Thanks, Ura for the video and the pictures. Yes, I am quite interested in T.Sub for a simple reason - they are larger size.

It has been reported that in earlier posts that T.Sub females have been caught in Singapore. Just feel a bit strange that there are no reported cases of males being caught. But then, it does not mean that there are no male T.Sub males in Singapore.

Looking at previous posts, actually there are some quite big T.Bha caught in Singapore/Malaysia. e.g. Royale, Titan, Rakassa and Sapphire.

Thanks Ura. But unlike T.Sub and T.Bha, T.Red is a term coined in this forum. It is not an official spider species. Correct me if I were wrong.

As at today, the biggest T-Bha is Tempest, body length of 8.7mm. On the other hand, you have advised and I agree that measuring T.Sub by body length is not a good measurement because the main difference between these two species is its arm length. And yet, it is extremely difficult to measure by arms length.

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 15 2012, 11:40 PM

1. Vincent's Lampow (Top) V Randy's Newly Caught (Bottom) 150212
Great fight

2. Ricky's Jurassic (Top) V Vincent's Lampow (Bottom) 150212
Jurassic is a seasoned fighter. Good fight.

3. Ricky's Jurassic (Top) V Vincent's Moody (Bottom) 150212
Moody is really moody. So Jurassic has to do some chasing

4. Rudy's Dragon (Left) V Randy's Friday (Right) 150212
Good fight

5. Ricky's Longkang (Left) V Rudy's Dragon (Right) 150212
Longkang won?

6. Ricky's Dyna Force (Left) V Randy's Cornetto (Right) 150212
Great to see Dyna Force back in action.

7. Rudy's 1 Piece (Top) V Ricky's Dyna Force (Left) 150212
Having beaten Malaysian 1st king recently, will 1 Piece be in top form?

8. Randy's Sword of Damocles (Left) V Seng's Dino (Right) 150212
Here comes the BIG Terror, SoD.

9. Vincent's Ready (Bottom) V Seng's Not Ready (Top) 150212
Interesting names. It is always good to be ready.

10. Ricky's Marble (Bottom) V Vincent's Ready (Top) 150212
Great fight by Marble. Previous owner will be proud.

11. Randy's Patrick Tse (Bottom) V Ricky's Emperor (Top) 150212
Good fight.

Randy - Patrick Tse your 1st king? you have an internal tournament?

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Added on February 16, 2012, 9:45 amYes, head length is easier to measure. Talking about head length, it reminds me of your L7. Its fighting stance is unique, head out. I have seen a picture of India T.Bha. The head is "huge" but the arms are short.

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 16 2012, 10:08 AM

Hi Jason, $50 that's hell lots of $$ at that time, M$50 = S$50 then!!

Thanks for the advice. The other day I went to Trevally's spider blog. Enjoy
1. the different types of spiders. that's basically how we classify spiders in Singapore by the colour stripes in the abdomen
2. the different ways of catching spiders. to me, the big plastic bag and scissor method is still the most effective
3. the containers to house spiders. Now, spiders live in a palace
4. the fight involving Yuda's BIG spider. On the youtube, that spider really looks huge. Wondering what is its size.

I also found out that T.Bha is a very common spider species in Asia (from India to China). Yesterday, I asked my Myanmar (Burmese) friend whether he ever catch spiders in his kids' days. He said, "no". When I showed him our forum and some pictures of T.Bha, he told me he has never seen such spiders before. The strange thing is that he lived in the village/countryside. Will ask around other nationalities.

Hi twin John

Yes, it is that spider. Another video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRGWdtncWg&feature=related. It can be misleading because one is small/the other big. But look at the length of that FS's arms.

Actually, I also enjoy rearing tropical fishes like you. So we are twins.

So it does appear that T.Bha FS hobby/game/sport is not very popular elsewhere.

Something in my mind which I always wanted to ask. All of us will agree that T.Bha lives in many kinds of leaves. But how's about pineapple leaves, rose leaves, sugar cane leaves, water lily leaves, orchid leaves? Caught/seen T.Bha on such leaves?

1. Randy's Patrick Tse (Bottom) V Ricky's Chow Yun Fat (Top) 150212
Good to see that Ricky is back with new acquisitions. Hopefully, he did not pay $50 to acquire them. CYF (Fatt? or deliberate Fat) looks fatter. But Patrick is fiercer.

