Matings and more

Psalmopoeus irminia
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...5_DSC02560.jpg

Poecilotheria striata
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...7_DSC02478.jpg

Poecilotheria regalis
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...3_DSC02505.jpg

Poecilotheria regalis
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...4_DSC02491.jpg

Poecilotheria fasciata
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...6_DSC02464.jpg

Pelinobius muticus
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...3_DSC02842.jpg

Megaphobema mesomelas
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...46DSC02805.jpg

Hysterocrates gigas
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...7_DSC02612.jpg

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...5_DSC02626.jpg

Ceratogyrus darlingi
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...5_DSC02552.jpg

Brachypelma albiceps
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...6_DSC02592.jpg

Avicularia versicolor
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...7_DSC02508.jpg

Avicularia avicularia
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...4_DSC02830.jpg

Aphonopelma iodius
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...s_DSC02655.jpg

Xenesthis immanis
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...s_DSC02879.jpg

Poecilotheria tigriniwesseli
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...i_DSC02872.jpg

Poecilotheria regalis
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...s_DSC02880.jpg

Poecilotheria regalis
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...s_DSC02484.jpg

Haploepelma lividum
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...m_DSC02687.jpg

Grammostola rosea
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...a_DSC02847.jpg

Acanthoscurria chacoana
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...a_DSC02706.jpg

While they are obviously big spiders and they are very cool I have no idea what all that scientific mumbo jumbo is. Do they have names that folks such as myself would understand? :)

I agree that theyre cool but to me it looks like theyre all kissing. How are they mating lol?

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Originally Posted by Andybill

While they are obviously big spiders and they are very cool I have no idea what all that scientific mumbo jumbo is. Do they have names that folks such as myself would understand? :)

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I'll start putting the common names up there too.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

I agree that theyre cool but to me it looks like theyre all kissing. How are they mating lol?

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The miniature leg looking things on the front are modified mouthparts called pedipalps. When a male matures (his ultimate or last molt) the tip becomes modified into a funky bulb that he uses as an intermittent organ. He drops some sperm packets, picks them up in these bulbs and then heads off to find a female. He then drums, hopefully well enough to woo her, and using his front legs pushes the female back (sometimes there are hooks to hold her chelicerae (fangs) at bay. That is the part you're seeing in the pics. While she's bent upwards he reaches under and then inserts the sperm packets. Then he typically boogies out of there before she makes a meal of him.

There is a bit more too it than that, but that's the basics.

Wow some good pairings there.

Thanks for posting!

So freaking cool! I love T's, it's always nice to see some breeding happening. After reading the Tarantula Keeper's Guide it seems like such a daunting task. Great pairs :gj: