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.

[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"








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.

[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.....

[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

[heteroscodra]

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

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....