Odd Cobalts

[reptist]

Fresh Molt!!

Well, I at last have a molt from one of these girls' all the legs and chilacerae are intact but the opisthothelma was destroyed, anyone know who would be qualified to ID this species here in the US or Europe, I'll msge Ray G. and see if he may be up to it, anyone else that I should consider? here are some pix of a fresh molted female and a couple of another female aproaching a molt, I'll work on the I.D. the babies are growing like weeds, Enjoy and PEACE, B.

Fresh molt


coming up on a molt

 

[Sylvi]

They've gone much paler now. Here is my longipes again after her molt



I haven't seen her much over the winter, but now its getting warmer she's about more. She is quite brown at the moment.

 

[reptist]

Yea they are much paler after a shed it seems, and that makes them resemble H lividum even less, these spiders are borderline 6" now and leggy w/ puffy hind legs, unfortunately now that I started studieng the keys I have, it seems they are all keyed for males, And both of the adult specimen I have are females, :wall: I'll be shipping the exuvium off as soon as I can find someone who is willing/able to try ID'ing her, I am convinced they are not H. lividum though, more will be revealed...... PEACE, B.

 

[reptist]

Another molt

I just had my last female molt out and she is sweet (see pix) still have not found an I.D on them but now I have 2 molts that are in pretty good shape if anyone would like to give it a try, here are some pix of the exuvium, the epigastric area and also of the spider, deffinately a keeper, WOW!!







PEACE, B.

 

[Mina]

Whatever they are they are very pretty!!! You may just have to go with Haplopelma sp. for the time being.
They are really nice though.

 

[dianedfisher]

She is really stunning, Brandon. Can't wait for my little one to grow up. I hope you eventually get an I.D. on them. There's just something about blue spiders....:} Di

 

[Scourge]

Here's a site showing H. sp. 'longipes' (now H. longipedum) with a light cream / blue colouration:

http://ukrm.org/lopez/site/hlongipes.htm

 

[reptist]

Nailed it!!

Of course stalker hit it on the 1st page (not bad for an Idahoan, LOL, I'm originaly from extreme northern Utah so dont take the Idahoan jokes to seriously) but this last link seems to put it all in the pipe and spark it up, although I believe it was called longipedum and has now been changed to longipes, unless it has been changed back, reguardless, Thanks alot for the help, much appreciated, PEACE, B.

 

[Scourge]

You're right Brandon, I got the names mixed up!

 

[seanbond]

my lady moled lastnight too B! they must be on the same wave lenghts.

 

[Lopez]

Stumbled on this thread, and whilst I don't like doing taxonomy from pictures, you do indeed appear to have some lovely H.longipes.

IMO one of the nicest Haplopelma species, I love the pale tan front end that they seem to have when freshly moulted.

 

[dtknow]

Isn't longipes usually imported as the "Thai Tiger"? I've seen very similar T's at my LPS under that name...also at a good price much cheaper than cobalts oddly enough.

 

[Topcat1]

Us Idaho people rock! Glad to hear that we were neighbors once!
On that note, I can't wait until my sling gets to looking like that!

 

[PsychoSpider]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful!

 

[reptist]

New Pix

well the babies are growin like weeds, some big enough to sex already, here are some pix of these guys @ 1yr old, enjoy and PEACE, B.

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Not nearly as feisty as H lividum, still pretty quick though !!!!

 

[burmish101]

Are those 2 different spiders? I'd guess 1st pic was longipes and 2nd was lividum.

 

[dianedfisher]

well the babies are growin like weeds, some big enough to sex already, here are some pix of these guys @ 1yr old, enjoy and PEACE, B.

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Not nearly as feisty as H lividum, still pretty quick though !!!!

Gosh, Brandon, your Arizona heat must be helping your guys grow super fast. My little guy is still tiny. Di

 

[reptist]

Same spider

The pix are all of the same spider, just differant angles, here is a H lividum for comparison, actualy verry differant looking T's, both are awsome though, the H sp. longipes seem a bit mellower than lividum but just as quick when they want to move!! PEACE, B.

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[reptist]

Gosh, Brandon, your Arizona heat must be helping your guys grow super fast. My little guy is still tiny. Di

Yea Diane, they are growing like weeds, I do feed alot as well so that may be part of it, how big is yours now? oddly both of my largest are females, I could realy use a male, hopefully they catch up pretty quick as I'd like to breed the adult female I have and get another sac of these guys this year. B.


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[GartenSpinnen]

Wow, the coloration after a molt in this species is quite stunning. Comparable to that of M. balfouri in intensity to some extent, IMO.