Genus Haplopelma

[Lopez]

We've had them for Psalmopoeus, Poecilotheria and so on before now, so here's a thread for those that love Haplopelmas. This thread is for Haplopelma and Haplopelma alone!

For starters, Haplopelma schmidti - adult female.

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti06.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti07.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti08.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti09.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti10.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti11.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidti12.jpg

[Pajak]

You took her on a lawn or something???
Or is it a foto made in nature??

B E A U T I F U L !!!!!
Very, very nice photos!!

[Lopez]

Thanks. Unfortunately I can only take pictures in the garden with my crappy digital camera. :(
Hopefully when I get my own place I'll have a decent pseudo-tropical environment in which to photograph my spiders with a decent SLR camera.

More pictures!

Haplopelma sp.. probably sp. "longipedum"

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm08.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm09.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm10.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm11.jpg
At last! My first "dripping venom" shot. The force she exerts on the chopstick is worrying. There are deep scratches in the plastic. Despite her relatively small size (6"), you do not want to be bitten by one of these.

[Deliverme314]

so did you take these outside?!

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Deliverme314
so did you take these outside?!
I take all my adult spiders outside for good photographs

Here is the aforeposted spider in "pre-moult" conditon.

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm01

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm02

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Napalm03

[Inuleki]

you can see my H. lividum (one of the most blue i've personally seen) if you search back through using the keyword Mina.... there's some very nice shots of her thanks to Kugellager...

[Ryan V]

H. schmidti.....

http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/624.jpg

[Deliverme314]

Originally posted by Ryan V
H. schmidti.....


Is that its enclosure? I assume not... but the webbing would make me think its been in there for a while...

[Ryan V]

Is that its enclosure? I assume not... but the webbing would make me think its been in there for a while...

No, the spider is in a temporary holding tank for quarantine purposes......the picture was taken the morning after that H. schmidti was placed into the tank......

[Bry]

Originally posted by Lopez
Thanks. Unfortunately I can only take pictures in the garden with my crappy digital camera. :(

If you really think that camera is crappy, I'll take it off your hands. :)

Bry

[Inuleki]

Originally posted by Ryan V
No, the spider is in a temporary holding tank for quarantine purposes......the picture was taken the morning after that H. schmidti was placed into the tank......

btw, I like the new leg that's regenerating there :D

[heteroscodra]

Hmm.. I like the name of the thread, because I have 10 different species of Haplopelma :D

Ow, BTW, your longipedem is "the vietnam species" ;)

Here's one of mine ( at least it's my picture, the male itself is from Jean Michel Verdez )

Haplopelma schmidti, adult male;

[Bry]

Question for all of you Haplo keepers...what kind of containers do you keep your Haplos in? I heard someone recommend a Rubbermaid cereal box, as they are deep enough to allow a deep burrow. But, they don't exactly strike me as something roomy enough horizontally should they ever decide to come out of their burrows. I have considered getting into Haplos someday, and have looked around at containers. I have seen some that work work well for Haplo slings and juvies. But, nothing seems tall and wide enough for full-grown adults. The deep cages are usually too narrow, and the wide cages, such as Kritter Keepers, seem like they're too shallow. Am I just being picky here? Let's see some pics of your Haplo enclosures, while we're on the subject.

Bry

[Lopez]

Originally posted by heteroscodra
Ow, BTW, your longipedem is "the vietnam species" ;)

I thought it might well be. I took some pictures for Volker but they weren't good enough for him to be convinced!

[LPacker79]

My lovely H. lividum....

http://www.picipici.com/images/LPACKER/H._lividumpretty@1062709664869_large.JPG

http://www.picipici.com/images/LPACKER/Cobalt~2@1054165249267_large.JPG

[Telson]

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[Telson]

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[Guy]

Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum"...

[Aviculariinae]

I got up one morning about 5.30am,pitch dark out and i managed to catch a glimse of my H lividum coming out of her burrow,The quality isnt great but liked the way the flash caught the blue on the legs really well!

http://www.geocities.com/irishtarantulas4/Cobalt1.jpg


Just curious leon,you always seem to have one of your haplopelma sp. out and about,do you allow yours to burrow or how do you get them out of there burrow so often!

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Sham,Tarantulas
Just curious leon,you always seem to have one of your haplopelma sp. out and about,do you allow yours to burrow or how do you get them out of there burrow so often!

I don't actually get them out very often...but when I do, I take a lot of pictures (40-60 usually)

I let them burrow, I'm just crafty about the way I do it. My studies of C fimbriatus and an experiment with H lividum showed that they actually seem to prefer digging horizontal burrows rather than vertical ones, like so:

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Burrow.jpg

With a bit of patience you can get a burrow that is easy to access :)

[Aviculariinae]

You should see mine then,i have my lividum ina large plastic sweet jar,it has dug a 12" burrow down the side and has cleared the bottom completely and has webbed most of the wall so i cant see in the clever *******,if i did want to get her out i would say i would have to flood her out as there is no possible way of digging her out as the container is to narrow at the top!
Ah well!

[Guy]

Even the spiderlings produce amazing burrows if given enough room...

[Guy]

And the juveniles too :)

[Martin H.]

Hi Bry,

Originally posted by Bry

Question for all of you Haplo keepers...what kind of containers do you keep your Haplos in? I heard someone recommend a Rubbermaid cereal box, as they are deep enough to allow a deep burrow. But, they don't exactly strike me as something roomy enough horizontally should they ever decide to come out of their burrows. If you keep them under proper conditions they don't come out of their burrow to wander arround. They just come to the entrance of the burrow, sit there and wait for pasing prey. Only adult males leave their burrow, wander arround in search for a female they can mate with.
IMHO, if your Haplopelma spp. is wandering arround in it's cage, climbing arround and trying to escape, there is something wrong with the conditions you keep it.

I keep mine in cereal boxes and the larger ones in special designed glass tanks which are desbribed in this article: VON WIRTH, V. & HUBER, M. (2002): Einige Praxis-Tipps zur Haltung von Haplopelma Arten und anderen Röhren bewohnenden Vogelspinnen. DeArGe Mitteilungen 7(11): 14-23.You can download this article for free as PDF file: >>click here<< (http://www.dearge.de/arachne/archiv.php). See also this thread: >>click here<< (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1052).
An english reprint of the above mentioned article will be published soon in the Journal of the British Tarantuly Society.
all the best,
Martin

PS.: Here are some photos of my Haplopelma-tanks:

[Martin H.]

