User Ungoliant's Tarantulas

Ungoliant

Ungoliant

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Hungry Sling (Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 0.75")
Hungry Sling (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 0.75")

Hungry Sling (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 0.75")


The Elusive Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3")
I rarely get good photos of her, because she is skittish and runs when I open the enclosure.
The Elusive Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3") [1/2]

The Elusive Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3") [1/2]

I rarely get good photos of her, because she is skittish and runs when I open the enclosure.
The Elusive Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3") [2/2]

The Elusive Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3") [2/2]

I rarely get good photos of her, because she is skittish and runs when I open the enclosure.

Flash Feeding (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3")
Flash Feeding (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3")

Flash Feeding (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3")

I rarely get good photos of her, because she is skittish and runs when I open the enclosure.
 
Ungoliant

Ungoliant

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Some photos of Genicula (juvenile male Acanthoscurria geniculata), who is among my favorites.

Pauldrons
Pauldrons (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Pauldrons (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

If you attack the water drops, you're gonna get wet.

Genicula
Genicula (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Genicula (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Who's a pretty boy?

Hunting
Hunting (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Hunting (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Be vewy quiet. He's hunting cwickets.

Get Dunked
Get Dunked (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Get Dunked (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

No, he's not drinking. He just threw himself into the dish while I was filling it, because what...
 
Olan

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I love how fat Phormictopus slings can get. Downright hilarious at times.
 
Ungoliant

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Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")
Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")

Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")

first post-molt feeding

Getting Too Big for Worms (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")
Getting Too Big for Worms (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Getting Too Big for Worms (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

The look on his face says "Why are you still ordering the slings' meal for me?"

Catch! (Avicularia avicularia 1" from @cold blood)
I cut a mealworm in half for my two Avic slings. The side with the head kept crawling with alarming speed, and when it fell off the edge of the webbing, I thought it was lost. To my surprise, the sling caught it on the way down.
Catch! (Avicularia avicularia 1")

Catch! (Avicularia avicularia 1")

I cut a mealworm in half for my two Avic slings. The side with the head kept crawling with...
 
Ungoliant

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Growing Boy (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
Growing Boy (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Growing Boy (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Muffet is a little annoyed with me for taking his molt.

Hunting Fail (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")
Genicula was hunting a mealworm. He ended up in his water dish, where he remained for an hour.
Hunting Fail (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Hunting Fail (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

Genicula was hunting a mealworm. He ended up in his water dish, where he remained for an hour.
 
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Hunting Mode (♀ Avicularia avicularia 5")
Hunting Mode (♀ Avicularia avicularia 5")

Hunting Mode (♀ Avicularia avicularia 5")


Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 2.75")
Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 2.75")

Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 2.75")


Redhead (♂ Bumba cabocla 2")
Redhead (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

Redhead (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

He rarely sits for photos.

Yoink! (♂ Bumba cabocla 2")
Yoink! (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

Yoink! (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

A second before they both disappeared down the hole.
 
antinous

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Ungoliant said:
Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")
Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")

Something to Sink Your Teeth Into (♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" 1")

first post-molt feeding
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Def keep updating on this little guy, I really need to add a few to my collection. I’d love to know when they start to get that amazing green coloration.
 
Ungoliant

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Phormic28 said:
Def keep updating on this little guy, I really need to add a few to my collection. I’d love to know when they start to get that amazing green coloration.
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It already has an understated, iridescent green under the right lighting, but I don't think that's their adult coloring.

Right now it is too much of an escape artist to photograph with the lid off. :D Hopefully it will settle down when I upgrade it to a larger deli cup.
 
antinous

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Ungoliant said:
It already has an understated, iridescent green under the right lighting, but I don't think that's their adult coloring.

Right now it is too much of an escape artist to photograph with the lid off. :D Hopefully it will settle down when I upgrade it to a larger deli cup.
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I’m sure it will, but that’ll be temporary as that amazing Phormictopus attitude will kick in shortly after haha
 
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Phormic28 said:
I’m sure it will, but that’ll be temporary as that amazing Phormictopus attitude will kick in shortly after haha
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Well, it can threat pose all it wants as long as it doesn't run out of the enclosure.
 
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The White Roach (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5")
The White Roach (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5")

The White Roach (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5")

A special treat for Squirt.

Avicularia avicularia Sling (1.25")
Avicularia avicularia Sling (1.25")

Avicularia avicularia Sling (1.25")

Shortly before the discovery of a diced mealworm.

Hungry Genicula (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.75")
Hungry Genicula (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 4")

Hungry Genicula (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 4")


Flash and the Mask (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")
Flash and the Mask (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

Flash and the Mask (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

No one cared who she was until she put on the mask.

Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")
Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

If you take flash pictures of another tarantula, Dozer comes out to investigate.

Rehoused Augacephalus ezendami Sling
Rehoused Augacephalus ezendami Sling

Rehoused Augacephalus ezendami Sling


My new 0.1 Brachypelma emilia (4.5")
My new 0.1 Brachypelma emilia (4.5")

My new 0.1 Brachypelma emilia (4.5")

I couldn't resist this beauty when I saw her at Repticon.

Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" Sling Feeding
♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" Sling Feeding

♀ Phormictopus sp. "south Hispaniola" Sling Feeding

My sling enjoying half a mealworm.

Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 3")
Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 3")

Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 3")


Dat Horn (♀ Ceratogyrus marshalli)
Dat Horn (♀ Ceratogyrus marshalli)

Dat Horn (♀ Ceratogyrus marshalli)

This is the only time I've been able to take pictures of my pet hole since I got her in October...

Pele (♂ Bumba cabocla 2")
Pele (♂ Bumba horrida 2.25")

Pele (♂ Bumba horrida 2.25")

 
PhilMcWonder

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Ungoliant said:
Submealworm (♀ 3/4" Psalmopoeus irminia)
Submealworm (♀ Psalmopoeus irminia 0.75")

Submealworm (♀ Psalmopoeus irminia 0.75")

My new sling eating half a mealworm.
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Quick question. How do you get the cut so clean? I have been chopping up mealworms for my slings and most of the time they just gush out everywhere after the body gets cut. That looks like one mostly intact piece.

Also. You have quite the collection my friend! I am envious :D
 
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PhilMcWonder said:
Quick question. How do you get the cut so clean? I have been chopping up mealworms for my slings and most of the time they just gush out everywhere after the body gets cut. That looks like one mostly intact piece.
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I use a tiny pair of very sharp scissors.
 
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Squirt (@cold blood) hunting a snack I put in her old water dish.

You're warm.
On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [1/3]

On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [1/3]

You're warm.

You're getting colder!
On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [2/3]

On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [2/3]

You're getting colder!

You're burning up!
On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [3/3]

On the Hunt (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5") [3/3]

You're burning up!
 
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