Genus Harpactira

Kumalo · Dec 26, 2005

Because it`s Christmas I`d like to share some pictures of a very rare south african species...

female Harpactira cf. guttata

male Harpactira cf. guttata

on it`s way to get laid ;-)

heavy petting

some more

and finally she lets him do his job

regards,
Philipp

CedrikG · Dec 26, 2005

love is in the hair for christmas, very nice and awesome species

jbrd · Dec 26, 2005

Awsome pics! Is that the normal mature size for this SP, the size difference is phenominal

Anthony · Dec 26, 2005

Thank you for those fine pictures. I hope for success for you and maybe one day they will be more common.

Kumalo · Dec 26, 2005

Hi,

I`ve got 4 mature males. They are all this small.
It took one year from egg to adult for the males.

regards,
Philipp

Schlyne · Dec 26, 2005

Good look with the pairing

Mr Ed · Dec 26, 2005

are they as agressive as most African sp.? Good looking T all the same.

Mattyb · Dec 27, 2005

Awesome Ts. Good luck with all your breeding.

-Matty

Kumalo · Dec 27, 2005

Hi Mr. Ed,

they are not agressive at all...more like Pterinochilus lugardi than Pterinochilus murinus.

regards,

Philipp

Zorack · Dec 27, 2005

nice pics

Wadew · Dec 27, 2005

Beautiful spiders Kumalo, thanks for sharing!
Wade
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Cigarman · Dec 28, 2005

I was recently reading an article somewhere online regarding venom and the harpactira was mentioned as having a very nasty effect. Definitely wouldn't want to get bit by this baby.

wolfpak · Dec 28, 2005

good luck

Crimsonpanther · Dec 28, 2005

Id kill for one of those African T's......
Im an African SP nutt , great pics and good luck breeding ! :clap:

MindUtopia · Dec 29, 2005

Do you know in what region of South Africa this species is usually found? I'll be there this summer (as I am just about every year), so it would be great to find some of these guys.

Karen

Ewok · Dec 29, 2005

I really like the colors on the female!

Martin H. · Dec 30, 2005

Hi Karen,

MindUtopia said:
Do you know in what region of South Africa this species is usually found?

an informative article (including habitat photos) about the species shown in Philipp's photos:

SAMADI, J. P. (2005): Lebensweise und Kokonbau von Harpactira cf. guttata im natürlichen Habitat. ARACHNE 10(3): 6-12.

all the best,
Martin

Scolopendra55 · Dec 30, 2005

Nice species!

T.Raab · Jan 26, 2006

MindUtopia said:
Do you know in what region of South Africa this species is usually found? I'll be there this summer (as I am just about every year), so it would be great to find some of these guys.

Karen

Hi Karen,

pls remember that they are strictly protectet by the goverment and its forbidden to export tarantuals from RSA.
(BTW: As far as i know its even forbidden to keep tarantulas in RSA.)

smof · Jan 26, 2006

Gorgeous spiders. I got to see a wild tarantula when I was in South Africa and that was beautiful as well. Don't know the species though. It's awesome to see them out in their natural habitat

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