Birthday Tarantula Pics/ID

yep. b. emilia

Go back and kick his ass.. thats a B.emilia nice T connie grats on that.. not alot of them in Europe

Isnt there? is it quite a good one to have then?

When I return to the shop next week I will tell them of their mistake!

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AWESOME tarantula!! Much cooler than B. smithi in my opinion. I have to say I'm a little jealous of Adam.

so am I right in that we are very lucky to have a lovely looking tarantula. Now the most lovely to me is the "cobalt blue"
But im sure that will be a few years before we have one of them

He is very pleased with his gift and strangly so am I! I wont touch it or hold it though, and im sure he wont but...never in a million years would I hold something as big as that

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congrats! shes a beauty.

she/he we dont know yet.

He did mist the tank last night, she/he didnt like it. nearly ran out the tank. was only ONE spray. in the morning he/she was on the glass...I guess wanted to get higher up and dryer? or maybe just chilling out on the glass by the "air" bit

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*Connie* wrote:

so am I right in that we are very lucky to have a lovely looking tarantula. Now the most lovely to me is the "cobalt blue"
But im sure that will be a few years before we have one of them

He is very pleased with his gift and strangly so am I! I wont touch it or hold it though, and im sure he wont but...never in a million years would I hold something as big as that

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the cobalt blue is really nice but arent they really vicious? if not please tell me immediately coz my local pet shop has got like 10 of them and they are AMAZING!!!

Haplopelma lividum is very agressive Ts.. and shouldnt be keept by beginners..

Kejser wrote:

Haplopelma lividum is very agressive Ts.. and shouldnt be keept by beginners..

And, you should keep them on a thick layer of peat. As a first T, I thinks most people will find them boring, since they spend the most of their lives safely hidden in their burrows.

we wont be buying any more for a long while yet. I have always just found the colbalt very attractive with its lovely bright blue.

But scorpio, we have a brachypelma Emilia not anything else at the moment.

Well, it looks like a great first tarantula to me! Lori says this is a gorgeous species.

Funny thing about the cobalt -- our friends' is NEVER out of its burrow, but when Lori and I bug-sat it was out every night! It must have liked us.

thank you Mike I think its a lovely first Tarantula too one of many...but not too many im sure!

He does have water in his tank now! He did try to dask OUT the tank but all is well and good! He hasnt made any webbing yet though!
Does that mean he isnt settled yet?

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Probably. Just give it some time; Lori's brachys don't web a whole lot. Neither does her rosie, actually.

he/she did make some sorta web yesterday, but by this morning it was gone *raises eyebrows* maybe he didnt like it?
I assumed their webs went along the floor and not up and about like this one was!

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*Connie* wrote:

he/she did make some sorta web yesterday, but by this morning it was gone *raises eyebrows* maybe he didnt like it?
I assumed their webs went along the floor and not up and about like this one was!

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Beautiful spider!
At that size you are probably safe to say "she"
terrestrials will web then tear it down when they want,need,etc... sometimes several times a day until they have settled down.

*Connie* wrote:

its 3 inches big at the moment. The Tarantula including leggies
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It looks bigger in the first picture

Scott Land wrote:

*Connie* wrote:

he/she did make some sorta web yesterday, but by this morning it was gone *raises eyebrows* maybe he didnt like it?
I assumed their webs went along the floor and not up and about like this one was!

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Beautiful spider!
At that size you are probably safe to say "she"
terrestrials will web then tear it down when they want,need,etc... sometimes several times a day until they have settled down.

plus you cant allways sex them by size, you need them to molt to be sure best way of doing it

yeah he/she does look big in the picture, but its still young. Its about a year old we were told *CB*
I have had a look underneath but cant see anything that would help on sexing...

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*Connie* wrote:

yeah he/she does look big in the picture, but its still young. Its about a year old we were told *CB*
I have had a look underneath but cant see anything that would help on sexing...

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Next molt TRY and get a pic of the epigastric furrow so we can determine the sex,I still think it is a she,though!! Either way it is a magnifiscent Tarantula!! Good luck Connie and boyfriend!!

After the next moult *will be a while as been told when we bought it that it moulted a week before* will try to get a picture for you guys.

Cecil is currently hugging the glass. we have put outside a heat mat...guess the little one was cold!
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Ok. so now he wants a curly hair tarantula:Brachypelma albopilosa

I have to admit im a bit concerned since read on the internet it can be agressive and skittish and very good at escaping!!!

It says its a burrowing tarantula! So what substrate? the soil and vercumilate we can buy in the shop or just soaked plantation soil?

We wont rehome the tarantula until I see your replies

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B. albo is great -- Dragontears from AB donated one to the bug zoo, and she's perfect for taking out and showing the kids, even letting them pet her legs. I think it's a great beginner T. I describe it to the kids as a "furry rock with 8 legs."

The best substrate I can recommend for any T is just cocofiber kept to the appropriate moisture level for the species (in this case, dry with a water dish).