New tarantulas today: 2 x P. metallica's, M. balfouri, X. immanis and some other's...

[Boanerges]

[QUOTE=spartybassoon;1410479 I take it that G. aureostriata is now G. pulchripes?[/QUOTE]

That is correct Yeah, the scientific names are always changing - lol

[Boanerges]

My Brachypelma klaasi and Brachypelma auratum just got here so here is a pic of each:

Brachypelma klaasi


Brachypelma auratum

[spartybassoon]

Are you doing any breeding projects right now?

[grits]

I LOVE that one on the straw.

[PiedPeddler]

Congrat's! Pokies are my favorites. We are currently raising up a yearling Poecilotheria Formosa. OK, they can be dangerous, but after keeping our Pterinochilus murinus for years, we are used to spiders with attitude. I don't really think the pokies have anything on the "P-terror" when it comes to attitude... and at least the pokies stay out where you can see them! It looks like you are well on your way to a serious "T" collection, there!
- Paul

[Boanerges]

Are you doing any breeding projects right now?

Not at the moment. Most of mine right now are still babies or juvies. And unfortunately my two favorite tarantula's (G. pulchra and P. metallica) are SUPER hard to get babies from even from the best and most experienced tarantula breeders in the world. The M. balfouri are another very expensive T that is almost impossible to get babies from. I will try my hand at breeding those 3 when the time comes but I am not expecting anything out of it. Still fun to try I just have to carefully watch my males. It would be a very expensive meal if ay of my P. metallica's, M. balfouri's ate the male.

I LOVE that one on the straw.

Thank you!!

Congrat's! Pokies are my favorites. We are currently raising up a yearling Poecilotheria Formosa. OK, they can be dangerous, but after keeping our Pterinochilus murinus for years, we are used to spiders with attitude. I don't really think the pokies have anything on the "P-terror" when it comes to attitude... and at least the pokies stay out where you can see them! It looks like you are well on your way to a serious "T" collection, there!
- Paul

Thanks Paul!! Pokies are great!! The pokies are just lightning fast and your in some serious trouble if you get bit so you just have to be extra careful with them and never let your guard down. Out of all the beautiful pokies I will only be working with the P. metallica's though and I hope to pick a few more up in the future. At roughly $200 a tarantula I unfortunately can't get too many of them. The sad part is I will be investing a lot of money on some beautiful pets getting them because some of the BEST tarantula breeders in the world have trouble getting babies from them. Not a big deal though, I still like them so it is worth it to me I pretty much have the T's I want to work with now so I don't expect to get many more different ones (looks to be about 6 or so different then what I have). I am more then likely going to be getting multiples of the ones I already have. I am not a gotta get them all type of person. I like what I like and that is about it - lol.