Hey there!

[DevinsCreatures]

I’ve been around the hobby for about two years— but I also work for a living in the hobby! I’ve worked with a rather large variety of species/genres; both Old and New Worlds.

But my personal collection are what I take the greatest pride in, haha. I prefer to stick with US native Aphonopelma and aim to do a lot of breeding work, of which I’ve already started up a few project species. I look forwards to seeing everyone else’s collections!

Here is a picture of my very favorite perfect girl “Faelen”— Aphonopelma paloma. The absolute pride of my collection, haha. This species is beyond beautiful even with their small size. Though, I do genuinely believe that the whole genus is vastly under appreciated.

Nice to meet you all!

 

[Noodlelove]

I'm so happy you're on the boards. I'm very new to the hobby. I love spiders. Always have but haven't gotten to know scientific names and species all that much. I had no idea about this species. Species. Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful creature and species.

 

[DustyD]

Welcome. Great place to talk about tarantulas and other inverts.

 

[octanejunkie]

Welcome to the forum/family!

That's a good looking apho!

 

[DustyD]

Oh, I live one state away in Maine, but in terms of tarantula keeping a world away. Only three species of tarantulas (G. rosea, pulchra, pulchripes) are unrestricted here, meaning they are legal for the average person to own.

 

[m0lsx]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Noodlelove]

Oh, I live one state away in Maine, but in terms of tarantula keeping a world away. Only three species of tarantulas (G. rosea, pulchra, pulchripes) are unrestricted here, meaning they are legal for the average person to own.

Wow. Only three species? It seems like Maine would have enough cold weather to not allow invasiveness. What do you think it's about?

 

[DustyD]

Well, Maine does have spiders - but no tarantulas - that manage to survive the winters , so I think that the state is very cautious about it. Maybe too cautious. And I think there have been cases of invasive plants and some insects and fish that have raised concerns. I have mentioned this before, but Maine did not have ticks until the 1980s when they likely hitched ridees on other animals.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Welcome to the group

 

[Enn49]

Hello and welcome.

 

[ilovebrachys]

Hello and welcome.. Jealous of your A. Paloma I've been wanting one for years.. Nice one

 

[Lawrence b]

Hi and welcome .

 

[DevinsCreatures]

Welcome to the forum/family!

That's a good looking apho!

Thank you!! I hope to get some great pictures of the other Aphonos I have!

 

[DevinsCreatures]

Hello and welcome.. Jealous of your A. Paloma I've been wanting one for years.. Nice one

They’re definitely an amazing species! I actually have a few— but Faelen here is admittedly my favorite, haha. Hopefully I’ll be able to breed them eventually!

 

[DevinsCreatures]

I'm so happy you're on the boards. I'm very new to the hobby. I love spiders. Always have but haven't gotten to know scientific names and species all that much. I had no idea about this species. Species. Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful creature and species.

Thank you for the welcome!
This is a moderately difficult species to get ahold of as to the best of my knowledge, they’ve never been CB. I hope to change that with the specimens that I have!

 

[Noodlelove]

Thank you for the welcome!
This is a moderately difficult species to get ahold of as to the best of my knowledge, they’ve never been CB. I hope to change that with the specimens that I have!

What an awesome goal. Can't wait to hear updates I'm certainly looking forward to you posting pictures of these cuties

 

[Noodlelove]

Well, Maine does have spiders - but no tarantulas - that manage to survive the winters , so I think that the state is very cautious about it. Maybe too cautious. And I think there have been cases of invasive plants and some insects and fish that have raised concerns. I have mentioned this before, but Maine did not have ticks until the 1980s when they likely hitched ridees on other animals.

That's a real bummer about ticks. Ticks are disgusting. I definitely think they're being extremely cautious. I don't think they have to worry about to tarantulas becoming invasive. Just my opinion though, I'm not an expert on these things

 

[DevinsCreatures]

Oh, I live one state away in Maine, but in terms of tarantula keeping a world away. Only three species of tarantulas (G. rosea, pulchra, pulchripes) are unrestricted here, meaning they are legal for the average person to own.

I personally own two G. porteri! They’re still very little, but I also work with all color forms of G. rosea/porteri at work. I’ve also worked with G. pulchra as well as G. pulchripes— they’re lovely species!
It’s a shame Maine puts a law banning our own US native species, but it is what it is.

 

[DevinsCreatures]

What an awesome goal. Can't wait to hear updates I'm certainly looking forward to you posting pictures of these cuties

I certainly will be! I’m in the process of making a light box so it’s easier to take pictures of them, haha.

 

[DustyD]

I personally own two G. porteri! They’re still very little, but I also work with all color forms of G. rosea/porteri at work. I’ve also worked with G. pulchra as well as G. pulchripes— they’re lovely species!
It’s a shame Maine puts a law banning our own US native species, but it is what it is.

Does NH have any restrictions on tarantula species? I think I knew at one time, but have forgotten.