetti. If that was the case, this would mean that it was mislabelled at the shop. Did my dealer accidentally mix up the ten everetti slings he got with his much more numerous sp. "rufus" slings? If so, this could be a fairly major problem for the Korean T hobby in general. Or did he never actually have any P. everetti, and both the freebie and the slings I purchased as everetti are all sp. "Rufus", making it an intentional scam on his part?
And what about all the other slings I got from him, including both of my Lampropelma nigerrimum and my juvenile P. arboricola? I've sexed her as female based on the fact P. arboricola is sexually dimorphic, but is she even a P. arboricola? All three of my P. ornata are suspect as well, especially with potential pokie hybridization issues (thankfully the P. metallica I got from the same breeder is so obviously a metallica, I can rest easy knowing it's what it is supposed to be).
This was not a nice thing to learn about last night and I really need some sort of resolution to all this.
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It looks like you do have a P. sp rufus and P. everetti, so it appears to be just a simple labeling mistake that happened somewhere down the line. I wouldn't immediately start questioning every other sling you purchased from them, but I'd keep good records of what you did and try to verify their identity before they ever leave my collection.Speaking of Phormingochilus and P. everetti in particular, I found out today that I have a massive ID issue with my Phormingochilus.
Back in January of this year, my local breeder and dealer got in 10 Phormingochilus everetti slings (as claimed by him in a phone call earlier today, which was made for reasons that will become clear below). I purchased one of these slings almost immediately (it's the sling I've posted as P. everetti to the media section for a while, though it's nowadays impossible to photograph due to webbing), followed by a second about a month later.
Well, that second "everetti" sling has become a juvenile by now, and....
For those unaware, P. sp. "Rufus" are hilariously cheap in Korea (as in, slings go for $CA 5.00 at most, often less) due to rampant overproduction (this has actually been a consistent issue with Asian arboreals in the Korean trade, and I've personally had issues with it in the past). P. everetti meanwhile go for around ten times as much (prices for true everetti have fallen but not to the same extent). So I am starting to suspect that the breeder ripped me (and others) off by selling 10 P. sp. "rufus" slings as P. everetti slings. I don't have a recent photograph of the first "P. everetti" sling I acquired for aforementioned reasons, but it's also showing the colorations of a sp. "rufus"
But wait, there's another twist to the tale, because during the earlier "P. everetti" transaction back in January I also got a supposed P. sp. "rufus" sling as a freebie. And here is that freebie sling 8 months later:
....yeah, that raises even more questions. I am not sure if this supposed "sp. "Rufus"" is actually a P. everetti (or some other Asian arboreal) but it sure looks like a dead ringer for an actual everetti. If that was the case, this would mean that it was mislabelled at the shop. Did my dealer accidentally mix up the ten everetti slings he got with his much more numerous sp. "rufus" slings? If so, this could be a fairly major problem for the Korean T hobby in general with potential hybridization issues due to keepers not knowing they have the wrong species of spider. Or did he never actually have any P. everetti, and both the freebie and the slings I purchased as everetti are all sp. "Rufus", making it an intentional scam on his part?
And what about all the other slings I got from him, including both of my Lampropelma nigerrimum and my juvenile P. arboricola? I've sexed her as female based on the fact P. arboricola is sexually dimorphic, but is she even a P. arboricola? All three of my P. ornata are suspect as well, especially with potential pokie hybridization issues (thankfully the P. metallica I got from the same breeder is so obviously a metallica, I can rest easy knowing it's what it is supposed to be).
This was not a nice thing to learn about last night and I really need some sort of resolution to all this.
Really hoping that the "freebie rufus" turns out to be P. everetti, because I would be gutted if one of the main target species for my collection turned out to not be in it a all.
Yep this is the sort of scenario I am worried about after what happened.
