New females: H. mac, lividum, Burgandy Goliath Bird Eater

Got some new T's in today from Anastasia Haroldsen (net-bug.net). All of them are C/B and confirmed females (except the freebie wich is too small to sex yet). Sorry for the crappy pics but I am getting ready to go see the new Harry Potter movie and was in a rush. I will take better pics when they settle in :salute:

Theraphosa stirmi Female C/B (Burgandy Goliath Bird Eater, I am itching like crazy from upacking her. Very happy to get a big C/B confirmed female. Anastasia was even nice enough to send me the molt confirming she is a definite female.)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/fdff6a99.jpg

Her Set up:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/017a13b3.jpg

Heteroscodra maculata female (I like her A LOT)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/d444464d.jpg

Haplopelma lividum female C/B (SUPER defensive. The hardest to rehouse as she was adament on holding her ground and fighting me as opposed to running. But VERY beautiful)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/fdcc0671.jpg

Freebie Poecilotheria pederseni sling (VERY crappy pic but the best I could do with the time I had)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/cd9faafe.jpg

Thanks to Anastasia for the beautiful T's and thanks to all of you for looking :salute:

Congrats on the additions Jeff :)

Uhh..more creepy stuff :bolt:
But You right: Haplopelma lividum is very beautiful in her creepiness :gj:

That lividum is gorgeous! Congrats on the pick ups! :gj:

Congrats bro! They all look stunning.

Regards,

B

Stunning new additions, and that T. stirmi is definitely a beaut! I can't wait to get my sling :D That H. mac is mind blowing, and so's the lividum. Heck, they're all gorgeous, I'd love to see more pics of the P. pederseni when you can take some :)

stunning as always.
how many taruntulas do you have???:eyepoppin

Wow! They look great. That H. maculata is stunning. How many do you have?

Here is another pic of the H. mac female:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/00916aa3.jpg

And this I think is what I currently have in my collection right now :oops:
0.1.0 Acanthoscurria geniculata
0.0.1 Avicularia avicularia (suspect female)
0.0.1 Avicularia metallica (suspect female)
0.1.2 Avicularia versicolor
0.1.0 Brachypelma albopilosum
0.0.2 Brachypelma boehmi
0.1.0 Brachypelma emilia
0.1.0 Brachypelma smithi
0.1.2 Brachypelma vagans
0.1.0 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
0.0.1 Cyriocosmus ritae
0.0.1 Ephebopus cyanognathus
0.0.1 Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi
0.1.0 Grammostola rosea
0.1.0 Grammostola pulchripes
0.1.0 Grammostola pulchra
0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum
0.1.0 Heteroscodra maculata
0.0.1 Lasiodora parahybana
0.0.1 Megaphobema mesamelas
0.0.1 Megaphobema robustum (suspect male)
0.0.1 Monocentropus balfouri
0.0.1 Pterinochilus murinus
0.0.1 Poecilotheria metallica
0.1.0 Poecilotheria miranda
0.0.1 Poecilotheria pederseni
0.1.0 Poecilotheria regalis
0.0.1 Poecilotheris subfusca (suspect female)
0.1.0 Theraphosa stirmi
1.0.0 Xenesthis immanis
* None of my tarantulas are W/C or have ever been fed vertebrate feeders.

0.0.1 Pandinus imperator

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

Uhh..more creepy stuff :bolt:
But You right: Haplopelma lividum is very beautiful in her creepiness :gj:

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I'm right there with ya, dude. I think some are really cool to look at, but they creep me out lol.

Oh, I have a Grammostola albopilosum female also. Obviously that list is not 100% exactly all that I have but it's close :rofl:

very nice pick ups :gj: has your h.lividum female started burrowing? i really like all of the haplopelma sp but am hesistant to get them as i've read that once they make their burrows, you don't see them anymore... :(

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Originally Posted by bigfatsmellycat

very nice pick ups :gj: has your h.lividum female started burrowing? i really like all of the haplopelma sp but am hesistant to get them as i've read that once they make their burrows, you don't see them anymore... :(

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No she has not and she took the title of meanest/most defensive T I own - lol. Right now she is hiding behind/under fake plant leaves in her enclosure. I started a burrow for her so I am hoping she uses that to start her own. I am sure she is stressed now and once she settles in she makes her burrow. And yes, once they do make that burrow there is a good chance you sadly will not see them again but you will know they are happy at least :oops: You might see the little blue legs at the entrance of the burrow though if your lucky. If you want a T that you can see I would say definitely don't get a lividum. Or get a bunch of T's you can see and then maybe it won't matter too much if you see it or not :D In all seriousness that is why I don't have to many burrowing T's as you pretty much are just feeding a hole after they settle in :P

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Originally Posted by bigfatsmellycat

very nice pick ups :gj: has your h.lividum female started burrowing? i really like all of the haplopelma sp but am hesistant to get them as i've read that once they make their burrows, you don't see them anymore... :(

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That's actually what makes me iffy on getting burrowing species as well. I love a lot of them (heaven knows how much I love the Skeleton tarantulas Ephebopus murinus, cyanognathus and uatuman) but the fact that they're obligate burrowers that I'll likely never even see has kind of put me off of them a bit. Not so much because I have a huge need to see them but that if anything goes wrong with the enclosure, I'll have a hell of a time having to dig them up to rehouse them and such :/

lol at the Burgandys name "monster" is it based on her size or her personality??

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Originally Posted by Alex.B

lol at the Burgandys name "monster" is it based on her size or her personality??

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LOL - It was based on size. She was not too happy being shipped and then rehoused but that was to be expected. She was not to bad though in all honesty. I am not quite sure how her temperment is in general yet but I would imagine she is more likely to kick hairs then to bite unless left with no other choice (but I can't confirm that). U hairs make me itch a lot and welt me up and with the Theraphosa's being the worse it makes me not want to bother her too much at all :oops:

This is a picture of Monster's hide (Sorry about the mess, was cutting cork bark at the time):
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/68b718cc.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/5b9a30bf.jpg

This is the accurite that's in her 20 gallon long tank to measure the humidity and temps:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...2/5f1f2805.jpg