Hello from Marcy of the Smalls!

[Marcy of the Smalls]

Hi everyone! Excited to be here. My name is Marcy. I am from the Philippines, but grew up in Brooklyn, and now I live in California. I had a positive relationship with spiders my entire life, but I got into tarantulas January 2024 when I went to a reptile expo for the first time and got an H formosus sling. Since then, I've learned that I looooove dwarf Ts, and their small footprint meant i could get quite a few with the space that I have. Around June this year I got into breeding Cyriocosmus sp Oronegro, and despite my best efforts only got 13 babies survive to i2 out of 123. But that hasn't stopped me from continuing to try and learn more to make the next attempt work. Currently I have two D mineirum, 1 C elegans, 1 C ritae, 1 C sellatus paired, and am working to pair C sp Oronegro again soon as well as H guerreroi. I hope to be a steady source of Dolichothele, Cyriocosmus, and Hapalopus species, after which I'll branch out to lesser known dwarf genera! Nice to meet you all!

 

[Marcy of the Smalls]

Oh! I forgot to give you a sample of what I have currently! I have about 40 tarantulas, including 11 Cyriocosmus, 7 Dolichothele, 2 Hapalopus, and a smattering of other dwarf species. For non dwarfs, I have an A avicularia, G puchripes, and C cyaneopubescens (all female!), an A moderatum, and a few Psalmos that are all male...

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Welcome Aboard!! Lovely Ts you have!!

 

[Marcy of the Smalls]

Welcome Aboard!! Lovely Ts you have!!

thank you! I'm surprised by my D mineirum being so chill on my hand. She bolted and just stopped on my hand and hung out there for a while. I would never willingly hold a Dolichothele species haha

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

So far, I haven't held any of my spoods! The majority I care for( old world) I wouldn't even begin to consider! But mainly it just stresses out the T.

 

[m0lsx]

Hello & welcome to the forum. I too like dwarf species & really want a Phlogiellus baeri. Philippine Dwarf Tarantula. One of the few arboreal dwarfs. And I have to say my Dolichothele diamantinensis, is not very dwarf. Not that I see it very much.