Sicarius, my new favorite genus!

[Justyn]

Yesterday I got in a big Chile shipment and I was very happy to see two species of Sicarius included. I already sent off all the S. terrosus (took a few not so great photos), but I still had a few of an unknown species to take some photos of in a more natural setting.

These guys are my new favorite true spiders. The speed in which they bury themselves is amazing. I'll see if I can get some photos or video showing the process, pretty much they use their front legs to dig a hole, place their body in it, and cover themselves up.

Luckily they guys have fixed fangs so a successful bite should to be difficult, otherwise I'm sure many more people would have serious issues with this deadly genus in it's native range.

Enjoy the pics!

http://intenseherp.com/images/Sicarius_sp.jpg

http://intenseherp.com/images/Sicarius_sp_2.jpg

[Rick McJimsey]

dude, thats awesome!!!!
you gotta keep getting more of them!
id totaly buy one but, :shame:

[Justyn]

I'll try, a very neat genus. I would like to try my hand at breeding them at some point. They would also make a great zoological display.

dude, thats awesome!!!!
you gotta keep getting more of them!
id totaly buy one but, :shame:

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi,
what makes you so sure this is not S. terrosus?

[cacoseraph]

"they call him the sand spider"
"ooh, the sand spider. any idea why?"
"i think because it sounds scary"

[Justyn]

I am not totally sure, but I also did receive S. terrosus and they did look different.
Regards,
Justyn

hi,
what makes you so sure this is not S. terrosus?

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi,
how do they look different?

[Justyn]

It was a large shipment and truthfully I never had the time to look at them both in detail before I sent them to new homes.

hi,
how do they look different?

[Bastian Drolshagen]

so, how can you claim it was an unknown species?

If you have any dead specimen of this species you´re welcome to send them to me, so I can compare them to S. terrosus (possible in both sexes).

[froggyman]

such a beautiful spider!