Unidentified Chilean species

[MindUtopia]

your ultimate male looks likes this one : http://www.birdspiders.com/archive/15B00A98KD0B7KAEC2K1408DD222755527C.html

They sure do look similar. Eric, what were you thinking?

Can't wait til those babies become available!

 

[GoTerps]

They sure do look similar. Eric, what were you thinking?

Paraphysa sp. was my guess.

I've seen a few photos of "E. truculentus" in European collections, and they do look simialar, but I wonder how solid the ID of those specimens is... I'm thinking those are actually Paraphysa species as well.

I'd like to get a good look at the palpal bulb on one of these males.

 

[syndicate]

very nice indeed!!!

 

[GoTerps]

Ok, below are a few photos of a different female than the one pictured at the start of this thread.


Here is the "dark" female under flash:

And now here are a few photos showing these 2 females in natural sunlight:

"Dark" female:

"Normal" female:

 

[tima]

Wow!!!

I don't know exactly what they are, but they sure are incredible-looking!!!:drool: I'm sure you'll be able to make a killing on the slings once you've bred them!
Wow.:drool:
Tim

 

[Jonathan]

That is one sweet lookin' animal(s).

Can you shed some light on the whole E.vulpinus situation. Little is known about them, and they are said to be arboreal, but how are you habitating your adults?
Meaning arboreal or terrestrial. Any pics of these?

 

[Beardo]

Its already been said, but whatever they are, they are gorgeous spiders. I'm jealous Eric!

 

[heyjeyniceid]

Coloration aside, Im fascinated by their opistothalimus. Is it uniformaly oval? On you normal female, it looks like it distends on the top.

Im not sure what to ask here, but have they kicked an kinds of defensive hairs at you from anywhere?

 

[GoTerps]

Coloration aside, Im fascinated by their opistothalimus. Is it uniformaly oval? On you normal female, it looks like it distends on the top.

Your asking about the opisthosoma right? Your wondering if it's uniformly oval as apposed to being elongated? I think it's just the red setae coming forward that's making it look strage to you??

Im not sure what to ask here, but have they kicked an kinds of defensive hairs at you from anywhere?

They have urticating setae, yes. But they are not prone to kicking it. They are extremely docile... to the extreme.

 

[heyjeyniceid]

Your asking about the opisthosoma right? Your wondering if it's uniformly oval as apposed to being elongated? I think it's just the red setae coming forward that's making it look strage to you??




They have urticating setae, yes. But they are not prone to kicking it. They are extremely docile... to the extreme.

haha, sorry I was WAY too sleepy to write a 4 dollar word like that, but yes you answered my question about the opisthosoma.

Are you planning on giving it the means to form a burrow? I would really like to know how they behave in that capacity: It if makes a refuse chamber, if it plugs up the entrance with its body in certain circumstances, if it even burrows at all. Perhaps it isnt an obligate burrower...

 

[Jmadson13]

Beautiful Eric:clap: is there any particular arangement with the urticating setae on these guys?

 

[GoTerps]

Mating

A few mating photos:

 

[tarcan]

Eric, after your pics, I could not resist, I had to get a few of my own (well, I think they might be the same), I have to say they look very nice!

Take care

Martin

 

[BedroomEyzOfBlu]

Wow they are stunning! I love really "fuzzy" T's and those could easily get on my wish list lol. Dam, I don't think I'm gonna live long enough to fulfill this list, it keeps growing daily

Rosana

 

[maddox]

:worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :drool: :drool: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: Just like that:drool:

 

[GoTerps]

Eric, after your pics, I could not resist, I had to get a few of my own (well, I think they might be the same), I have to say they look very nice!

Hi Martin,

Did you get them from Europe or from where I got them from?

If you got them from Europe, did you purchase them as E. truculentus? I see them being labeled as such, but I don't know on what basis that ID has been made.

Eric

 

[ErikH]

Wow, they are stunning!

 

[tarcan]

Hi Martin,

Did you get them from Europe or from where I got them from?

If you got them from Europe, did you purchase them as E. truculentus? I see them being labeled as such, but I don't know on what basis that ID has been made.

Eric

Hello Eric,

Yes they were sold to me as E. truculentus... I unfortunatly have no other information to provide on the identification!

Take care and good luck with the mating, I still did not sex the specimens I received, hopefully both sexes are there, but I should be getting spiderlings soon as well...

Martin

 

[Fierce Deity]

The first pics look like the G. mollicoma shown here:
http://giantspiders.com/G_mollicoma_male.html
Gorgeous spiders!

 

[M.F.Bagaturov]

Hello!
just saw this thread!

A few words on this.
This species goes directly from Chile dealer and sold as "Paraphysa parvula" to Europe dealers...
It is surely not any Euathlus spp. to my personal opinion and really Paraphysa sp.
It is also not You both, my friends, Eric and Martin, who must be told that this ID by the dealer highly possibly not correct - You sure realise it Yourselves.

For all who a great fun of this t' - it is rather small tarantula (not biger 5 cm of BL I suspect) and veeeeery slow-grower, so to rais from sling is a very pity deal - just like the same as paraphysa scrofa or grammostola rosea...

I supose also that this species needs pretty cool conditions and being keeping worm they reject to eat and feeling not comfortable...
Am i right Eric and Martin?

Anyway - good luck with the breeding these nice spiders.
I'm also pretty sure they need a dence cooling period for producing a successful egg-sac... Spiderlings also should be very tiny as well.