2. Ricky's Immortal Ku2 (Top) V Vincent's Master Bed (Bottom) 150212
What strange names?? Is Vincent's spider name spelled wrongly? Good fight.

3. Rudy's HK2 (Right) V Randy's Putra (Left) 150212
Two not so new and not so old spiders. Worth a look.

4. Ricky's Freeze (Top) V Rudy's HK2 (Bottom) 150212
Good to see old bird Freeze back in action. And still in form. Great fight.

5. Ricky's Freeze (Right) V Rudy's Dragon (Left) 150212
And continue its form

6. Ricky's CaoSheet (Top) V Rudy's HK1 (Bottom) 150212
Hmm, no fight? CaoSheet walks and then HK1 runs.

7. Rudy's HK3 (Right) V Ricky's Caosheet (Left) 150212
Great fight.

8. Ricky's Immortal Ku2 (Right) V Rudy's HK3 (Left) 150212 (Recommended: )
An even greater fight. From highland to lowland.

9. Randy's Patrick tse (Bottom) V Rudy's Red Devil (Top) 150212
Here's come Favorite Red Devil. What a funny video. Red Devil wants to engage Patrick but in the end, also gave up.

10. Randy's Patrick Tse (Bottom) V Ricky's Freeze (Top) 150212 (Recommended: )
A newbie vs an oldie. Great fight.

11. Ah Kim's APeno (Top) V Randy's Patrick Tse (Bottom) 150212
Here's come the huge spider, APeno. He is fierce. Decided to grasp Patrick for a fight.

12. Ricky's Immortal Ku2 (Right) V Ah Kim's APeno (Left) 150212 (Recommended: )
Immortal is fierce. APeno pushes hard. Immortal blocks well. Think APeno was bitten.

Looks like Ricky's spider is back in action. He must have been missing himself from this forum to build up his new team.
But then, the same old question, why not SoD vs Immortal to round off everything?
The same answer? Need to rush off?
Anyway, the usual, thanks to Randy for posting all these exciting fights.

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 16 2012, 07:46 PM

For me, it is very simple.
1. Too big
2. Too eerie
3. In my country of Singapore, wondering where to find such spiders

Alamak, youtube down? So cannot see Red Devil in action.

Back in action.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 7:44 pmYes

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 16 2012, 07:44 PM

Hi 1-Piece and Red Devil, I mean the owner of 1-Piece and Red Devil, two of my current 5 high-ranking spiders (but I think this list has to be changed soon) ....
Oop, sorry, Hi Rudy, thanks. what shall I say? I think everyone will agree that Live commentary is best by Randy. For me, I am just an armchair spectator, hopefully a neutral one. Not into FS catching, just like to watch and ask questions.

And yes, hopefully the fire is contained. Looks like it is now. or for now.

You see, spiders got ears. If there is live commentary, they will just listen like Red Devil, open and close its arms constantly with no fighting.
You letting go these two oldies? You mean you going back to Malaysia to put back Red Devil? Just kidding lah.
Should be good. Let them retire in peace, instead of with one arm/death. Thanks.

Asking question:

Something in my mind which I always wanted to ask. All of us will agree that T.Bha lives in many kinds of leaves. But how's about pineapple leaves, rose leaves, sugar cane leaves, water lily leaves, orchid leaves, cactus? Caught/seen T.Bha on such leaves?

To answer your question, Rudy, armchair. But maybe in a few years, wheelchair. Because I am already 47 years old this year.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 9:00 pmWow, Randy, you are definitely into leaves too. Thank you.
SoD is relatively new. And very healthy. Is it because it has turned chopster recently which make you worried?

To Jason, I agree with Randy that your Wasabi is a good fighter. It is long (I mean the body length and arms). What is this body length? 7.5mm?

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Added on February 17, 2012, 9:01 pmHi twin John, can explain in simple English?

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 17 2012, 09:04 PM

Hi Rudy, according to www.dictionary.com,

arm·chair 
noun
1. a chair with sidepieces or arms to support a person's forearms or elbows.

Adadjective
2. theorizing without the benefit of practical experience: an armchair football coach.
3. participating or experiencing indirectly or vicariously: an armchair traveler.

So I sit on a chair which has arms to support my forearms/elbows and watch the FS videos without any direct/real experience in the videos.