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Haplopelma schmidti tank:

[Martin H.]

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and a bit closer:

[Martin H.]

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and one of my H. lividum is living here: >>click here<< (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?s=&postid=8169)

all the best,
Martin

www.spiderpix.com

[Lopez]

Haplopelma schmidti "dark form" (Selenocosmia hainana/Ornithoctonus hainana)
Premoult condition:
(Warning - Lots of images!)
http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark04.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark05.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark06.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark07.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark08.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark09.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark10.jpg

[Lopez]

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark11.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark12.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark13.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark14.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark15.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark16.jpg

[Aviculariinae]

Hi Martin,
My lividum lives the exact same way as yours,burrowed straight down to the bottom,only difference is mine ina large sweet jar.

But i have to say martin you take some great pictures;)

[MizM]

I REALLY want one of the "Chinese Golden Earthtigers" but don't know the sci name. Does anyone know which one it is?

I'd LOVE to see a pic of one too. (hint hint.;) )

The Hapolopelmas are quickly becoming a favorite of mine. My lividium is unmatched in beauty and my longipedum in unmatched in attitude. I keep mine similar to Martin (I literally studied the thread he posted previously!) and my "Haps" stay underground until dinner time when they come to the top and happily devour crix annd turn circles in bliss!

If I REALLY want to see them, I use the holes in the bottom as an insertion point for my bbq skewer, and GENTLY nudge them out of their hiding places.

[Ryan V]

"Chinese Golden Earthtigers"
Also known as Haplopelma schmidti.....
http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/626.jpg

Selenocosmia hainana.....
http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/625.jpg

http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/633.jpg

[Deliverme314]

I dont see how they can be happy in a container so small... I mean I know you guys know more than me ... but it isnt even as wide as its legs span...

[MizM]

I DO believe a schmidti will be in my very near future. Anybody want to trade ONE for 60 little g. roseas?=D

As far as size goes, Ts don't generally jog. They prefer to stay very close to home and don't need much exercise to keep that fit and trim look. They are actually happier and more secure in a smaller area, if you give them a BIG HUGE tank, they will construct a tiny little cozy space. Like kangaroos, they prefer to be in their own little "pouch"!!=D

[Deliverme314]

Right. I completley understand that... but I imagine that they should at least have the option of stretching their legs.... I just set up a ten gal for my H.lividum I am getting shortly... I am looking at and going... this is to big for a 5.5 inch spider... and am probobly going to down size... but I wouldnt give it anything less than 1 and 1/2 times legspan in width....

[Malhavoc's]

Originally posted by MizM
I DO believe a schmidti will be in my very near future. Anybody want to trade ONE for 60 little g. roseas?=D

As far as size goes, Ts don't generally jog. They prefer to stay very close to home and don't need much exercise to keep that fit and trim look. They are actually happier and more secure in a smaller area, if you give them a BIG HUGE tank, they will construct a tiny little cozy space. Like kangaroos, they prefer to be in their own little "pouch"!!=D

Tell that to scarlett who wonders ever 1 gallosn of her tank lol! but then agao scarlett is unusualy physco even for a rosie

[Ryan V]

Deliverme314:
Let me reiterate.....The H. schmidti is in that enclosure for quarantine purposes! She is being treated with Hypoaspis miles, for a small (very small) mite infestation. The smaller enclosure helps to concentrate the predatory mites, which will produce better results.....

[Deliverme314]

Originally posted by Ryan V
Deliverme314:
Let me reiterate.....The H. schmidti is in that enclosure for quarantine purposes! She is being treated with Hypoaspis miles, for a small (very small) mite infestation. The smaller enclosure helps to concentrate the predatory mites, which will produce better results.....

sorry, must have missed that.

[Telson]

I wasn't really planning on getting new T's when I went out for crix that day, so I'm making use of what I had vacant, but today I'm planning on getting both my Haplopelmas new enclosures that will allow them more burrowing room. Here's what I'm keeping the lividum in for now... she seems happy enough with it.

[Telson]

...and my albostriatum:

[Telson]

Side view of the albostriatum chillin inside....

[heteroscodra]

Mature male Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum";

[heteroscodra]

Haplopelma sp. "vietnam"
Better known as "Ornithoctoninae G. sp. Vietnam"

I currently own 4 adult females, very...VERY nice spiders!

[heteroscodra]

Adult male Haplopelma sp. "longipedem" wich had done a good job in Denmark ánd in Germany :D

[heteroscodra]

Haplopelma schmidti, adult female;

Picture was also published in the danish magazine "exotischer insekter" in an article ( I couldn't read ) by Søren Rafn.

[heteroscodra]

Black variety of Haplopelma schmidti from the Hainana Island better known as "Selenocosmia hainana" just got some slings of this species...thank Martin! they'll be very usefull!!!!!!!! ;)

Picture is also shown on the website of the British Tarantula society...

[heteroscodra]

Adult male Haplopelma albostriatum;
Old picture, this male is on alcohol now...
My new male is still alive and has allready mated 2 females...still 1 to go!

[heteroscodra]

rare picture;

mature male "Ornithoctoninae G. sp. Vietnam"

[Lopez]

Haplopelma sp."aureopilosum"

Size: Very small! Still more than capable of maintaining a threat posture though.

[heteroscodra]

Where did you get this one?

I've got some juv's from the UK too... do you know who bred these?

Sjef

[Guy]

Haplopelma robustum, deceased unfortunately :(

[Lopez]

Originally posted by heteroscodra
Where did you get this one?

I've got some juv's from the UK too... do you know who bred these?

Sjef
Hi Sjef
I got this one last week from Seb Imhoff in France, along with some other stuff I've frankly never heard of (Ornithoctonus godgoli?!?!)
He gave me the hatch date of 01/07/03 (3 months ago) so I assume he bred these himself.

[vulpina]

Great pics everyone, thanks for sharing!!

Andy

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Lopez
Hi Sjef
I got this one last week from Seb Imhoff in France, along with some other stuff I've frankly never heard of (Ornithoctonus godgoli?!?!)
He gave me the hatch date of 01/07/03 (3 months ago) so I assume he bred these himself.
Some research leads me to believe Ornithoctonus gadgili (earlier name was a spelling error) is synonymous with P regalis(!?) but these are not Poecilotheria by any stretch of the imagination.

