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These are lovely cwhat are they like to own??
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Poecilotheria picture thread
- Thread starter Ceratogyrus
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Pokies in general tend to flee rather than stand their ground.
They are fast and as they are an old world genus, their venom tends to be nasty, so best not to get bitten.
They are fast and as they are an old world genus, their venom tends to be nasty, so best not to get bitten.
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Sweet lol. I think it will be a while before i atempt ownership then lol
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- Pretoria, South Africa
Ceratogyrus, those P.rufilata 2nd instars are massive. I've only got the P. Regalis recently, but will definitely expand my Pokie collection in the near future.
Here she is:
Here she is:
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They were huge. Can't only have 1 pokie. You need to feed your addiction.
Can't only have 1 pokie. You need to feed your addiction.
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- Location
- Pretoria, South Africa
There are so many to choose from. But I'm thinking of getting a P. Ornata first and then I'll decide from there.
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Rehousing my subfusca (spec.lowland) communal
Looks like 3 females and 1 male.
Looks like 3 females and 1 male.
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Can some post a P.smithi picture???
please? im getting 1 next month
please? im getting 1 next month
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Nice looking Pokie,wait till it gets the full adult colours.Here is my 2.5" P. Metallica
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I posted them before but here's my P. metallica sling. It's such a cutie:
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- Cross Junction, VA
The belly of my P.ornata
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- Cross Junction, VA
At what age/size can sex be determined? I have no clue what to look for
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Gini, do you have a picture of the spider from above?
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- Cross Junction, VA
just this one...I don't think it was happy with me. I laid the container on its side to get a better pic. Phone pic
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Ok, was gonna take a shot at sexing it, but it's still a little young.
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- South Florida
You can vent sex Poecs pretty accurately at around 2". Males are obvious. Juvenile ornata males fade the fastest of any Poec. Dorsally they get more brown, the folium is black, and the carapace loses the two black stripes and becomes mostly one color. Males still have vivid contrast ventrally.
Young female ornata develop more contrast dorsally & their folium lightens. BTW, ornata have the worst reputation in group cages of any Poec. They can start cannibalizing at 2nd instar. Surprising, since the closely-related rufilata is one of the better ones.
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My P. Met sling molted a couple of days ago. As you can tell it's huge.... not:
It molted lightning fast. I had checked on it and it was webbing bottoms up, about 30 minutes later I checked again and noticed a few more legs in the web than there should be. I knew it was ready to molt, but the speed of the process was surprising.
The little guy/girl had its first post molt meal today. This is it hunting:
It molted lightning fast. I had checked on it and it was webbing bottoms up, about 30 minutes later I checked again and noticed a few more legs in the web than there should be. I knew it was ready to molt, but the speed of the process was surprising.
The little guy/girl had its first post molt meal today. This is it hunting:
