Who ever said rosies were dull looking?

[smof]

Whoever it was, they just hadn't looked hard enough :razz:

Just wanted to show off The Baron, an individual from the most common species in the hobby, and the jewel of my collection:

 

[thedude]

whoa!!! stunning red morph

 

[T Frank]

I would love to get my hands on a RCF.

 

[cheetah13mo]

Very nice. I wouldn't mind findind a red morph myself.

 

[smof]

Thanks

I am really keen to find some red males and see if I can get more red babies from them. I'm curious about where the red slings come from in the wild, whether there are populations of red rosea, or it's usually a red/normal cross breeding, or it's just random mutations and two normal forms can produce red offspring.

 

[clearlysaid]

From what I've read RCFs come from normal parents. Like, two regular rosies can make regular colored, red colored and (I've never seen one) a dark color form. And then vice versa, RCF parents can make all different color form offspring. I would love to be able to research that... see what percentage of morphs come from what crosses. I have 7 RCFs right now, 4 have molted female and the last three look female ventrally. I can't say I've ever seen an RCF male.

 

[Mina]

I've seen pictures of a RCF male, so I know they do exist, but it is hard to find them. Right now I have 7 G. roseas slings that were the result of a breeding between 2 RCF parents. My plan is to wait years and years and raise them to adulthood and see if they are RCF like their parents.
I'll check back with you all in 10 years or so and let you know. LOL
Actually, we have a RCF female and have thought about breedng her to a normal male and keeping a selection of the babies just to see what color they are when they develop.

 

[seanbond]

good ole rosie days, ill never forget them.

 

[JMoran1097]

bad ass looking red morph!

 

[jon.rothweiler]

They actually had one at my work, I was going to buy it but at the time I had no money. A customer bought it the day we got it in. :wall:

 

[thedude]

I've seen pictures of a RCF male, so I know they do exist, but it is hard to find them. Right now I have 7 G. roseas slings that were the result of a breeding between 2 RCF parents. My plan is to wait years and years and raise them to adulthood and see if they are RCF like their parents.
I'll check back with you all in 10 years or so and let you know. LOL
Actually, we have a RCF female and have thought about breedng her to a normal male and keeping a selection of the babies just to see what color they are when they develop.

i actually seen an RCf MM at a petco once... i almost got it but decided to use the 18 bucks at the next rep show lol.. mayb i should have gotten him... lol

 

[Widowman10]

I'm curious about where the red slings come from in the wild, whether there are populations of red rosea, or it's usually a red/normal cross breeding, or it's just random mutations and two normal forms can produce red offspring.

it might be like the recessive gene of blond hair. two people with brown hair can have a child with blond hair.

 

[IdahoBiteyThing]

rcf

There's an rcf rosea for sale at a local petstore here (of course labeled as a Chilean Copper - NOT) , and it looks pretty male to me, but I can't really be sure. Of course they want $50 for it, which is a little steep IMHO, but maybe not! I'm sure I'll end up caving and buy it! They really are a stunning spider!

 

[YeloNeck]

Yeap, the Red Morph are so beautifull ! Great pics.

 

[cmn]

http://www.cherryexotics.us/index.html has some male G. rosea red color morphs available at very reasonable prices. I have purchased Ts from Jeff and highly recommend him.

 

[thedude]

i jsut saw a rcf rosie at a local petshop yesterday... if i wasnt getting the B jacksoni they had i would have gotten it but the red color was no where near as stunning as this one

 

[smof]

Yes she does have amazing colour. I've not seen a photo of another red rosea that looks as good as this. I never particularly wanted a rosie, only went to the pet shop to get crickets and saw her in there by chance, and just had to buy her. I thought maybe she was freshly moulted and that's why the red looked so good, but it's been two months now and she hasn't faded at all. So I can't wait to see her when she IS freshly molted :drool:

 

[John Apple]

The story I heard is that the brown rosies are Porteri and the RCF's are the true roseus....any thoughts here:?

 

[bigo]

Well I have 5 adult female RCF rosies and i pick up a male which is one molt away from maturity thanks Adam. And i also have 4 normal color rosies which means my male will be busy and happy.

 

[John Apple]

I have also noticed that the males a shed away from being an adult have darker boots or feet. Never noticed this with 'normal' rosies
I currently have 2.4 of the red ones, I also noticed that they do something a little different with the back legs than the 'normal' rosies do