Another source tells me they are actually Haplopelma sp."longipedum" (sold in America as C paganus)

Any ideas Sjef?

[heteroscodra]

My closest call would be Haplopelma sp. "longipedem" or "the vietnam species". I think it's the latter because you don't see many real longipedem's around lately, and you dó see a lot of freshly imported "vietnam species" who drop eggsacs...

I don't think Ornithoctonus gadgili is in the pet-trade anyway...

No way it's anything near Poecilotheria!! LOL!!

Sjef

[Ryan V]

After one month in quarantine she is out.....
http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/801.jpg

[Lopez]

Originally posted by heteroscodra
My closest call would be Haplopelma sp. "longipedem" or "the vietnam species". I think it's the latter because you don't see many real longipedem's around lately, and you dó see a lot of freshly imported "vietnam species" who drop eggsacs...

I don't think Ornithoctonus gadgili is in the pet-trade anyway...

No way it's anything near Poecilotheria!! LOL!!

Sjef
I received two of these (I only asked for one!)
Both are quite different looking, but show similar (burrowing) tendancies.
I'll be interested to see how they grow.

Here is the first:

[Lopez]

First spider again

[Lopez]

And here is the second

[Lopez]

And the second spider again

[heteroscodra]

Haven't got a clue what this is because they're to small but the eyes and abdominal pattern makes me believe it is Ornithoctoninae ( wich doesn't really help, but I just had to mention it ;) )

Sjef

[Lopez]

Originally posted by heteroscodra
Haven't got a clue what this is because they're to small but the eyes and abdominal pattern makes me believe it is Ornithoctoninae ( wich doesn't really help, but I just had to mention it ;) )

Sjef
I guessed that much ;)

I think I'll just put them in my "Unidentified Nasty Brown/Black Digging Thing From Asia" section for now and see what happens with time :)

[heteroscodra]

That's what I usually do too...works for me!!

:)

[metallica]

here's my whole collection of haplopelma!

[metallica]

good thing they are so docile, makes photograpging a whole lot easier!

[GreenBottle 1]

O the H.Minax....I see no pics but its so pretty...I want one badly.....

[Lopez]

Eddy, your lividum is very brown, like mine. How old is she?

[metallica]

still a juv, just getting some collor.

[MizM]

Originally posted by metallica
good thing they are so docile, makes photograpging a whole lot easier!

DOCILE??:eek: I WISH! My lividium IS docile... compared to my longipedum! The haploplemas just get more interesting with each new one I buy. I think I'm getting "hooked" on them!;)

[Palespider]

A couple pics of my girl...

[Palespider]

close up...

[Palespider]

last one...

[Lopez]

Juvenile Haplopelma lividum, freshly moulted.

[Lopez]

And again...

[Lopez]

And again....

[Lopez]

I'm getting worse than Eddy with all these damn pics...last one.

[heteroscodra]

REALLY freshly molted!!

nice pics ;)

[Lopez]

Originally posted by heteroscodra
REALLY freshly molted!!

nice pics ;)
She'd been dull and premoult for weeks, I opened her tub and she shot out of the borrow, across my hand, and dropped off into my "handling and photographing tank" before I could blink.
When I tried to get her back down the burrow all I got was threat postures. Like she was going to hurt me with those fangs!

[Aviculariinae]

would be a great advert for colgate tooth paste:D

[Big Dragonfly]

Um....Is that Final Fantasy 11? I don't care if you have to start a new thread or respond to this one -- but spill your guts about this game.

Jon

[LCDXX]

I noticed that too... sent him/her a PM about it... If yer interested too, I suggest we band together at some point when the retail hits on the 28th. PM me if yer interested.

LCDXX

[metallica]

Originally posted by Lopez
I'm getting worse than Eddy with all these damn pics...

Ha Ha, you are all lucky that i only have 1 haplopelma! i'm more interested in other blue spiders.....=D

[Lopez]

Originally posted by metallica
Ha Ha, you are all lucky that i only have 1 haplopelma! i'm more interested in other blue spiders.....=D
Is this not blue enough?

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Bangkok15.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Bangkok16.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Bangkok17.jpg

[Lopez]

H sp. "aureopilosum" has shed at last - starting to look like a tarantula now =D

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Chai01.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Chai02.jpg

[MizM]

Guys, help quick.... my petstore has a Haplopelma schmidti - adult female for $40.00. Should I get her? Is that a good price? THIS COULD BE THE CHANCE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! I'm becoming a Haplopelma FREAK!!!

[Deliverme314]

Originally posted by MizM
Guys, help quick.... my petstore has a Haplopelma schmidti - adult female for $40.00. Should I get her? Is that a good price? THIS COULD BE THE CHANCE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! I'm becoming a Haplopelma FREAK!!!

If your sure that its a female and positive of the id... HELL YEAH!:D

[Lopez]

Originally posted by MizM
Guys, help quick.... my petstore has a Haplopelma schmidti - adult female for $40.00. Should I get her? Is that a good price? THIS COULD BE THE CHANCE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! I'm becoming a Haplopelma FREAK!!!
Buy it. Buy it now! That's a bargain price, you Yanks are paying that for spiderlings!
If you do go for it, keep is segregated from your other spiders, Chinese WC spiders are often parasite infested. Make sure she doesn't hold her palps under the body all the time, and see if she feeds. The golden form of H schmidti often fails to acclimatise to captive conditions - many of them will die.

Oh, and here's a sub-adult male:

[MizM]

Wow, thanks for the advice... I had no idea. When I went to pick her up, she was eating a pinkie, that's a good sign! And, she took a nice long "T" bath when she was done, another good sign.... here she is, I'm SO thrilled with her!! I'm pretty darn sure she is a schmidti, take a look!

[Deliverme314]

Originally posted by MizM
Wow, thanks for the advice... I had no idea. When I went to pick her up, she was eating a pinkie, that's a good sign! And, she took a nice long "T" bath when she was done, another good sign.... here she is, I'm SO thrilled with her!! I'm pretty darn sure she is a schmidti, take a look!

THAT IS GORGEOUS! Im glad you listened as well so I could see her...

