Genus Lampropelma

G_Wright · Apr 19, 2005

Lampropelma violaceopes

siucfi · Apr 19, 2005

Beutiful T, awsome pic.

manville · Apr 19, 2005

very very nice tarantula!

Goliath · Feb 6, 2006

I did not find a thread for these so I figured I would start one. I know there is a debate over whether some species being sold in the trade should or should not fall under this genus, but I figured it would be an easy reference to look at these individuals sold under this genus in the trade.
Here is my 5.5" female Lampropelma nigerrium.
Mike

GoTerps · Feb 6, 2006

Here's an animal I had awhile back as "L. nigerrimum". Sorry the pics aren't good.

Penultimate male

Ultimate male

Randolph XX() · Feb 6, 2006

aren't they arboreal like Cyriopagopus sps?

Goliath · Feb 6, 2006

Very nice Eric, the pics are nice. Did you ever find a female for him to breed with, if so was it successful?

Randolph XX(),
Mine really likes to burrow, I will let others speak for their own experiences.
Mike

GoTerps · Feb 6, 2006

Very nice Eric, the pics are nice. Did you ever find a female for him to breed with, if so was it successful?

He was bred with a WC female that came in the same shipment... she died not too long after.

Just a side note... this specimen was BY FAR the nastiest spider I've ever kept.... hands down, no contest. He had a very deep and secure burrow, but would instantly rush up and out of the burrow at the slightest disturbance (even gently opening the enclosure)... and proceed to attack anything moving. No threat display, no warning, just biting!

MarknMiami · Feb 6, 2006

Beautiful genus and one I wish was more available in the hobby

Goliath · Feb 7, 2006

GoTerps said:
Just a side note... this specimen was BY FAR the nastiest spider I've ever kept.... hands down, no contest. He had a very deep and secure burrow, but would instantly rush up and out of the burrow at the slightest disturbance (even gently opening the enclosure)... and proceed to attack anything moving. No threat display, no warning, just biting!

I will completely agree with you Eric. She has a deep burrow and it takes almost nothing for her to attack. It makes it a lot of fun cleaning her tank.

Mike

Skuromis · Feb 7, 2006

Goliath said:
It makes it a lot of fun cleaning her tank.

Hi Mike, what do you mean by cleaning? How do you keep it?

Goliath · Feb 7, 2006

Skuromis,
Just removing excess food items, bolus and molts. I keep her in a 2 1/2 gallon tank mostly filled with substrate. She has made a burrow down the center and it wraps around most of the bottom of the tank terminating in a large cavern where she usually sits.
Mike

Skuromis · Feb 7, 2006

Mike, I keep my earthtigers in high plastic boxes with approx. 15 cm - 20 cm substrate. A few isopods keep it clean, I have nothing to do, except feed the spider and water the container.

Goliath · Feb 7, 2006

Good idea, maybe I will put some in the tank.
Mike

MindUtopia · Feb 8, 2006

Great looking T's! Congrats!

T.Raab · Feb 9, 2006

Great looking Theraphosidae, but are you really sure that they belong to the genus Lampropelma ?

Goliath · Feb 9, 2006

Goliath said:
I know there is a debate over whether some species being sold in the trade should or should not fall under this genus, but I figured it would be an easy reference to look at these individuals sold under this genus in the trade.

T.Raab,
Thank you. Honestly I do not know if these definitely fall under the Genus Lampropelma or not, which is why I put the disclaimer in my original statement. Pictures of what is sold in the pet trade under the Genus Lampropelma. I really would be interested to see what these will eventually fall under or if they will stay in Lampropelma. If you have any information or insight into this I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mike

GoTerps · Feb 9, 2006

Great looking Theraphosidae, but are you really sure that they belong to the genus Lampropelma ?

Yeah, Mike made it clear from the start that he wasn't sure... just showing what was sold as such.

And this is exactly why I put the name of mine in quotation marks... as this was simply the name it was purchased as.

It was a goregeous animal, whatever it was. I'd love to have another.

T.Raab · Feb 10, 2006

Hi Mike,

i'm not very familiar with asian genera but RAVEN (1985) wrote that one of the difference (between Cyriopagopus and Lampropelma) are that Lampropelma possess long brush of hairs on the retrolateral palpal femur. So, maybe this helps you.

RAVEN, R. J. (1985a). The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 182: 1-180.

Goliath · Feb 10, 2006

Timo,

Thanks for the input, I will have to take a look next time I get her out of her burrow. I will see if I can find that article too.

Thanks,
Mike

Genus Lampropelma

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