User Vanessa's Photo Thread

[Irma]

Wow, so my baby is still going to be my baby for a long while. She is so beautiful!! Can I ask you, mine has been under the ground like that for more than
2 months now and in that time molted once and only had 3 crickets to eat, she's right next to the glass like that photo of yours so I can see her moving and
cleaning herself ect. Is it normal though for a sling to go THAT long without food?

 

[Vanessa]

Wow, so my baby is still going to be my baby for a long while. She is so beautiful!! Can I ask you, mine has been under the ground like that for more than
2 months now and in that time molted once and only had 3 crickets to eat, she's right next to the glass like that photo of yours so I can see her moving and cleaning herself ect. Is it normal though for a sling to go THAT long without food?

It takes very little food for a spiderling to go into pre-moult. That does seem a bit less than what mine have eaten, but I wouldn't worry. Mine have gone off food at the smaller sizes too. Mine also eat far less when I feed meal worms as opposed to crickets. Worms seem to be more dense and fill them up for longer. How often are you offering food?

 

[Irma]

Hi there, well 2 things. I offer food at least 3 times a week, I used to kill the little crickets for him but since he's under the ground like that I thought it would be better
to put live ones in so that he might come out to get them when he senses movement in the enclosure, which worked, but not every time. Another thing though
is like I said friday morning I found my Grammostola pulchripes in his molting position, when I got home he had another successful molt, but then my husband
looked closely and said what's wrong with your baby, and what do you know, he also molted on Friday. I just didn't see it coming like I did with the other one because
of him being under the sand all the time. So I was very excited. I've added the photo's.. I like keeping all their molts to see how they grow..

 

[Vanessa]

Thrixopelma sp. Blue Juvenile Male.


Thrixopelma sp. Cajamarca Juvenile Female.


Nhandu tripepii Juvenile Male.


Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi/truculentus Juvenile Female.


Grammostola sp. Concepcion Juvenile Male.

 

[Vanessa]

Cyriocosmus giganteus Sub-Adult Female.


Lasiodorides polycuspulatus Sub-Adult Male.


Grammostola grossa Sub-Adult Female.


Brachypelma baumgarteni Juvenile Female.


Theraphosinae sp. Panama Adult Female.


Bonnetina sp. Chamela Sub-Adult Female.

 

[Vanessa]

May 2019
Cyriocosmus ritae

Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Hapalopus sp. Colombia Large

Grammostola rosea

Bonnetina sp. Chamela

Nhandu coloratovillosus

 

[Vanessa]

June 2019
Lasiodora parahybana

Homoeomma chilensis

Nhandu tripepii

Brachypelma albopilosum Nicaragua

Grammostola pulchra

Thrixopelma sp. Cajamarca

 

[Vanessa]

June 2019
Brachypelma hamorii

Avicularia avicularia (one of the two I kept back from my egg sac last summer)

Lasiodora difficilis

Grammostola pulchripes Mature Male at 34 months mature.

Brachypelma klaasi

Brachypelma albiceps

Thrixopelma lagunas

Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi/truculentus

Brachypelma auratum

 

[Vanessa]

July 2019
Euathlus parvulus/manicata

Grammostola grossa

Cyriocosmus giganteus

Euathlus condorito

Lasiodorides striatus

Pamphobeteus fortis

Brachypelma verdezi

Neoholothele incei

 

[Vanessa]

July 2019
Bumba cabocla

Grammostola actaeon

Grammostola porteri

Brachypelma albopilosum Honduran

Thrixopelma sp. Blue

Theraphosinae sp. Panama with no fangs.

Brachypelma emilia

Cyriocosmus bicolor

Pamphobeteus sp. Machala

Aphonopelma eutylenum

 

[Vanessa]

July 2019
Psalmopoeus cambridgei

Aphonopelma seemanni Nicaraguan

Pamphobeteus platyomma

Grammostola iheringi
Lasiodorides polycuspulatus

Homoeomma sp. Blue

Psalmopoeus pulcher

Homoeomma chilensis

 

[Vanessa]

My Cyriocosmus giganteus sub-adult female.
I will never understand why the dwarf species are not more popular - especially Cyriocosmus. They are absolutely stunning, they are hardy once they get a bit of size on them, they grow fast and have the most incredible appetites. I have never had even one species who would not readily take down a prey item the same size as they are.
This girl, she takes the cake, though. She is the Acanthoscurria geniculata of dwarf species. She is incredibly fast and darts around her enclosure, every time it is disturbed, looking for food. It's almost comical to watch her. Then, when she gets her meal, she immediately does the happy dance to end all happy dances - throwing her spinnerets high in the air in celebration. She is just fabulous.
This girl is such a gem in my collection. She's currently about 3" and should reach around 4" full grown.

 

[Ungoliant]

I will never understand why the dwarf species are not more popular - especially Cyriocosmus. They are absolutely stunning, they are hardy once they get a bit of size on them, they grow fast and have the most incredible appetites. I have never had even one species who would not readily take down a prey item the same size as they are.

I like the dwarf species, because they take up less room. (Space is at a premium here.)

I'll have to look into getting one of those mini-genics.

 

[Vanessa]

My computer finally gave up on me after almost a decade. Luckily, I was able to get all my photos and documents off it, with the help of a professional.
August 2019
Pre-moult Caribena versicolor female.

Post-moult.

Acanthoscurria geniculata sub-adult female.

Psalmopoeus cambridgei sub-adult female.

Avicularia avicularia M6 (metallica) adult female.

Avicularia avicularia M6 (metallica) mature male.

Lasiodora parahybana spiderling.

Brachypelma emilia sub-adult female.

Grammostola pulchra juvenile female off on a stroll.

 

[Vanessa]

August 2019

Psalmopoeus cambridgei sub-adult female.

Lasiodora parahybana spiderling.

Cryriocosmus giganteus sub-adult female.

Avicularia avicularia M1 adult female, freshly moulted. This is my oldest arboreal and this was the first time she has moulted in three years. She is well over a decade old.

Phrynus decoratus (Cuba).

Aphonopelma eutylenum juvenile female.

Grammostola rosea juvenile male.

Brachypelma albopilosum (Honduras) adult female.

Pamphobeteus sp. Machala adult female.

 

[Vanessa]

August 2019

Grammostola pulchripes sub-adult female.

Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi/truculentus sub-adult female.

Davus pentaloris adult female.

Neoholothele incei adult female.

Grammostola sp. Formosa juvenile female.

Brachypelma baumgarteni juvenile female.

Eupalaestrus weijenberghi spiderling.

Aphonopelma seemanni (Nicaragua) adult female.

Pamphobeteus fortis sub-adult female.

 

[Vanessa]

August 2019

Nhandu tripepii sub-adult male.

Psalmopoeus cambridgei in foreground and Avicularia avicularia M6 (metallica) in the background... both snacking.

Homoeomma chilensis successful pairing.


Brachypelma baumgarteni juvenile female.

 

[Vanessa]

September 2019

Homeomma chilensis pairing with a different female.

Not taken on the same day as pairing her.

Brachypelma albopilosum Nicaragua.

Eupalaestrus campestratus.

Brachypelma klaasi.

Acanthoscurria geniculata.

Lasiodorides striatus.

Avicularia avicularia M1 from the egg sac I produced.

 

[Vanessa]

September 2019 Amblypygi
@aphono

Euphrynichus bacillifer

Phrynus whitei

Phrynus decoratus Cuba

Phrynus marginemaculatus Dominican Republic Female

Phrynus barbadensis

 

[aphono]

Went through your photos- they're great! Thrilled to see amblypygi representation.