still got one...


Some pics of my hyllus, i caught it in a park near where i stay.




It was cute. I realized hyllus make good pets for several reasons.
1. It is not fussy about its environment and would easily make nest between a couple of small leafs. My hyllus looks very comfortable in its environment and doesn't seem to want to try and "escape". It would just stay still for long periods of time on the wall of a container and look around slowly waiting for prey. When it is full it hides in its very private nest. When it is hungry it slowly scout around.
2. It is great fun to watch it hunt. Slow and steady.
3. Hyllus can be real gluttons. Before it moulted, it took up to 7 small crickets continuously. I didnt expect it to finish off every cricket one after another. I placed them there for reserves so that it could eat them over a couple of days but it ate every single one of them until it was fat.
Here she is eating one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZIa5QcdDY4
Moulted on the 20/10/08... she looks more serious now

Wah, Hyllus moulted again! After the last moult at 20/10/08, it ate a whole bunch of crickets, got fat and then went into building a tight nest. She then started to stay inside the nest for great length of time.. i thot she was laying unfertilized eggs. Today, i saw her came out, and much bigger! That's a short span of 13 days in between 2 moults. Below u can see 2 of her "tengkorak"(skull)...
She measures slightly less than 12mm, she's longer than the male spider bandar!


I'm having loads of self-bred crickets, this is only a small number of the total population...

Hyllus seems to do very well on crickets alone. She ate another sizable one today. But those Bavias don't seem to want to eat the same food day in day out. If i just keep feeding them one type of feed(crickets, roaches or fruit flies) eventually they just stop eating until i change their diet.
I think i'll have to find some time to look for a boyfriend for Hyllus.

This post has been edited by mindstorm: Nov 4 2008, 12:21 AM

Couldn't resist taking some pics of my Hyllus. Her eyes has a green tinge to them when light is reflected.


She has these couple of long thingy at the tip of her abdomen which she wriggles whenever she secure some web to the surface she is on.

She's a bit pinkish around the base of her legs area.

Guess what she's strecthing to peer at? My computer screen!


I'm naming her Glutty for she is a glutton. The reason i named her is because i found another one today by accident! I was just walking to my car after work and saw another female Hyllus on a lilly leave under a tree in the parking lot.
She got the slippery symptom where she cannot cling onto the plastic surface. So i put a cut root for her to cling to in her container. She hasn't eaten yet. She seems scared of the crickets i gave her. I name here Dazzy cuz she's rather dazed.


Here she is compared to Glutty. Much smaller.

Opps there she goes... another sizable cricket down

Hi Mindstorm.

Any updates on your FS spiderlings and FS breeding plan? Any success?
I'm more interested with FS.

Cheers,
v_viper88

tat s call fightin spider ah? i tot jumpin spider hahaha...... woo, long time din play wif it d..... around 8 years.... u make me feel like catch again haha.

the bao fu, i used to catch it and let them fight.....very fun one....if the male one become pengecut already, u take a female, let him ####,it will become fierce again.........lol

Actually the male becomes weaker after mating. You can train pengecut males using a smaller male though, using one of Viper's patented techniques.

yesterday went to catch fighting spider but just can get a small.size male

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Added on December 30, 2008, 9:57 pmLet me introduce myself,I live in Malaysia. I love FS very much! Last time when I was cathing FS in bushes , I spot a FS male but abit different. normally FS have green or blue stirps but the one I found have yellow/gold strips. Unbelieveble! I tried to catch it but by the time I catch it, I accidently squeeze it and it died...Iwas so sad...

This post has been edited by suntor: Dec 30 2008, 09:57 PM

Hilo.

Have to hunt fs at those places where got alot of pandan leaves, spider lily, bamboo, nipah leaves etcs..
Sometimes if that area are populated with FS.. there will be some alpha male FS which is quite big size.

Cheers,
v_viper88

fighting spiders... cool thread~
reminds me when i was small, i used to catch them...
comes with a wide range of colours... too bad mom dun let me keep them. i had to release them.

yup..me too..haha

Woohoo, CNY 2009 is here. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

My friend, Dan came back from the states and of cuz by tradition, we will take at least one day to go spidey hunting!
Today, on the second day of CNY, that's what we did.

