Hapalopus sp. Colombia "pumpkin patch" large

[octanejunkie]

Today was a good day, my local USPS carrier brought me 2 new friends, a pair of 3/4"-1" H. sp. large

These guys are awesome, so small and already full adult coloring. Here are a few pics

Emerging from it's vial

A new home

Settling in and starting to explore

These guys are TINY in the 24oz deli cups I'm housing them in, but following husbandry notes from @Tomoran I wanted to give them around 3" of sub to burrow in and good surface space to web. I created starter burrows under the cork bark using the end of a sharpie; the are both using their burrows. Might feed them today.

After doing my research I found a nice deal here on the pair from @Sharno Thanks so much!

 

[BrokenRay]

Those some real nice looking T's.

 

[octanejunkie]

Both these slings webbed and sealed up the hides I made for them (cork flats with starter burrows underneath) within the first 2 days of arrival.

One of them used the starter burrow, the other decided to dig its own and I just realized, molted! Looks like it happened yesterday, maybe the day before. Calling it PP#1.

Just took a closer look at PP#2, the other one, and it is upside down at the mouth of the burrow, I suspect it will molt tonight.

Bad pic but time will tell.

 

[octanejunkie]

PP#2 molted overnight as suspected
Exo visible at 2:00, spider at 6

 

[octanejunkie]

For @Bethan567

The enclosures are basic 4oz deli cups that the market sells salads in. I filled 2/3 with substrate, use a soldering iron to burn air holes all round for ventilation. I added moss and cork bark chunk that I cut from a slab and shaped to size. I made a starter burrow against the side and hot glued the cork bark chunks to the side of the enclosures and decorated with moss and added a bottle cap water dish. The spiders adapted the burrows and hides accordingly as spiders do.

 

[menavodi]

Great looking tarantulas and set up’s you have!

 

[octanejunkie]

Great looking tarantulas and set up’s you have!

Thanks!

 

[octanejunkie]

These guys have been holed up since molting last week and I've been watering around the burrows to keep moisture up

Yesterday PP#1 started digging itself out of it's burrow hide, so I guess it is hungry!

I fed it a smaller medium-sized cricket last night that wandered around, drinking a lot of water, making noise, drawing the T out of it's hide. It was a serious chess match that I was too tired to watch.

This morning, cricket gone.

PP#2 is still holed up. Guess it's not ready for a cricket delivery, or maybe it wants DiGiorno

 

[octanejunkie]

Fast-forward a bit
One hooked out a few months ago, the other did not

I put them together for 1 day about a month ago, never saw insertion, and today I saw this...

Set timer for 28 days to pull

 

[menavodi]

Fast-forward a bit
One hooked out a few months ago, the other did not

I put them together for 1 day about a month ago, never saw insertion, and today I saw this...
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Set timer for 28 days to pull

Don’t you love it??? Another good one for you! Congrats.

 

[octanejunkie]

Pulled the sac today. Zero peppercorns (duds)

We got EWLs!

 

[menavodi]

Love it!

 

[octanejunkie]

Here are a few close ups of the first instar slings

 

[menavodi]

Just great!