The freaks come out at night...

[dotdman]

Gorgyrella ssp. red trapdoor spider, and it's busy getting more irritated at me as the photo session progresses.

Kindest kindest,

Kevin P.

[Navaros]

Cool pics, they are awesome spiders. Really lucky photoshoot. ;)

[Malhavoc's]

"They only come out at night..." I do luv that song.. too bad I can't remember who sings it/the name of it.. "goes to check his albums"

[dotdman]

Indeed. They have more attitude than just about anything I've ever seen. She was in that threat position for roughly twenty minutes before she decided that I had left her well enough alone.

Kindest kindest,

Kevin P.

[Megalodon]

"They only come out at night..." I do luv that song.. too bad I can't remember who sings it/the name of it.. "goes to check his albums"

Smashing Pumpkins

[mactans]

Love your pics, especially the close up on the cephalothorax. Nasty lookin spider that lives up to it. I am going to make another invert haul two weeks from now and this is a serious consideration.

[Malhavoc's]

I jsut recovered one of their molts not to long ago [the molts fully intack yeah!] I luv the way they turn into 'white' trapdoors right after lol.. and their molt is encridbly hard and thick.whats the legspan on that one?

[dotdman]

Love your pics, especially the close up on the cephalothorax. Nasty lookin spider that lives up to it. I am going to make another invert haul two weeks from now and this is a serious consideration.
Thanks. :). I'm mostly into scorpions at the moment, though my interest in T's is slowly coming back (I picked up a Psalmopoeus irminia on my last invert binge), but this little Gorgyrella was only $12, so I figured I couldn't lose.

Kindest kindest,

Kevin P.

[dotdman]

I jsut recovered one of their molts not to long ago [the molts fully intack yeah!] I luv the way they turn into 'white' trapdoors right after lol.. and their molt is encridbly hard and thick.whats the legspan on that one?
Legspan is approximately 2.5".

Kindest kindest,

Kevin P.

[Lochala]

Where did you get her from?? I've been looking for them for quite some time, with no avail.

[dotdman]

My apologies for my lateness in replying, I purchased her from Carolina Specialty Pets. He tends to always have some on stock from what I've seen, along with a couple of other trapdoor species.

Kindest kindest,

Kevin P.

[Lochala]

I guess I will be checking them out sometime. Do theyy have a web address?

[DR zuum]

The freaks come out at night...

Original group that did it, Whodini.
Nice spider really tough,i saw one take a pinky 3 times its size once.

[PapaRoacher]

Why are Trapdoor spiders not considered Tarantulas?

I heard they are the most advanced true spider, and the most primative tarantula, like, they're somewhere inbetween :?