Before it becomes an anti-climax, I must say that this time round there aren't any superb clips to be shown. In total my friend got 12 males and I got 7 males for the day-end battle. Most of the fights were short push and at most single chops with several no-shows(kecut). By now, we know that generally this is can be expected of newly caught spideys. For fs to display the tenacious behaviour seen in many of Viper's clips, one will have to keep and train the fs for some time through repeated battles.

We went 3 destinations today in chronological order. LG(2 hours plus in the morning), AM(half hour, didn't plan to go there but was passing by after having lunch at SOGO and decided to drop by for a quick look) and LO(an hour plus).

Dan got 8 from LG, 4 from AM and 0 from LO.
I got 3 from LG, 1 from AM and 1 from LO. I also had 2 imports from Negeri Sembilan, Port Dickson.

In the end, one of Dan's AM male emerged as winner, being also the largest, against the single male I found from LO. It was the last fight of the day. The winner looked dazed and slow b4 the fight, and frequently missed seeing his opponent on stage. But when he finally did, he displayed an awesome stance and showed off his wide wing span which was no match for his opponent. With a short push, he emerged victorious over 19 males. I didn't managed to get any close-ups shots of this new first king because it was getting really dark by then. I'll meet up with Dan before he flys back to US and try to get some good shots.

All in all, Dan kept his king and another 2 because of their size. (He havent given them any meaningful names yet). While I also kept 3 of my best. The third one was kecut but it had size, and I reckon it is still immature. With several weeks of good feeding and sparring, he could become a fearsome contender.

The Stats:-
Total: 17 fights
9 short push(including the last fight-1st and 2nd king)
1 long push
4 no shows
3 single chops

Some photos
1)First Destination - LG

Oops, where did it go?



Me catching spiders without damaging the plants.
Orchids, suprisingly make a haven for fs.


Dan's a careful catcher, positioning himself at proper angles to assess the worthiness of his potential catch and its surrounding environment before deciding on a move or strategy.


Dan, "Got one male"
Half minute later, "Another one"
2 minutes later, "Another one"
I was dumbfounded.
Dan was quickly maxed out on his containers. So he started culling his catch on the spot by putting caught ones in the nest of new ones to see which one wins and then he takes the winners. He only does this for small ones, big ones of cuz will be assessed back home.


A last minute encounter, with just a split second glance, Dan knows it is a "must" catch... a sizable one.
And he was right.


According to Dan, this was the type of leaf where Bighead was found.

Dan, "We have caught enough"
Me, "We have more than enough".


Unloading at noon. "How many did you catch? 3?"

"Nope, 12". Gasp. Spideys on my dashboard. A sizable one.

2)Second Unplanned Destination

Dan was surprised at the number of males and ease of catching for this small strip of land

3) Third Destination

Only one male from here. Turned out to be my first king. But lost to Dan's first king.

Back at Dan's home.

Spideys on the boot.


Spideys size comparison and categorizing in preparation for the end of day battle.

Some odd photos.

A female "transparent" spider feeding off another similar species.
(which i thot is the same species but immature one?)


A lost skink.


This is how best to scan for fs... viewing leaves against the sunlight.


Monkey invasion at a bus stop.


Wild action. A young eating a black ant.

A day's activity. A great CNY day.

This post has been edited by mindstorm: Jan 29 2009, 02:51 PM

Happy CNY.

Wow. 2nd day of CNY start go hunt and fight FS ady. too bad i'm at my hometown JB buzy pai nian and eat big meal.
You and Dan went few good places to catch fs and caugt quite alot too. The Menara Tinjau/Look out point area where i caught Giant Bu is from the small red bamboo plants beside the stairs on the way up to the view structure building. The place where u and Dan hunt for FS near the spider lily plants is the place i caught the green spiders last time and some small average size FS.

