Carparachne (Dancing White Lady Spider)

[Steven]

A very awsome spider if ya ask me,...
i'm quite happy with this new addition :D ,...

very fast and she can give a nice threat-pose :wicked:

http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne1.jpg
http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne2.jpg
http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne3.jpg

[Cigarman]

nice fuzzy spider. Where does it come from? Expensive/cheap?

[becca81]

Very nice!!

Do the pedipalps stay tucked underneath it?

[Scourge]

I think it might come from the Gobi or the Sahara desert. Does it? Is it the one that rolls into a ball and then rolls down the hill to evade predation?

[galeogirl]

Wow, that is one gorgeous spider! I'd love to have one.

[Jakob]

This spider can be found in the dunes of Namibia - very cool spiders!

Steven, do you plan to breed her?

Later,

Jake

[Steven]

This spider can be found in the dunes of Namibia - very cool spiders!

Steven, do you plan to breed her?

Later,

Jake
it's indeed a wheeling dune spider from the Namib deserts,...
i would love to breed these,... but i think it's quite impossible to find her a date,... i can only hope it's a WC gravid female :)

[El Johano]

Very interesting, how large is it?

[Steven]

Very interesting, how large is it?
aprox 33mm Bodylenght,... legspan i have to measure :8o but i'm guessing 12cm orsomething like that.

very intresting spider indeed :D

[El Johano]

aprox 33mm Bodylenght,... legspan i have to measure :8o but i'm guessing 12cm orsomething like that.

very intresting spider indeed :D

Cool, let's hope she is gravid :)

[Steven]

UPDATE::

she made a nice burrow this week :clap:
http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne4.jpg


And they can ran up Pincers with lightning speed i've found out :rolleyes: ;)
http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne5.jpg

But when ya look in those eyes you forgive her right away,
such a cutie :}
http://www.scolopendra.be/digipix/carparachne6.jpg

[danread]

Wow Steven, that is superb. Can you post some pics of the whole setup? What is the venom on these meant to be like?

Cheers,

[fantasticp]

Wow!!!! I think this is the same spider. And I found it today in a pet store no less! What are the odds? Have you been able to make it wheel? I think it would be neat to see.

[fantasticp]

BTW, Steven did yours end up being gravid or not?

[Steven]

BTW, Steven did yours end up being gravid or not?
nope,... she died somewhere in april :(

these are truely awsome spiders !
not many times offered,.. i got it ftrough a friend last year,...
as i look now at the prices these go on :eek: :o 30E orso
may i ask how much you paid for it ?

[fantasticp]

may i ask how much you paid for it ?

$21.00 - I really shouldn't have, because I am moving in a month, but I couldn't help it. She's pretty awesome. I actually bought it because I remembered this thread. Good memory, or pathetic?

[Steven]

Good memory, or pathetic?
both ! :p :D ;)


if the prices weren't that high i would get me some myself again,...
has yours allready build its burrow ? :)

[aftershock]

Steven old friend!! :) Do you know any dealer selling these?

[fantasticp]

No burrow yet. I'm sure it'll happen when she's ready.

[Steven]

Steven old friend!! :) Do you know any dealer selling these?
yow Martin.. check PM ;)

[stevo]

Wow!!!! I think this is the same spider. And I found it today in a pet store no less! What are the odds? Have you been able to make it wheel? I think it would be neat to see.

that spider fantsaticp is some sort of (Carparachne sp) its known as the violet hunting spider i dont think its a white lady you have there
check this out - http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=46688 mine is exaclt the same!!!

[fantasticp]

Do you have a less blurry pic of thet one?

[stevo]

i dont sorry but i swear that is mine!!!!! exactly without a doubt! it definently not a white lady cos there all white! try and get an id of someone if your still not sure but im pretty certain its a violet hunting!!

[SinisterSpiders]

Thats a very nice specimen you have there

[darkeye]

So...
Where do folks in the US get one of these???????
I neeeeeeeed one!

:confused:

[Ythier]

Hi,
I saw many specimen in last Karlsruhe show (Germany), but I don't remember the seller's name :o