[Lopez]

That's one seriously battered looking wild caught female!

Terri:
Keep her away from the others for now. Check her carefully for parasitic mites (please don't get bitten, they are rather defensive and powerful)
If she is feeding then she *should* be clear of Nematode infection (something like 80% imported are infected?) so just make sure she doesn't keep her palps under her all the time.

When she moults I promise you she will look absolutely stunning. How big is it? There are reports of 8-9" females and mine as over 7".
Keep her well hydrated and make sure she can dig deep or she will be overly stressed and lose her abdominal setae.

Then get looking for a male....

[Vys]

Hmm, how is it looking battered?
It looks really cool, like a really crossbred cat :)

[MizM]

The only way I would give her a thorough examination is with the refigerator method... but I don't want to stress her right now!!

She's got 7" deep, damp soil, ready to burrow but hasn't made the move yet. I'm going to make a "starter burrow" for her, that ALWAYS works. When I do that, I will photograph her next to a ruler. She's massive, I'd say 7" right now!!

Thanks again, you're advice is much needed and much appreciated. I really don't want to lose this one, she's a beaut!

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Vys
Hmm, how is it looking battered?

You didn't notice that almost half the setae are missing from the carapace and patella?

It will all return next moult :)

Good luck with her Terri, they can be adapted to captivity, it just takes a bit of luck :)

[MizM]

Yes, a little missing setae is no bother, probably rubbed off in shipping. Heck, even a missing leg or palp would be no big deal, that will all come back in a molt. My main concern now is parasites and stress.

I'll keep you posted!

[metallica]

Originally posted by Lopez
Is this not blue enough?



eh NOPE! and now you know it for yourself!!! mine are up for a molt any day now!

[Lopez]

Originally posted by metallica
eh NOPE! and now you know it for yourself!!! mine are up for a molt any day now!

Indeed I have - the future's bright. The future's blue!

But I also like gold....

[MizM]

Ahhh, that's in MY future too!:D

[Lopez]

I retract my previous statement!

Did that one survive, Martin?

[ithuriel]

:) ive just reduced my collection from 10 to 6 Ts. the one i miss the most is my genic but i did get a cobalt blue as replacement:)
ive decided i will try not to purchase another T until one dies on me. im a bit scared to enter certain pet shops though just incase they have a T in that ive just gotta have:} just like the cobalt :rolleyes:

[MizM]

THANKS MARTIN!! That very sad picture was encouraging! Mine looks robust and healthy compared to that poor specimen. I took her out of her enclosure last night to make a "starter burrow" and she climbed right in and started to dig! Here she is next to a ruler, I'd say 7" flat out!

[Lopez]

Hmm....

[MizM]

Well, you promised mine would be beautiful after a molt... and yours is a prime example!! She's gorgeous, and funny, almost the exact same size!!

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Martin H.
it's still living, but more dead than alive. I got her at 11.10.03 as fresh WC and there it was already very thin. In the last days I expected to see her dead every morning when I checked the tanks, but yesterday she started to eat the first time, two crickets. We will see if she will survive, but I have my doubts. IMHO she is already too starved and dehydrated. But I will try my best to keep her alive.

all the best,
Martin

Good luck with her.

Did she come from Hei in Hong Kong? He has offered me more S. hainana recently.

[MizM]

Best of luck with her Martin, if anyone can save her... YOU can!:)

[stewartb]

I think they look better in the tanks Leon, when they are just tubs of mud!!!!!!!!!!!

What you really want is a brown spider with itchy hairs!!!!

LOL.

Stew.

[Vys]

Originally posted by Lopez
You didn't notice that almost half the setae are missing from the carapace and patella?


I did not know that was the reason, no. Thought it just had a different color...so easy to believe with all 505 colour variants of everything.

[manville]

guys i am impressed with the pictures..really good pictures and really nice ts..i want to get one soon..

[Lopez]

Haplopelma schmidti vs Blaberus roach.

Click for larger versions!

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb01.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding01.jpg)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb02.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding02.jpg)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb03.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding03.jpg)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb04.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding04.jpg)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb05.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding05.jpg)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feedingthumb06.jpg (http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/Feeding06.jpg)

[Guy]

H. lividum adult male...

[stewartb]

Wow, can,t believe you got to see a haplopelma.

Still think the the tubs of mud look better.

LOL.

Stew.

[deifiler]

Here's three pics of the exuvium from my Haplopelma schmidti. The pics are from a few weeks back, I just never got round to posting them. I'm also trying my pics at a bigger size on arachnoboards to see if it looks better.


I'm pretty sure this is the sucking stomach, or something similar. Any insight would be highly appreciated

I'll take some more pics of my haplopelma beasts though

Enjoy!

one-of-three

[deifiler]

Second pic - Another view. You can see where the chelicarae are in regards to the sucking stomach

[deifiler]

Last pic for now... As I said, I'll get photoes of the actual spiders over the next few days.

This is of the spermathacae

[manville]

omg i am really impressed with all those pics..

[Ryan V]

To bad I will not see her much longer.....as soon as she gets acclimated to her new home, she will be out of sight once again!
http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/946.jpg

[VolkervonWirth]

Hi Guys,

some words to "Ornithoctonus gadgili". This Species was transfered by me in 1991 from the Genus Ornithoctonus to Poecilotheria:

Wirth von, V. (1991). Eine Revision der Gattung Ornithoctonus Pocock 1892 (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Arachnol. Anz. 12: 5-8.

Some facts to Haplopelma robustum:

The Typematerial is definitely lost. This means that there is only the poor original description which says nothing to the structure of the Stridulating Organ nor to the shape of the genitals. So, how can anybody in the world identify a Tarantula as "Haplopelma robustum"? I can't!
BTW, I possess several Specimen of the so called "Haplopelma robustum" in my alcohol collection (adult males and females) as well as alive. After comparing them with the drawings from Andrew Smith concerning the Typeseries of
Lampropelma violaceopes I still believe that this Species, which was sold as "Hapl. robustum", could be Lampropelma violaceopes!
BTW, below you can see a subadult Ornithoctoninae from Laos. The picture in the next posting shows the now adult male of this unknown Ornithoctoninae!

Cheers, Volker

[VolkervonWirth]

The now adult male of the unknown Ornithoctoninae from Laos:

[Lopez]

Volker, I saw "Haplopelma robustum" at Rays house - are these the same as the ones you are keeping?
I tried to sneak one out the back door but he was having none of it!

