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Did someone say Phormictopus?

Mass, I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that you're getting into them. I picked up my first P. cancerides about 2 years ago after reading that they weren't just a "big brown spider" (and I can attest to that). It quickly became one of my favorite species. Since then, many other species and colorations have become available. and I've been trying to grab them all up. I currently have P. cancerides, P. atrichomatus, P. cautus "violet", P. sp. south hispaniola, P. species green, P. species purple, and P. species blue. I'm guessing that some of these "sp" will someday end up being just color variants of other species (like cancerides), as I've already seen a lot of color differentiation even from same sex sac mates. Not sure if I care, though, as they are are all so pretty.

I've found that they all eat like machines, grow like weeds, and put on some impressive size between molts. Even more cool, in my opinion, are the color changes they display after each molt; grays, maroons, purples, pinks, bronzes, browns. You honestly don't know what you're going to get, even within the same species. They are also MUCH more hardy than some information will lead you to believe.

<blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 68825" data-attributes="member: 1152">Did someone say Phormictopus? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Mass, I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that you're getting into them. I picked up my first P. cancerides about 2 years ago after reading that they weren't just a &quot;big brown spider&quot; (and I can attest to that). It quickly became one of my favorite species. Since then, many other species and colorations have become available. and I've been trying to grab them all up. I currently have P. cancerides, P. atrichomatus, P. cautus &quot;violet&quot;, P. sp. south hispaniola, P. species green, P. species purple, and P. species blue. I'm guessing that some of these &quot;sp&quot; will someday end up being just color variants of other species (like cancerides), as I've already seen a lot of color differentiation even from same sex sac mates. Not sure if I care, though, as they are are all so pretty.I've found that they all eat like machines, grow like weeds, and put on some impressive size between molts. Even more cool, in my opinion, are the color changes they display after each molt; grays, maroons, purples, pinks, bronzes, browns. You honestly don't know what you're going to get, even within the same species. They are also MUCH more hardy than some information will lead you to believe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tomoran, post: 68825, member: 1152"] Did someone say [I]Phormictopus[/I]? :) Mass, I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that you're getting into them. I picked up my first P. cancerides about 2 years ago after reading that they weren't just a "big brown spider" (and I can attest to that). It quickly became one of my favorite species. Since then, many other species and colorations have become available. and I've been trying to grab them all up. I currently have P. cancerides, P. atrichomatus, P. cautus "violet", P. sp. south hispaniola, P. species green, P. species purple, and P. species blue. I'm guessing that some of these "sp" will someday end up being just color variants of other species (like cancerides), as I've already seen a lot of color differentiation even from same sex sac mates. Not sure if I care, though, as they are are all so pretty. I've found that they all eat like machines, grow like weeds, and put on some impressive size between molts. Even more cool, in my opinion, are the color changes they display after each molt; grays, maroons, purples, pinks, bronzes, browns. You honestly don't know what you're going to get, even within the same species. They are also MUCH more hardy than some information will lead you to believe. [/QUOTE]

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