Ms. Moxie's photo thread

miss moxie · Dec 30, 2014

Going to start off with some pictures of my freshly molted Pamphobeteus sp. "Duran" juvenile.

And my other Pamphobeteus sp. "Duran" who hasn't molted yet.

miss moxie · Jan 3, 2015

My Two Xenesthis immanis spiderlings. One's gone dark, and the other one looks to be in pre-molt too. Hoping they start to show adult colors next molt, but if not they still have a striking appearance. Very delicate, and all legs.

problemchildx · Jan 3, 2015

Nice pictures moxie! My X immanis sling is about the same exact size and appearance as yours. They are hard to equate with other NW species, I assumed it was in premolt because of the large whitish abdomen.. But no, he/she still readily devours food....

Only time will tell. I wonder if they are getting close to adult coloration? Still, an interesting species. Mine loves moist sub, does yours?

miss moxie · Jan 3, 2015

problemchildx said:
Nice pictures moxie! My X immanis sling is about the same exact size and appearance as yours. They are hard to equate with other NW species, I assumed it was in premolt because of the large whitish abdomen.. But no, he/she still readily devours food....

Only time will tell. I wonder if they are getting close to adult coloration? Still, an interesting species. Mine loves moist sub, does yours?

Yes, I keep both of mine on 3 inches of moist coir and they don't seem to have any aversions to it. Such as climbing the walls to avoid touching it. I'm keeping them the way I keep my Pamphos.

I'm assuming my second is in pre-molt because of how shiny the bum is, but I could be wrong. We'll see soon enough I suppose.

miss moxie · Jan 6, 2015

Some pics of my Brachypelma emilia. Unsexed for now, suspect female.

Poec54 · Jan 6, 2015

miss moxie said:
Some pics of my Brachypelma emilia. Unsexed for now, suspect female.

Have you checked it's vent?

miss moxie · Jan 7, 2015

I cannot make heads or tails of vent-sexing. I'm good with molts as long as they're 2.5"+, I can figure out male from female that way. But vent-sexing... I look at the male vs. female pics and squint for a few minutes before I give up. S/he is a very shy bug, I usually never get him/her up on the walls and if s/he is- it's in the corner. I did manage to get a picture today but I don't know how clear it is. There's dirt on the side of the enclosure that might mess it up. Also, picking him/her up and flipping him/her over would be a 'suicide' mission. S/he is the flick-iest tarantula I've ever encountered. S/he's even got my Pampho slings beat. I'd just end up with an itchy, blistered palm for my efforts.

Here is the picture I got. I tried to sharpen it a little in photoshop to make the details stand out a bit more. It looks like rubbish to me, but then again I already admitted I've no idea what I'm looking for.

Storm76 · Jan 7, 2015

Very blurry, but I'd say female.

miss moxie · Jan 22, 2015

Pamphobeteus sp. "Duran", my second sling molted sometime during the night.

One of my Xenesthis immanis slings molted the other day, and it looks like it had a bit of a rough time. Damage to three of the legs. Worried for next molt, but it is moving around it's enclosure just fine.

It gained some of those red bum-hairs (yes that is the technical term, I googled it) and you can sort of make out the 'horn' pattern on the carapace. It's lighter in color than the rest of the carapace.

just1moreT · Jan 22, 2015

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Some pics of my Brachypelma emilia. Unsexed for now, suspect female.

Nice Brachypelma emilia I'm jealous all mine are still 1/2 Inch and no color.it's hard to get a more much better looking than emilia

miss moxie · Jan 22, 2015

just1moreT said:
Nice Brachypelma emilia I'm jealous all mine are still 1/2 Inch and no color.it's hard to get a more much better looking than emilia

Thanks! I'd really like to breed her if she does indeed molt out to be female. I think she is close to being mature, if she isn't already.

Beautiful species, love the patterns.

miss moxie · Jan 23, 2015

Here are a few pictures of my Grammostola iheringi sling eating a cricket. I highly recommend getting one of these tarantulas if you don't already. Heck, get five!

Storm76 · Jan 27, 2015

The iheringi is the only Grammy I'd like to add at some point to my collection. Nice specimen there.

miss moxie · Jan 28, 2015

Storm76 said:
The iheringi is the only Grammy I'd like to add at some point to my collection. Nice specimen there.

Thanks! I know your dislike of hair-kicking, and I have to say that I've never once witnessed mine kick. Not even during it's recent rehouse.

eldondominicano · Jan 28, 2015

Very cool thread I love the specimens as well as the photos!!

Storm76 · Jan 30, 2015

miss moxie said:
Thanks! I know your dislike of hair-kicking, and I have to say that I've never once witnessed mine kick. Not even during it's recent rehouse.

Oh, dislike...well: I'm not fond of it when it happens. But truth be told: The only ones that do it are my B. auratum, B. boehmei and rarely (she rather bites

) my A. geniculata. The latter is actually retreating to her burrow on disturbance the last couple weeks. I sense impending premolt...

miss moxie · Feb 5, 2015

Grammostola pulchripes

A bunch of pictures I have saved of my G. pulchripes, sorted largest to smallest.

lalberts9310 · Feb 8, 2015

Gorgeous Ts.. especially the B. Emilia

miss moxie · Feb 18, 2015

My second X. immanis molted the other day, and much more successfully than the first one. This looks like a completely clean molt, no extra exo on the legs at all. As soon as I added more water to the sphagnum, s/he came over for a drink. That's when I accidentally got a drop on the spider-- not that it seemed to mind at all. Didn't even flinch, just kept drinking. Molting is awful thirsty business.

miss moxie · Feb 19, 2015

Avicularia versicolor -- pre-molt and post-molt

The food is there because I wasn't aware they were about to burst.

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