[VolkervonWirth]

Originally posted by Lopez
Volker, I saw "Haplopelma robustum" at Rays house - are these the same as the ones you are keeping?


Hi,

Yes!

Cheers, Volker

[Lopez]

Originally posted by VolkervonWirth
Hi,

Yes!

Cheers, Volker
Damn!

I should have tried persuading him harder ;)

[Lopez]

Okay, here's a couple more.

Allegedly a "happy couple"

Him:

[Lopez]

and her......

[Earth Tiger]

Hi Lopez,

The abdomen of it appears very small. Is
it normal for this species? I always find H.
schmidti with abnormally small abdomens
and they will probably die ...

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Earth Tiger
Hi Lopez,

The abdomen of it appears very small. Is
it normal for this species? I always find H.
schmidti with abnormally small abdomens
and they will probably die ...
Hey Kevin

She has very recently moulted, hence the small abdomen! She is eating right this minute
Many WC Asian tarantulas have small abdomens in the wild, seemingly a combination of lack of food and parasites. If you can get them to eat they will normally regain the weight :)

[Lopez]

See, her abdomen is now fattening.

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Hminax02.jpg

And another one of my favourite ;)

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/spidersite/hschmidti08.jpg

[Earth Tiger]

well done man!!

[phormingochilus]

Hey Martin

Do you have a better shot of that one? And is it the one sold as Haplopelma sp. "Erewan" ???

Best regards
Søren


Originally posted by Martin H.
Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum var."


>>click here<< (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?s=&postid=157511)

[Martin H.]

Hi Søren,

Originally posted by phormingochilus

Do you have a better shot of that one? And is it the one sold as Haplopelma sp. "Erewan" ???yep, the one on Sjena's photo you posted is the Haplopelma sp. "Erewan" which is the real Haplopelma costale!
I don't have photos of adults, only from the spiderlings you organized =:-) A photo of one of these as a juvenile you can see in the DRACO Nr. 16 on page 27 in this article: VON WIRTH, V. & M. HUBER. (2003): Earth Tigers – die asiatischen Vogelspinnen der Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae. DRACO 4(16): 26-36.
all the best,
Martin

[phormingochilus]

I am very well aware of the status of the "erewan" species, though I am sure you will agree with me that it is not Haplopelma after all. ;-p

But I couldn't see the spider in your picture all that good due to that lateral shot ;-)

I've heard that the Draco issue is a monster! with a lot of very good articles written by very good authors ;-) Can you "organize" a copy for me - either for BTS, Hamm or Stuttgart? I will pay the expenses off course ;-)

Best regards
Søren


Originally posted by Martin H.
Hi Søren,

yep, the one on Sjena's photo you posted is the Haplopelma sp. "Erewan" which is the real Haplopelma costale!
I don't have photos of adults, only from the spiderlings you organized =:-) A photo of one of these as a juvenile you can see in the DRACO Nr. 16 on page 27 in this article: VON WIRTH, V. & M. HUBER. (2003): Earth Tigers – die asiatischen Vogelspinnen der Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae. DRACO 4(16): 26-36.
all the best,
Martin

[Lopez]

Er..."Black Spider" ;)

[Lopez]

And in more traditional "Black Spider" pose :D

[Lopez]

Must be a popular patch of fake grass - just a few minutes later this Haplopelma schmidti came stumbling by!

[Lopez]

"Good day to you too, miss"

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma albostriatum

Post molt

;-) Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma sp. "longipedum"

Premolt

;-) Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma sp. "Selenocosmia hainana" bidding me welcome at the entrance of her burrow ;-)

Post molt

;-) Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma sp. "longipedum" in defense pose outside her burrow entrance. Premolt specimen.

S�ren

[phormingochilus]

A picture of Haplopelma sp. "Vietnam" in the same pose for comparison. Premolt.

Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma sp. "Selenocosmia hainana" nipping a bit of green ... ;-p

Søren

[phormingochilus]

A little bit off topic but still ornithoctonids though.

Adult Cyriopagopus schioedtei climbing her cage.

Søren

[phormingochilus]

Cyriopagopus sp. "Sarawak" in situ ...

Enjoy

Søren

[phormingochilus]

Subfamily Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Vietnam"

Little beauty. Has deceased now though. Am desperately looking for more specimens.

Best regards
Søren

[phormingochilus]

Freshly molted juvenile L. violaceopes. A "bit" too much contrast in the photo unfortunately. Nice nice spiders.

Søren

[Lopez]

Originally posted by phormingochilus
Haplopelma albostriatum

Post molt

;-) Søren
Very nice - now that one I don't have :(

So, Leg IV not noticably swollen, no distinct elongated brushes of hair, and not distinctly longer than leg I would make this a Haplopelma sp."Vietnam"?

[phormingochilus]

And the last picture for now is a little rarity - a specimen from Kalimantan. A so far unidentified Lampropelma spp.

Premolt

Best regards
Søren

[Lopez]

A picture might help!

[Lopez]

And in more recognised pose ;)

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by Lopez
Very nice - now that one I don't have :(

So, Leg IV not noticably swollen, no distinct elongated brushes of hair, and not distinctly longer than leg I would make this a Haplopelma sp."Vietnam"?


Depends on if you are refering to the H. albostriatum? ;p

H. sp. "longipedum":

Noticeably enlarged legs IV. Much longer and stouter than leg I.

Metatarsal scopula on leg IV covers half the segment and which is not divided.

Dorsally on metatarsus and tarsus of leg IV appears "fuzzy" due to a dense cover of long erect setae

H. sp. "Vietnam":

Leg lenghts of leg I and IV are more equal. Leg IV is not stouter than leg I.

Metatarsal scopula on leg IV covers 1/4 - 1/3 of the segment and is divided.

Dorsally on metatarsus and tarsus of leg IV there's no dense cover of long erect setae.

They can be very very similar at a glance but are not similar. Other morphological differences are present as well but the differences in the rear legs are the most prominent one.

Best regards
Søren

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by Lopez
A picture might help!

At a glance and without being 100% certain I would say Haplopelma sp. "Vietnam".