Latest whereby I caught FS and saw a real spider was 20 yrs old when I was in the army. That's 27 yrs ago.
When I was young, I put them into matchboxes or cassette tape boxes.
How big? I saw BIG BIG T-Bha/T-Sub during my jungle army training in Brunei jungles. That's why I am very interested in T-Sub species.
When I was young, I stayed in Marsiling, My favorite spot is those secondary jungle behind the Muslim mosque. But I think that the area is fenced up now.

How's about a fight between your two top FS - 1-Piece vs Red Devil?

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 18 2012, 11:38 AM

Hi Rudy

Temburong if I remember correctly. How big? Maybe the size of Singapore ten-cent coin. After I have seen a number of T.Sub pictures now (thks to Ura), the Brunei jungle spiders look more like T.Sub because I remembered they fold their long arms like your Red Devil. I saw 4 such FSes twice in the jungles. The first time, one was sitting on the big yam leave. The second time at another location further down the hill, I wanted to cut two yam leaves to sit on them (one for me and one for my buddy) while harbouring (I believe you know this NS term) without realizing that there is exactly a nest. When I took the first yam leave, three such FSes are here on the other big yam leave.

Why did not bring one/two back? Possibly no interest in FS then. Possibly I was there as a trainee and did not want to get any unnecessary scolding.

Thanks for the invitation. I decline.

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 18 2012, 07:29 PM

You decline even fight my FS under ur block or area? yes.

Last time when u young, how long u stick to this hobby? from kindgarten to sec 1. but interest in FS is short: 2-3 weeks, especially during the school holidays in December

Got any great story to share again here? a one-arm FS went into my right ear during Pri 1. I was watching a fight between this one-arm and another FS. And it jumped to my shoulder and went quickly into my ear. Up to today, I wonder what happened to it.

Yes, Randy, nice name.

This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 18 2012, 11:15 PM

Thanks for posting a new set of fights. Wow, Edison Chen can win. Will it meet the latest champ Immortal Ku2 later?

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Added on February 20, 2012, 11:27 amAsking questions:
1. Ura, any update on your Hs and Ls? Any internal fight which you can show us?
2. Ricky, any update on LOL?
3. Randy, what happened to your Friday?

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Added on February 20, 2012, 11:27 pmsamosauruschronicles.blogspot.com. saw this. lam po spider. My favorite when I was a kid.



http://www.southindianspiders.org/south-in...rs2.htm#Thiania
Taken from the website
Thiania bhamoensis Thorell, 1887
Family: Salticidae
Size: 5-7mm
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar.
Habitat: Common in the leaves of garden plants, and in forest herbs.

These spiders are commonly seen on leaves. The cephalothorax is flat and longer than broad. The abdomen is elongated, rounded at the front end and converging steadily to the spinnerets. Cephalothorax is black or dark colour and followed by a broad, crescent-shaped band of iridescent, bronze-coloured, squamose hairs. First pair of legs are slightly swollen and larger than others. Thiania is distributed throughout the South-East Asia.

Indian T-Bha.
Head looks big.



This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 21 2012, 11:37 AM

Wow. A potential champion by the name of Sammo Hung to beat Wong Fei Huang, Immortal Ku2 and draw with Red Devil. Think that many FSes afraid to have direct fight with Red Devil because as what the owner claimed, it is a "Bu".

A good fight by 1 Piece.

From http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/thiania/bhamoens.htm
T.Bha are found in Andaman Is.; China; Indonesia: Sumatra; Myanmar; Singapore; Vietnam. Hmm, HK in China?

From http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/thiania/subopres.htm
Thiania subopressa are found in China and Vietnam.

From Tioman, Malaysia. Looks like T.Bha. It is known as "MAL-3-1 - Thiania possibly demissa". http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/ph...ya/sh-malay.htm



From Bali, Indonesia. Beautiful. http://www.gsd-salt.miiz.waw.pl/salticidae.php


This post has been edited by utility47: Feb 21 2012, 10:32 PM

First, your question. I do not know what happened to the FS in my ear.
Second, sorry for my mistake. It is as what you indicate, Red Devil looks like a Bu.

1. To be frank, I can't remember. Probably I dare not tell my mum about it or else I will definitely get a big beating.
2. Yes, I saw the difference.
3. Taking a break for the next two weeks from this forum in view of work commitments.