"The goliath bird-eating spider (also called the birdeater) (Theraphosa blondi) is an arachnid belonging to the tarantula family and is generally considered to be the largest spider in the world. The spider was named by explorers from the Victorian era, who witnessed one eating a hummingbird and reported the sighting to the Western world.[1]"
this is wat u trying to tell?

nhandu chormatus is also called as white striped bird eater, so i believe, bird eater is a name for those genus like lasiodora, theraphosa .....from the genus provided above, we can see , all the tarantula from these 2 genus are all big size one....

and forgot to mention that tarantula = theraphosidae.

tarantula main diet would be insects and other arthropods,but they can kill animals as large as lizards ,mice and birds (from wikipedia)

yup, now convo season~ y?

anyone has a costa rican zebra tarantula here?

having presentation about PET just today afternoon.....brought chipmunk,ball phyton, scorpion, centipede and of course tarantula to the class.....

  ahaha.. i wanted to get a bicolour..
but i got a boehmei dy..
so i choose a diff one
XD

i think not laa
either Lampropelma Violaceopes or Cyriopagopus sp blue

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I believe what used to be Lampropelma violaceopes/ "Singapore violet"/ Haplopelma sp. "Robustum" is now known as Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Malaysia".

I believe what used to be Lampropelma violaceopes/ "Singapore violet"/ Haplopelma sp. "Robustum" is now known as Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Malaysia".

* Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
          o Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                + Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
                      # Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
                            * Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
                                  o Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
                                        + Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
                                              # Subphylum: Arachnomorpha () - Heider, 1913
                                                    * Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes ()
                                                          o Superclass: Chelicerata ()
                                                                + Epiclass: Euchelicerata ()
                                                                      # Class: Arachnida () - Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
                                                                            * Subclass: Micrura ()
                                                                                  o Order: Araneae () - Clerck, 1757 - Spiders
                                                                                        + Suborder: Opisthothelae ()
                                                                                              # Infraorder: Mygalomorphae ()
                                                                                                    * Superfamily: Avicularoidea ()
                                                                                                          o Family: Theraphosidae () - Thorell, 1869
                                                                                                                + Genus: Lampropelma ()
                                                                                                                      # Specific name:violaceopes
                                                                                                                            * Scientific name: -Lampropelma violaceopes

has anyone heard about Lyrognathus robustus or malaysian Brown Bird Tarantula.. just want to know..

hmm... it can only b found in the frasser hills. so might go and hunt some.. but as u said.... 'recovering the species alone need a lot of effort' i might just not.. might just see them in their habitat..

The taking of species from the wild to be sold to hobbyists may be a good thing. A few decades ago, there was a species of hawk/falcon (don't remember the species) that was very near extinction. Thanks to a few falconers who gave up their birds, they were able to start a breeding program and reintroduce the species into the wild again. The main problem with many animals facing extinction is the destruction of their habitat. Who knows, maybe one day when the destruction stops, it will be up to hobbyists to try to reintroduce the species back to the wild again.

kk, thx for info. ya, i m new. hehe. ask ar, hw to pack a T if wan post it?