Wa.. you also went to the Embassy row place to catch FS.. tat place have alot female fs with eggs . There also have alot average size male FS.
Last time i caught Chaos from there, its a good FS habitat place. Hope the FS there will repopulate back. Nowdays very few place in town can find FS habitat. Even in Tasik Perdana Garden FS there is not many.

How big is the FS you and Dan caught? Is it as big as Chaos or Archilles?

This post has been edited by viper88: Jan 28 2009, 11:36 AM

I think so. I will try to get some close-up shots on it later.

Wow, thanks adrian for bringing me into this forum. It's a real joy looking at all the fellow spider catchers. During my sch time I used to have my senior doing all the catching and he amazed me with his good catches. When He left I took his mantle but wasnt lucky or skillfull like you guys. But there are still some things that puzzled me that until now I am not able to understand. For me I know there are strangely three types of fighting spiders I have seen. first one is the green guy with black legs and yes a white face is a Kang and a boo is black faced female (sounds like a indian village story hahaha!), the second is a blue body type same version and third is the black body guy which a rarity we call him "suck one"..i didnt know the proper term is chop. Normally in tournaments we get to fight the big ones and always the one with the longest arm span/stamina wins heads down but there times when mates bring their suck ones to win the tournament..always these elite ones win. My senior was the school champion ( caught with our joined effort)..we had a medium built chop black but he died of starvation after a month of my senior forgetting to bring on a trip...sad story for a school champion..to think of it today.
Anyway there is another two things i wish to mention. One we notice when we put a normal fighting style male with a virgin to make a family, once the male had his family..he transform into a chop fighter..not sure why. The term for these male of the family is called ang-ka-boa..not sure where this term was derived but my senior always says this. The other one was that after keeping a spider for two day his green or blue tends to diminish and he will become a black spidey..but ofcourse his fighting gives out that he is actually a normal fighter.

I catch them behind my school at the plantation. Haven caught a really big one soo far..it's my young time dream come true if I catch one.

omg..so scary!
Can teach me how to catch?
I saw spider I sure roll the newspaper and kill it.XD

Different types of leaves have diffent fighting style FS.. some are much bigger, stronger or fiercer but some more gentle excellent fighter tat can be trained to become fierce fighter as well.
I caught Hope with a female FS inside its nest but i released the female FS after few weeks. Hope was a strong fighter but definitely not a fierce chop type. After spar defeated other FS and also Jack, few weeks later Hope become timid abit but suddenly Hope becomes very agile and hunger for blood. I noticed Hope appetite is more and when eating its food, Hope will bite and suck it very long.. much more longer than before.. maybe to make sure its prey really DEAD

There are few different colour for FS.
Shinning Green - Common normal fighters
Pale Green - Experience strong fighters..
Blueish Green - Strong big size fighters?
Dark black Green - Fierce chop fighters.

I loves FS.. FS hunting experiences, keep & train FS and what i like the most is to see my top FS fight against other strong FS.
I've done my part contributing in FS fights since this forum starts last year.
Thanks to Mindstorm for giving good supports and fight FS with me.

Since its your young time dream, now you are more ready to start and go out achieving it. Don't give up.


This post has been edited by viper88: Feb 1 2009, 12:18 PM

hi im new to this forum..
but not new to fighting spider...
your thread is very inspirational..
after reading it, i went spider hunting in Singapore...
caught a few of it ..

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Added on February 2, 2009, 10:52 pmThis post has been edited by kopPao: Feb 2 2009, 10:54 PM

Nice catch. Pic looks like an average small size male FS.
Any more other pics or videos of ur FS caught?

Riper looks big in this previous video captured by Mindstorm..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLdCbXrciuU...re=channel_page

Here's Riper vs Draco previous video captured using my pda hp.. Riper average size FS only

Riper is a fierce fighter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVA5FGtOl1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al5EHWcUAAY...re=channel_page

Large FS is hard to find nowdays.

Large/big FS i caught bfr was Archilles, Chaos, Spartan, Hades, Celltel, Sigma.

Riper is about Hope and Xinan size only.


This post has been edited by viper88: Feb 3 2009, 05:29 PM