T show additions! What I got.

[Tabitha]

Hi all, thank you for your suggestions on what to look out for at my first show in the area, i am a beginner, It was very busy but fun to see what was there, wanted to share with you what I could get and some pictures of their new homes, I have 8 vivs on a shelving unit, all are lit with led lights, all decorated, each one slightly different with driftwood, iwagumi shimmer wood stone, dragon stone, or desert stone,
I couldn’t find any euathlus red, there were slings but I wanted a juv so that had to wait, I did however find the following, here they are...
@Tortoise Tom i did find a vagans, it’s a nice size, juv, not showing some of the colour yet but I was pleased to find one there..

A brachypelma albiceps, very pleased, again juv, nice size.

Aphonopelma seemanni, this was the biggest, it’s very beautiful and I’m very taken with it,

My beautiful aphonopelma chlacodes, it is large and I was again very pleased to get it

A bad picture of my Davus pentaloris, only the size of a large fingernail but very nice, I’ve yet to House this one it will soon.

This is the aphonopelma chalcodes terrarium

And the B albiceps home

 

[Dave Jay]

Wow! You have an impressive collection already! I like the effort you've put into their homes too!

 

[Enn49]

Wow, didn't you do well? You managed to get some lovely Ts

 

[Tortoise Tom]

WOW! Nice additions. And your enclosures are simply outstanding. I have spider envy and enclosure envy all at the same time.

 

[Dave Jay]

WOW! Nice additions. And your enclosures are simply outstanding. I have spider envy and enclosure envy all at the same time.

Who doesn't?!!! Both look great!

 

[Whitelightning777]

Nice job!!

I love how you did those enclosures. Would you consider doing a comprehensive video on how you made them, decor etc on YouTube?

Also, I'm going to excite your addiction further by injecting Pamphobeteous into the conversation.

P sp machala to be exact. They are a moist spider that eats like a trash compacter, is gorgeous & grows like a weed.

Just be sure to keep half the cage moist mostly by applying it to the frog moss as well as half the floor space in the cage. Keep a drier side just a little damp. There should be a dry place where they can dry the feet a little. Mine will sometimes spend some time in the drier areas & dominates the entire cage.

A big hide, large water dish and frog moss will make it happy. I'd say recommend peat as a substitute because it's more mold resistant.

When young, they have an X-mas tree pattern, then the other colors come in. They are easy to keep as long as you stay on top of the moisture.

You will always be able to randomly inject Pamphobeteous into any conversation. There are quite a few species to choose from.

Get a sling and grow with the spider.

 

[Tabitha]

Thank you @Dave Jay i’m very pleased and I think the vivs are nice to look at but Ive run out of room at the moment, may have to rethink a few places, see if I can get a few more Vivs.
Thanks @Enn49 it was fun to see the choice but It was a lot to take in, a lot of choice but I was pleased with my haul.
Thanks @Tortoise Tom Hehe! It’s nice seeing the vivs, like an aquarium but without all the maintenance which I’m not a natural at and no live vivarium plants to water so they are part of my rooms decor, lit and decorated and someone is always out of their hides and visible so it great, thank you. Really enjoying these animals.

 

[WolfSpider]

Love the albiceps. Nice coloration!!!! @Tabitha is also pretty good with a camera.

 

[KezyGLA]

Very nice pickups !

I believe you have Aphonopelma sp. ‘Guatemala stripe leg’ instead of Aphonopelma seemanni. These are often confused as they look extremely similar.

 

[Tabitha]

Thank you @Whitelightning777 LOL, sorry to disappoint but I’ve never even made a YouTube video, but the decoration etc wasn’t difficult really, I was a taxidermist for 15 years and decorated all the cases wth plant material and fake stones I made, naturalistic groundwork etc and now I keep dart frogs and lizards so decorate their homes like the spider vivs, I’d be happy to write about the vivs here though.
I saw the Pamphobeteous at the show but didn’t look closely, I will keep an eye open for them on the TTS website, trouble is I’ve run out of room! The re is a built in wardrobe that if I took the doors off and threw out all my clothes I could keep another 8 vivs very nicely, it would be perfect, apart from the fact I wouldn’t have anywhere for clothes, that’s a minor detail though.
Thanks for the Pamphobeteous info, I’m going to research them more and they do look stunning, they do sound a bit like my acanthuscurria in eating habits and she’s great! Thanks for all the help.

 

[Tabitha]

Thanks @KezyGLA
I’m sure that’s possible, it came from an unknown vendor but I checked my pictures of it so far, it doesn’t matter for me but I’d be very curious to confirm it and it’s interesting to research the two types, I do see the typical seemanni half stripe on the second leg segment? and the Guatemalan has no stripe and more of a swish marking? Maybe there are other factors.
I will try and get a few pictures of the legs now I now what I should look for, thank you for highlighting this and it’s interesting to know.

 

[LC72uk]

Congrats on New Arrivals

 

[KezyGLA]

Thanks @KezyGLA
I’m sure that’s possible, it came from an unknown vendor but I checked my pictures of it so far, it doesn’t matter for me but I’d be very curious to confirm it and it’s interesting to research the two types, I do see the typical seemanni half stripe on the second leg segment? and the Guatemalan has no stripe and more of a swish marking? Maybe there are other factors.
I will try and get a few pictures of the legs now I now what I should look for, thank you for highlighting this and it’s interesting to know.

The biggest difference is in the mature males. But females can be distinguished as they are a steely blue, with narrower striping on the legs (most noticable on the patella) when comparing to seemanni.

What is sold as ‘Aphonopelma seemanni BCF’ are ‘Aphonopelma sp. ‘Guatemala stripe leg’, and should be labelled the latter also.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Thank you @Whitelightning777 LOL, sorry to disappoint but I’ve never even made a YouTube video, but the decoration etc wasn’t difficult really, I was a taxidermist for 15 years and decorated all the cases wth plant material and fake stones I made, naturalistic groundwork etc and now I keep dart frogs and lizards so decorate their homes like the spider vivs, I’d be happy to write about the vivs here though.
I saw the Pamphobeteous at the show but didn’t look closely, I will keep an eye open for them on the TTS website, trouble is I’ve run out of room! The re is a built in wardrobe that if I took the doors off and threw out all my clothes I could keep another 8 vivs very nicely, it would be perfect, apart from the fact I wouldn’t have anywhere for clothes, that’s a minor detail though.
Thanks for the Pamphobeteous info, I’m going to research them more and they do look stunning, they do sound a bit like my acanthuscurria in eating habits and she’s great! Thanks for all the help.

There is one crucial difference between them. Pamphobeteous species are strongly sexually dimorphic, more so then the vast majority of others.

The males have stunning colors. The females have a huge impressive build. They can also be colorful & they get huge. They are comparable to Lasiodora species and only T stirmi out T blondi are much larger. They are also much easier to keep alive then those other two.

I don't have Acanthoscurria species but from what I hear, they are probably more like Lasiodora species then Pamphobeteous species. Having said that, it's still pretty similar.

Oh, & by the way, here's my L klugi #1 display tarantula aka Justina.

They are similar to Pamphobeteous, but less moisture dependent. Just keep the water dish full at all times and don't let the frog moss (which they love) dry out.

L parahybana & L difficilis are also popular in the hobby as well & a bit more affordable because it's easier to breed them.

L fracta & L striatipes are also totally awesome.