Genus Poecilotheria

Stylopidae

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Dewaine said:
This is an amazing spider. Would it be a good choice for my second tarantula? How aggressive is it?
Wouldn't reccomend it, pokies are never good for a second spider due to their venom strength, temperment, speed and above all price...maybe a cheap regalis sling for a 5th or so



Good luck, Davaros ;P
 

BEN-V

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Poecilotheria ornata "blue form" or "purple form", adult female, Sri Lanka :






Poecilotheria miranda, ultimate male, Bengal :

 

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zoidx_chung said:
how u get a blue/purple form ornata?

There are two forms of P. ornata : the classic one and the blue/purple one. This is a natural form as the regalis "hairy form" or the metallica "black form". You can bye those ornata at the tarantulas shows in Germany (Hamm, Stuttgart,...) for example. They cost about 3 times the price of the classic form.
 

Wolfy72

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BEN-V said:
There are two forms of P. ornata : the classic one and the blue/purple one. This is a natural form as the regalis "hairy form" or the metallica "black form". You can bye those ornata at the tarantulas shows in Germany (Hamm, Stuttgart,...) for example. They cost about 3 times the price of the classic form.
Whats the average price on those ???
 

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Slings are about 4 - 5€ piece for the classic form, 10 - 15€ for the blue form.
 

MindUtopia

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BEN-V said:
There are two forms of P. ornata : the classic one and the blue/purple one. This is a natural form as the regalis "hairy form" or the metallica "black form". You can bye those ornata at the tarantulas shows in Germany (Hamm, Stuttgart,...) for example. They cost about 3 times the price of the classic form.
Can someone import those to the U.S., please! :eek:
 

zoidx_chung

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BEN-V said:
There are two forms of P. ornata : the classic one and the blue/purple one. This is a natural form as the regalis "hairy form" or the metallica "black form". You can bye those ornata at the tarantulas shows in Germany (Hamm, Stuttgart,...) for example. They cost about 3 times the price of the classic form.
too bad i cant get it here:(
 

Bearo

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Thats a very purple ornata.. i guess you used the cameras flash hehe

ususally they dont look very diffrent from the normal ones, just the diff on femur leg IV

Sören>> I have never heard of the P. regais "hairy form", do you have pictures?
Is that also a locality differense?
 

urs

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P.metallica molted yesterday. After checking the moult, I found it that it is a male.:(



Best regards Uros
 

urs

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Does this looks like male? Always hard to tell with pokies.:wall:
I didn't see any in moult.



Thanks in advance!

Best regards Uros
 

brachy

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Hi

The Pokie's spermatheca is very small. You hardly found in bigger exuvie. How big is it ?
 

urs

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Hi!

It's about 6cm legspan! I didn't looked under microscop do!

Best regards Uros
 
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