User Vanessa's Photo Thread

[Vanessa]

This glorious Psalmopoeus cambridgei girl let me watch her hunt the other night. She's still very slim, since her recent moult, so I gave her four adult crickets.

She hunted each one down, went to a specific spot on her cork bark, wrapped each one up, then went back and hunted another. I watched her all four times as she hunted and happy danced.

They know what they're doing. She knew exactly when she had caught all of them, and she could relax and start to eat. What a fabulous thing to just watch them do their thing like that.

What an incredible privilege it is.

Cricket #1.

Cricket #1 secured.

Cricket #2 secured.

Hunting cricket #3.

Securing cricket #3.

Hunting cricket #4.

Securing them all.

Time to eat.

 

[dangerforceidle]

I've watched my T. rasti web crickets to a vertical surface and dance around them as well. I haven't noticed any of the other arboreal species I have do the same, but it's a very endearing behaviour.

Amazing photos!

 

[Ungoliant]

They know what they're doing. She knew exactly when she had caught all of them, and she could relax and start to eat. What a fabulous thing to just watch them do their thing like that.

Meanwhile my little Squirt "hunted" a roach that was right under her for several hours and then seemed to forget about it. I think it's still in there.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Meanwhile my little Squirt "hunted" a roach that was right under her for several hours and then seemed to forget about it. I think it's still in there.

They decided to put aside their differences and become the New Odd Couple.

 

[Vanessa]

October 2019
Grammostola porteri adult female.

Lasiodorides striatus sub-adult female. Lasiodora difficilis sub-adult female.
Hapalopus sp. Colombia Large adult female.

Brachypelma verdezi adult female. Lasiodora parahybana small juvenile female.

Cyriocosmus giganteus sub-adult female.
Cyriocosmus bertae adult female.
Nhandu tripepii juvenile female. Bonnetina sp. Chamela sub-adult female.

 

[Vanessa]

October 2019
Euathlus parvulus/manicata adult female.

Grammostola sp. Formosa juvenile female.
Avicularia avicularia juvenile male.
Cyriocosmus elegans adult female.
Caribena versicolor adult female. Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi/truculentus sub-adult female.

Grammostola sp. Concepcion mature male. Caribena versicolor mature male.

Brachypelma baumgarteni juvenile female.
Pseudhapalopus spinulopalpus adult female.

 

[Vanessa]

October 2019 Halloween photo shoot with Suede, my adult female Brachypelma albopilosum.

 

[Vanessa]

October 2019
Brachypelma boehmei adult female.

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens adult female.

Grammostola iheringi sub-adult female.

Aphonopelma eutylenum juvenile female.

Thrixopelma lagunas juvenile female.

Grammostola grossa juvenile male.

Grammostola grossa sub-adult female.

Neischnocolus sp. Panama adult female.

Grammostola pulchra juvenile female and gratuitous handling photo of her.

 

[dangerforceidle]

You have a juvenile female Nhandu tripepii listed and pictured. Do N. tripepii start with black and white before becoming that pinkish blonde -- I don't think I've seen them at young stages before? Or is it N. coloratovillosus?

 

[Vanessa]

You have a juvenile female Nhandu tripepii listed and pictured. Do N. tripepii start with black and white before becoming that pinkish blonde -- I don't think I've seen them at young stages before? Or is it N. coloratovillosus?

Nope, that is a tripepii. She is very freshly moulted in that photo and her transparent/greyish exoskeleton gives the impression she is darker than she is. Plus, they aren’t as blonde as they get a bit later around 3”.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Nope, that is a tripepii. She is very freshly moulted in that photo and her transparent/greyish exoskeleton gives the impression she is darker than she is. Plus, they aren’t as blonde as they get a bit later around 3”.

Cool, I had no idea they change like that!

 

[Vanessa]

You have a juvenile female Nhandu tripepii listed and pictured. Do N. tripepii start with black and white before becoming that pinkish blonde -- I don't think I've seen them at young stages before? Or is it N. coloratovillosus?

In comparison, here is a slightly smaller coloratovillosus.

 

[Vanessa]

November 2019

Lasiodora difficilis

Davus pentaloris

Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi/truculentus

Grammostola grossa

Grammostola pulchripes

Brachypelma emilia

Aphonopelma chalcodes

Tliltocatl albopilosum

Aphonopelma hentzi

 

[Vanessa]

November 2019

Brachypelma albiceps

Avicularia avicularia M6 metallica

Lasiodora parahybana

Euathlus parvulus/manicata


Grammostola sp. Concepcion MM

Aphonopelma eutylenum

Thrixopelma sp. Cajamarca


Psalmopoeus cambridgei

Grammostola rosea

 

[Vanessa]

November 2019

Homoeomma sp. Blue/Thrixopelma lagunas

Bonnetina sp. Chamela/cyaneifemur



Grammostola sp. Formosa

Thrixopelma ockerti

Bumba cabocla

Neoholothele incei

Cyriocosmus bicolor

My senior Brachypelma emilia

 

[Vanessa]

December 2019

Psalmopoeus pulcher post-moult and pre-moult


Avicularia avicularia M6 metallica

Bumba cabocla


Grammostola iheringi

Christmas photo shoot with my sub-adult female Grammostola pulchripes


My camera died and I had to replace it.
Davus pentaloris

Typhochlaena seladonia

 

[Vanessa]

December 2019

Bonnetina sp. Chamela/cyaneifemur MM


Kochiana brunnipes

Acanthoscurria geniculata

Eupalaestrus campestratus


Aphonopelma chalcodes

Tliltocatl albopilosum Nicaragua

Nhandu coloratovillosus

Nhandu chromatus

 

[Vanessa]

December 2019 isopods

Porcellio laevis 'Dairy Cow'


Porcellio hoffmannseggi

Armadillidium nasatum 'Peach'


Oniscus asellus 'Maple'



Porcellionides pruinosus 'Powder Blue'

 

[Michael2020]

Those are incredible pictures. I love how you can see such detail on these gorgeous creations. I'm curious about what your using to take these pictures with, I would like to buy what your using if it's in my pocket range.

 

[Vanessa]

Those are incredible pictures. I love how you can see such detail on these gorgeous creations. I'm curious about what your using to take these pictures with, I would like to buy what your using if it's in my pocket range.

Thank you. I was using a Sony A57 with a Sony 50mm macro lens. My camera recently died, after more than a decade of heavy use, and I have replaced it with a Sony A58, since the A57 is discontinued.
I love Sony cameras. I love the quality. The A57 was a better camera overall, but the A58 is an excellent choice.