Best regards
Søren

[MrDeranged]

Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum" (sling)

http://www.arachnopics.com/data/2/1654DSCN3316.JPG

http://www.arachnopics.com/data/2/1654DSCN3325.JPG

Scott

[manville]

hahaha what a little cutie..

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by Martin H.
Haplopelma schmidti:

http://www.vogelspinne-ev.de/coppermine-1.1.0/albums/userpics/DSC04899-H_schmidti.JPG


all the best,
Martin

One of those mini cans ? ;P

Søren

[phormingochilus]

Here are some additional beauties. Had the luck to be able to borrow my work's digicam. Enjoy.

Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum"

[phormingochilus]

The sister species of H. sp. "aureopilosum": H. sp. "Surat Thani" Notice darker coloration, stockier outline and white joint banding instead of tannish longitudal lateral surface on leg pair I & II ;-)

Slightly more pissed than the H. sp. "aureopilosum"

Enjoy ;-)
Søren

[phormingochilus]

And now to something slightly different, the rare cousin of Haplopelma schmidti: "Haplopelma costale". This one I am very proud of and happy to keep ;-) Just getting more and more beautiful by each molt.

Enjoy!

[phormingochilus]

Unfortunately a little wee blurred, but I am sure you get the overall picture of this beauty. Haplopelma sp. "Erewan"

Enjoy ;-)
Søren

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Martin H.
You have larger cans than this one overthere! ...larger than this 2,5 CL can... =;-p
Yep - 250ml is kiddie size ;P

Our standard cans are 330ml :)

[Aviculariinae]

Haplopelma costale,thats an absolute Beaut,id say you dont see them that often in the trade;) :D

[Vanan]

Nice pics y'all! Especially love all this "techincal talk" about systematics and ID'ing. Great for a beginner like me! :D

Here my female H. "longepidum". She's only about 4.5" now. Guess it'll be a couple more moults til she matures?

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/196Cpaganus2.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/196Cpaganus.jpg

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Vanan
Nice pics y'all! Especially love all this "techincal talk" about systematics and ID'ing. Great for a beginner like me! :D

Here my female H. "longepidum". She's only about 4.5" now. Guess it'll be a couple more moults til she matures?




Hi

Nice pictures, but they look more like sp."Vietnam" than sp."longipedum" to me - of course you cannot be certain just from looking at a picture :)

If she is about 4.5" I would say she is already mature enough to breed.

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Martin H.

BTW, 2,5 cl = 2,5 Zentiliter = 25 ml

Here are three cans: an half liter can, a standard 0,33 l can and the 2,5 cl sprite can =;-)
Ah, I assumed it was a typo :D That really is a kiddie size can!

[Vanan]

Lopez, I have no clue really as I picked her up from a pet store who had it labelled as a "Thai Tiger". I kept calling her C. paganus until a more experienced hobbyiest told me that the current name is H. "longepidum". Why do you say it's the Vietnam sp? What are the differences? Sorry for the questions. In the learning process. :)

[Lopez]

Haplopelma schmidti housing

[Lopez]

And the occupant:

[Lopez]

One can never have enough Haplopelma schmidti

[Lopez]

Don't try this at home kids!

[Lopez]

As you can see, this is a comparatively small specimen

[phormingochilus]

Prepare for some pix to come ;-)

First are these of my lividum - such a beautiful look, such a nasty temper ;-)

No tampering with the colours, but the picture were shot using a halogen spot to bring out the full spectrum colours ;-)

Enjoy

Søren

[Hallidaykill55]

Got me one of these guys by accident, long story. Actually we are not positive that it is albostiatum but pretty sure. I lke it but it just had its ultimate moult about one two months ago. Too bad he won't be with us much longer. Anyone know the expected lifespan of mature males of this species?

[phormingochilus]

And another blue shot ;-)

Søren

[phormingochilus]

A black black Haplopelma minax. Large female ;-)

Enjoy
Søren

[phormingochilus]

My very largest female of H. schmidti. Also the one with the best tear drop pattern on the abdomen. Can't wait for her to molt, so I can get a good shot of her with her new and vibrant colours ;-)

Søren

[phormingochilus]

And another shot of same spider ;-)

Enjoy
Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haploplema sp. "longipedum" female

Søren

[phormingochilus]

Haplopelma sp. "Vietnam".

Compare with the photo of H. sp. "longipedum".

Both are frequently sold as Cyriopagopus paganus. And Haplopelma sp. "Vietnam" is commonly sold as H. sp. "longipedum". Notice the differences these are two different species.

Best regards
Søren

[phormingochilus]

Here's my dark schmidti ;-)

Søren

[phormingochilus]

And another shot of this dark beauty ;-)

Søren

[phormingochilus]

I don't think any of you mnd that I include this non Haplopelma in this thread ;-)

Lampropelma violaceopes - juvenile female

Enjoy ;-)
Søren

[phormingochilus]

Same animal as above - but photographed with full-spectrum light ...

Now you know why it's called violaceopes ;-)

Enjoy ;-)
Søren

[G_Wright]

Thought i'd post some pics of my H. Lividum

http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue2.jpg
http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue6.jpg
This locus doesn't know what it's in for.
http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue7.jpg
http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue12.jpg
http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue13.jpg
http://home.freeuk.com/xclent/images/cobaltbluegalleryimages/cobaltblue19.jpg

[kellygirl]

Originally posted by phormingochilus
Here's my dark schmidti ;-)

Søren

That spider reminds me of a C. thorelli/schioedtei/whatever adult female. :)

-Kelly

[Earth Tiger]

It seems that they can be partially tamed. When I was dealing with their mite problems, I found that frequent handling (e.g. twice per week) will make them lose temper, just like the scorpion S. spinifer which can become as docile as Emperors.

As dark as O. hainana:

[Earth Tiger]

She was once the 2nd most aggresive Tiger here, but now

[Earth Tiger]

emm... pretty clean now

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by kellygirl
That spider reminds me of a C. thorelli/schioedtei/whatever adult female. :)

-Kelly

It's all in the eye of the beholder, but C. schioedtei doesn't posses the very pronounced "sideburns" of the H. schmidti, and furthermore has relatively longer and more slender legs, with laterally widened scopula on metatarsus which only covers about 3/4 of the segment distally - you don't see that in this spider ;-)

Søren

[brgn]

I would say that Cyriopagopus schioedtei looks more like the Lampropelma species than H. schmidti. The same with the genus that Søren has used as his username, Phormingochilus. Are those three(Cyriopagopus, Lampropelma and Phormingochilus) closely related?

