yup- same here. I may make an exception for another one or two that I really really want but that's it.

That sux! Sorry for your loss.

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Added on May 23, 2009, 12:35 amFreakyfingers, Nice T's! Thnx for sharing.

This post has been edited by Oldfart: May 23 2009, 12:35 AM

Maybe....

this was traded in to a local pet store as a striped knee. For just $15 I could not pass it up. This was how it looked the day I got it. About 2.5 inches.



This is how it looked after a recent molt.




Time will tell if it is an A. seemani!

This post has been edited by Oldfart: May 30 2009, 11:29 PM

Yeah- that's what I thought. But there's another T, an Acanthoscuria (I think) something that also looks like a seemani and has orange spinnerets.

ETA: Acanthoscurria borealis

This post has been edited by Oldfart: May 27 2009, 12:17 PM

Nice looking T!

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

There are two T's. Their common names are "Singapore Blue" and "Singapore Violet" . "Singapore Blue" has been called Cyriopagopus sp. "Singapore Blue" and Lampropelma violaceopes and is still being referred to by both names and still being sold under both names. The other T, "Singapore violet", is a different T but it was also being sold by some vendors as Lampropelma violaceopes. "Singapore violet" is the T that some people suspect was Haplopelma sp. "Robustum". If I am not mistaken, "Singapore Blue" is now officially Lampropelma violaceopes. Since no one really knows what H. robustum really is (forgot what the reason was- either the original description was vague and/or the type material is missing or the type material is badly decomposed), it is more appropriately referred to by its working name- Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Malaysia". There will always be a period of confusion as people in general take time to accept the new names. So in short:
Singapore Blue = Lampropelma violaceopes
Singapore violet = Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Malaysia"



Here's more confusion for you- Rosies are now G. porteri, Chaco's are G. pulchripes, and the RCF rosie is now G. rosea according to one vendors site.

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Added on May 29, 2009, 11:24 pmCould it be that your T's were killed by the ants?

This post has been edited by Oldfart: May 29 2009, 11:26 PM

Sorry to hear about your loss. It sucks that all that fogging is being carried out and there's no way to stop it. Best you can do is take added precautions next time like placing your T's in large boxes and taping it up with sufficient air to last a few days. It is good that you are sharing this bit of info so others can benefit from it.

Ants are bad news. You need to do something about them before they start going after your live T's.

Not much difference actually. Unless you mean keeping them alive.

Helping to keep the venom flowing...

Phormictopus cancerides juvie- have not confirmed sex but I'm guessing female based on the color


And what I think to be the male


Cyriopagopus schioedtei juvie- think this one is a male


Stromatopelma calceatum juvie


Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Malaysia" juvie AKA "Singapore violet"

yeah- they're both mine. I knew I had at least one female because I purchased one female juvie and an unsexed juvie from two different vendots. Forgot to label which was which. Up until their last molt they both looked the same.

Sorry, not familiar with your local prices. I do almost all my shopping from online vendors here in the states. Prices are always on display on their website. The 2.5" female juvie I got for $40. The 2" unsexed juvie was $25.

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.

it is not uncommon for slings with big butts to not eat for a couple of weeks. On the other hand, if its butt is getting smaller and it does not eat then there might be a problem. I had a sling that pounced on a mealworm and it struggled with it for a second then let it go. Never ate the worm and never acted normal after that. Would not burrow- it died a few weeks later. I think it might have been injured during the struggle. I also have a couple of G. pulchra slings that would come out after a molt, I'd feed it heavily for a few days, their butts get fat, then they go into hiding again till they molt.

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Added on June 2, 2009, 5:19 amGrats on the molt. I've heard some T's will eat right up to the day they molt. Never experienced it myself- I tend to feed my T's 3 or 4 cricks at a time till their butts get to a decent size then feed them every once in a while whenever I have extra crickets.

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Added on June 2, 2009, 5:36 amCockroaches would be better than mosquitoes and ants. But you also have the pesticide issue to deal with unless you can be bothered to breed your own cockroaches. I don't know if you can get your hands on some exotic cockroaches over there but B. dubia or B. discoidales(and a few others) are much easier to keep- they can't climb glass/plastic and they can't fly so your risk of an infestation is reduced. You can feed the roach nymphs to your slings. But even if you do decide to breed cockroaches, it'll take you months before your colony can be harvested. So looks like you are stuck with mealworms and crickets for now.

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jun 2 2009, 05:36 AM

Some T's are picky eaters. Try something else. I have a C. huahini that will not eat a live mealworm but I throw in a couple of crickets and it pounces. I have T's that will eat cockroaches and some that won't. Sometimes a T needs more movement by the prey to elicit a feeding response.

Crickets are easier for me. Just dump them in and the T will find it eventually. Mealworms take more time. Have to pre-kill mealworms or I will get beetles running around the enclosure later.

Here's my sing blue- molted more than a week ago but still won't come out of hiding. This was the best I could get - think it shows off her sexy butt!

Yo Fitri, do those guys fly at all? what do the adults eat? Got babies yet?

I got this one when it was around 3.5 inches and it was already blue. I got 2 others that were one inch slings and are bigger now but I don't see them much. I know for certain that one of them was blue or bluish when it was 2-2.5 inches.
Here's a pic of it then. Not very clear but you can see some blue.


This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jun 6 2009, 11:16 AM