Macrothele gigas

[paul fleming]

I did post this pic somewhere else but it does belong here.
Bought as the above but it is still too small for me to be able to ID it 100% but I have no reason to doubt it is a Macrothele gigas.
Don't see these very often.
Paul
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/dildo_/P1020130.jpg

[Yareus]

hy,
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7341/paaakb.jpg

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8877/dscf5149.jpg

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3230/dscf5150.jpg

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[syndicate]

beautiful species!!!
Would love to keep some Macrothele in the future!

[huebi]

hallo everybody,

it is not difficult!

bye

[ZergFront]

Hard to believe it's a trapdoor. It's so pretty, why hide in a hole? :-)

[Philth]

Hard to believe it's a trapdoor. It's so pretty, why hide in a hole? :-)

I've never heard of Macrothele making trap doors :? ? They are usally referred to as funnel webs. Although I've only kept one sp. (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=109567&highlight=monocirculata) , they always lived on top of the soil.

Later, Tom

[Teal]

Alright, I'll admit... the plastic-y looking legs sorta freak me out LOL But it's a neat looking spider!

[ZergFront]

I've never heard of Macrothele making trap doors :? ? They are usally referred to as funnel webs. Although I've only kept one sp. (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=109567&highlight=monocirculata) , they always lived on top of the soil.

Later, Tom


LOL, oops you're right.

Very pretty. How potent is their venom? :?

[Venom]

Potent enough to matter, but not potent enough to kill.

[paul fleming]

Macrothele gigas......giant Japanese "funnel web" spider :D
It is getting a bit bigger so I could post some more pics if there is any interest ?
Think the venom my be a bitmore potent than any T
http://www.disaster.org.tw/chinese/annmed/Vol3supp1/3.pdf