Robert

[Hallidaykill55]

Is it normal for males and females of the same species to have different markings on the abdomen? For example I have what I was told to be a male H. albostriatum and I saw what I believe to be a female of the same species in the pet store for thirty dollars. They look identical except that the male has the traditional tiger bandin on his abdomen and the female does not. Are these two spiders of the same species or am I confused. I need to know asap because I intend to snatch her up and breed her to my male. Let me know.

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by Hallidaykill55
Is it normal for males and females of the same species to have different markings on the abdomen? For example I have what I was told to be a male H. albostriatum and I saw what I believe to be a female of the same species in the pet store for thirty dollars. They look identical except that the male has the traditional tiger bandin on his abdomen and the female does not. Are these two spiders of the same species or am I confused. I need to know asap because I intend to snatch her up and breed her to my male. Let me know.

It is indeed very common. Most species that I know of within Ornithoctoninae show sexual dimorphism - that is - males and females look noticeably different.

Best regards and best of luck with the breeding project ;-)

Søren

[Lopez]

Originally posted by Martin H.
Haplopelma cf. schmidti, female:





all the best,
Martin

Gravid? (yours, not mine)

[Lopez]

A sub-adult dark H.schmidti

[Earth Tiger]

Let me put my photos from other thread back to here~

Regular Golden Morph

[Earth Tiger]

Pale Golden Morph

[Earth Tiger]

Silver morph

[Earth Tiger]

Dark morph with brown legs

[Earth Tiger]

Dark morph with black legs

[Earth Tiger]

Dark morph with a greenish yellow carapace

[Earth Tiger]

marco ...

Note: No color adjustment to all the above photos

[Ryan V]

H. schmidti

http://www.spidertalk.net/SpiderTalk/images/upload/Ryan%20V/1359.jpg

[Jakob]

H. schmidti 6" female

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/5smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/6smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/7smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/8smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/9smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/10smaller.jpg

http://www.uploadit.org/JakeMX6/11smaller.jpg

Later,

Jake

[Lopez]

Fingers crossed.....

[phormingochilus]

Originally posted by brgn
I would say that Cyriopagopus schioedtei looks more like the Lampropelma species than H. schmidti. The same with the genus that S�ren has used as his username, Phormingochilus. Are those three(Cyriopagopus, Lampropelma and Phormingochilus) closely related?

Robert


You can say that there are some "groups" sharing many similarities within the ornithoctoninae. In my opinion you can group them somewhat like this:

GROUP1:
Haplopelma "minax-group"

GROUP2:
Haplopelma "schmidti-group"
Ornithoctonus
Lampropelma

GROUP3:
Cyriopagopus
Phormingochilus
Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Sarawak"

GROUP4 (this somewhat a ragbag, as I haven't examined nor compared these two spiders):
Citharognathus
Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Vietnam"

These groups are not a picture of genera, nor a picture of the official opinion, but is my personal opinion. But I would still say that it gives a good idea of how the genera are related. Just as we could make some guestimates to which species that were more related to each other within these genera. The hard work (being done by Volker) is to draw the lines that connect and place the genera and species on the cladistic "tree".

Best regards
Søren

[LPacker79]

My little H. albostriatum taken the day I unpacked it. Bold little sucker, came out of the vial in full on threat pose. I suppose nobody ever told it that it's only .5"!

http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/LPacker79/1cf7ea4c.jpg

[Kevo]

Better late than never Minax...:eek:

[Kevo]

Again....:eek:

[Kevo]

H schmidti....

[Earth Tiger]

Lopez, tell us when u have eggs with legs! :D

Kevo, yours is a very dark morph of H. schmidti~

[Lopez]

Lopez, tell us when u have eggs with legs! :D


Unfortunately it appears the eggs were infertile, they all turned dark and went bad very quickly :( Ah well, wait for a male and try again!

Here are a couple of spiderlings to keep you occupied

Haplopelma sp."aureopilosum"

and

Haplopelma sp."longipedum"

[nocturnalpulsem]

My new one...

[Lopez]

Ornithoctonus/Selenocosmia hainana

This one is a real handful

[Martin H.]

Hi,

Ornithoctonus/Selenocosmia hainana

This one is a real handfulthis one too: =;-)


http://www.vogelspinne-ev.de/coppermine-1.1.0/albums/userpics/don_ttrythisathomekids.jpg


don't try this at home kids!


all the best,
Martin

[Lopez]

Indeed Martin!
I have only done this a couple of times with Ornithoctonids, both times Haplopelma schmidti:

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!

[Lopez]

Now, a comparison post.

The first picture shows an intermoult Haplopelma sp."Vietnam"
The second picture shows a heavily premoult Haplopelma sp."Vietnam"
The next two pictures show a freshly moulted Haplopelma sp."Vietnam"
The last picture is an intermoult Haplopelma minax

See how similar they are? And the colour variation between pre and post moult?
One could be mistaken for minax for "Vietnam" at a glance, especially by a trader in a hurry.
It also demonstrates why photographs are not always very usefel for positive identification purposes.

[spiderPeter]

Hello Martin,

amazing picture, congratulation....both to picture and eggsac. I love Haplopelma albostriatum, have over 10 of them right now. This picture is definitelly one of the best I have ever seen....

Good luck for result of eggsac...

Peter

[Telson]

That is a great pic of a very good looking T. Congrats on the breeding and I hope they hatch out well. Mine just molted recently and I was able to get a decent pic tonight so I may as well share. :)

[FryLock]

Feck Martin that sux i was cut up over loseing a huge female H.albo as teen iv not had one since, loseing a sac is one thing but loseing it because of the females death takes the cake :(

[xalbinox]

Haplopelma lividum in full attack posture I acctually caught both fangs in the knuckle taking this pic. :o
Tim

[siucfi]

Well I thought I would share two pics of my H.lividium while this thread is back in action.

[versus]

hi everyone....just wanna share some pics with u all... this is my haploplema lividum..sorry for the bad quality images.... {D

[priZZ]

Hallo Martin!

How are You, we've been long spoken to each other! I'm the guy from Hungary, but I lived in germany for some times, You know, the friend of Czuppon Gergely!

