Arachnofreak95's photo thread

Now that I have a good camera I figured that it was about time to put some pictures up :biggrin:

Brachypelma smithi


Brachypelma albopilosum


Lasiodora parahybana


Thrixopelma ockerti


And last but not least Grammostola pulchripes. Almost 5 years old now, and getting ready for a much needed molt after 1 or 2 years.


That's it for now, but I have some new arrivals coming in tomorrow and an upcoming molt from the G. pulchripes and the B. smithi. More pics soon!

New arrivals

5 beautiful spiders from Anastasia!

Eupalaestrus campestratus. This thing is SOOOOOO tiny. This is the best I could do.


Acanthoscurria brocklehursti. Another tiny one but at least they grow quickly.


Pelinobius muticus. I have wanted one of these ever since I got into the hobby. Now I just have to wait a LONG time for it to actually look like one :biggrin:. It would appear that this one brought a passenger on its head though.


Pamphobeteus antinous enjoying its first meal of many. Vicious little thing.


Poecilotheria striata. This was my first time unpacking a Poeci from a shipping vial. Much bigger than I expected it to be. I can't complain about that though :biggrin:


If anybody has any tricks or advice for me to make my pictures better it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Grammostola pulchripes molt

First time she has molted in 2 years. I saw her flip on to her back and I saw the finished product but I missed the actual molt.

Nothing new, just a pic I got of the pulchripes while she was stretching out. I desperately wish that I had a macro lens



And here is my LP. Recently looked at an old molt and realized that it is a she man does she have a LOT of growing left



And another look at the P. muticus. I made the mistake of starting multiple burrows for it and it alternates which ones it likes to stay in :laugh: It did come with a couple of mites on it though, and they have not left....obviously. Is it safe to let a 1 inch P. muticus's enclosure dry out for any period of time? I don't really want to order predatory mites or anything as it doesn't seem overrun, but I would like to get rid of them.

The P. antinous decided to molt for me now it actually is starting to look like a P. antinous instead of a brown bundle of legs. My P. striata also molted a few weeks ago but the dang thing is so reclusive that I haven't been able to sneak a picture of it yet.

My LP molted and I actually managed to get some pictures of the process for once!

It looks kind of like it is using its exuvium as a puppet








It's old exuvium was about 5 inches and this thing looks like it could easily be 6 or 6.5 now. I have raised this one from 1/2 inch so it is truly amazing to see it so big now, and it still has a fair bit of growing to do

Here is a random jumping spider I found in my house today. I can't wait to get a better lens so I can get better detail on the face, but until then this will have to do.

That jumper is so cute!

Nice molt shots too.

Thanks! The second I saw a jumper in my house I knew that I needed to try to get a picture of its cute little face.