Nice pix anyway! {D

Bye,
Marcel

[FryLock]

Martin its hard to believe C/B of these still look like the W/C that still come though with every one calling them H.minax for over 20 years :) i guess the real ones never did come in until a few years back or the H.sp "aureopilosum" females are very picky {D.

[Robert Seliger]

0.1.0 Haplopelma albostriatum:

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3335306134613232.jpg

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum:
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3062373162353432.jpg

Opened Haplopelma lividum eggsac:
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3666643730663739.jpg


Greetings from North-Germany !
Robert

[cichlidsman]

0.1.0 Haplopelma albostriatum:

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3335306134613232.jpg

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum:
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3062373162353432.jpg

Opened Haplopelma lividum eggsac:
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3666643730663739.jpg


Greetings from North-Germany !
Robert
that is one cool egg sac pic, i love looking at babys.

[cichlidsman]

this is one large thread. it will take me days to read everthing. i have a question, i know that it is hear somewere but i searched and can't find it. i have a 4-5" h.lividum and it is blue, is it true that since it has blue on it at this size that it has too be a female?

[cichlidsman]

this is one large thread. it will take me days to read everthing. i have a question, i know that it is hear somewere but i searched and can't find it. i have a 4-5" h.lividum and it is blue, is it true that since it has blue on it at this size that it has too be a female?
can anyone comment on this please.

ps-i think that the males are not suposed to have blue on them when they get so big.

[Robert Seliger]

0.1.0 Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum"

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3336373839336139.jpg

Greetings from North-Germany !
Robert

[cricket54]

My H. lividum is also 4 or 5 inches. I bought it at a reptile expo. The guy there said that it isn't as bright blue as others he has seen, but it seems to look to me to be as blue as any I have seen on here. Course, the guy selling them was more into herps and didn't seem to know as much about tarantulas. I love how the lividums look and was wondering how they act as slings. I was thinking I might enjoy watching a H. lividum sling grow and turn blue since I can't afford a P. metalica. Do they stay hidden all the time as they do when they are much larger?

Sharon

[priZZ]

Here some of my Haplopelma beauties.

Haplopelma lividum

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_6336303962353066.jpg

Haplopelma albostriatum

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_3363383666336230.jpg

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_3634623662393065.jpg

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_3363383666336230.jpg

Haplopelma schmidti

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_3638323136653061.jpg

Some poor quality Fotos of mating H. albostriatum, same male, 2 females:

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_6234393164616134.jpg

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/99/3864399/1280_3130613930386634.jpg

[Lopez]

Hi,

Haplopelma costale

*jealous*

:-(

For sale? ;)

[Pterinochilus]

Lucky BA*****

I always see photo's of Haplopelma's in Display but I haven't seen any of mine in Display yet ( 2 Sub Adults ). I just leave them alone :P

Greets
Tom.

[ddale]

priZZ,

What kind of camera are you using?

[priZZ]

@ ddale

It's a Ricoh Capplio RR30, nothing special.

[ddale]

Thanks much

[kellygirl]

Does anyone in the U.S. have a breedable female Haplopelma costale?

-Kelly

[Robert Seliger]

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_6264656633343262.jpg

1.0.0 Haplopelma albostriatum (spermweb)

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_6230653833643062.jpg

1.0.0 Haplopelma lividum

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3330396638313339.jpg

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3166393131303463.jpg

0.1.0 Haplopelma lividum laying eggs

http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/81/647081/1024_3164633839323434.jpg

0.1.0 Haplopelma spec. "longipedum"

Greetings from North-Germany !
Robert

[Pterinochilus]

Very, Very nice Haplopelma !

[kellygirl]

Who likes Haplopelma costale: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=27793

I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

-Kelly

[Incubu5]

Some assorted H. schmidti pictures, hope you guys like them. :)

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v93/poecilotheria/Arachnoboards%20Uploads/schmidti1.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v93/poecilotheria/Arachnoboards%20Uploads/schmidti4.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v93/poecilotheria/Arachnoboards%20Uploads/schmidti5.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v93/poecilotheria/Arachnoboards%20Uploads/schmidti3.jpg

[Steven]

Some assorted H. schmidti pictures, hope you guys like them.

LOVE THEM :}

[Incubu5]

LOVE THEM :}

Hahaha, thanks mate. ;P

[Citharischius]

I've got 2 haplopelma's .
H.lividum and H.albostriatum .
I really love them ,
here's a pic of my Lividum .

http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/926IMG_0746-med.JPG

http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/926IMG_0745-med.JPG

Isn't she sweet ?

[morda]

HAPLOPELMAS ARE AWSOME!!!!

They are one of my favourite genus. One of the most beautiful T's ever!

I have only a juv female lividum, but sometime I'll buy some new... maybe sp. "aureopilosum".
Oh here are my photos of lividum juv female. 2nd photo about a day after the moult.

[Tarangela]

THOSE are some dang cool pics! You are braver than I am! And what kind of
camera is that? I need something that will take better closeups. That is a very nice spidey :D

[morda]

I have HP Photosmart 735. I was scared when doing those photos - she's so fast... she can just teleport to annother place in terrarium.

[armstrong82]

wow, those are some of the best pics i have ever seen. i only have one Haplopelma at this time. it is a lividum. Personally, this is one of my favorite T's.

[No name]

wow, those are some of the best pics i have ever seen. i only have one Haplopelma at this time. it is a lividum. Personally, this is one of my favorite T's.


Hi,

Thanks for your compliment.
Just like other south america species, some asia species has also what it can offer in term of its magnificant apperance. If you observed them carefully enough, they have great details, just like others.

Regards,

[Ryan V]

Haplopelma schmidti
http://www.arachnopics.com/data/500/1138PICT0089.JPG

[priZZ]

Is that the price for Your H. schmidti? :D

If so, please write me an eMail! {D

[FryLock]

Is that the price for Your H. schmidti? :D

If so, please write me an eMail! {D

I dont know what his price is but his name is "ben green" {D

[Citharischius]

Wow i really like that Schmidti !! I want one for quite a while now ... But cant find it :8o



100 Dollars is a good price :D maybe more ? she is adult female ...

[Lopez]

A few new pictures for you.

Haplopelma schmidti cf:

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark17.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark18.jpg

http://www.vsupermarket.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/Haplopelmaschmidtidark19.jpg