A. chalcodes

[Zurchiboy]

Just arrived. This is after he crawled out of the container he shipped in.

 

[khatchet]

Congrats on the new tarantula, she looks amazing!

 

[Nicolas C]

Could you believe that I've waited for years before finally finding a chalcodes? They are so rare (= so desired!) around here in Switzerland... And I wanted one so bad...!

Congrats on your new acquisition, enjoy their beauty and calmness (though there are exceptions).

 

[Zurchiboy]

Mines an exception lol. Though it depends were it is in its enclosure. It defends its hide and water dish viscously while if in other places its quite docile. It's a fun species to have and quite the pig. Took down 2 crickets in a day. Had a small abdomen so I decided to feed it more.

 

[Entity]

Congrats! on my wishlist. and good call on the feedings. i feel better when mine r nice and plump too!

 

[kormath]

You got the 3" from Ken? Mine is the same way. Very protective of things in the enclosure, but if your not near her plant, hide, or dish, she doesn't care. Very good eater too, except for worms, she used to eat those but has now grown to ignore them. And if i believed in coincidence it happened right after we fed her her first lateralis roaches

 

[Zurchiboy]

A better photo of her. Waiting on a friend to bring his awesome camera to take awesome close ups of her. And our Other T after it molts. Sling is our b smithi of premolt edition lol. That photo is a week old. Abdomen is pretty much black now. The flash exagerates its color.

 

[Zurchiboy]

My friend finally came over. got some awesome Close ups.

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[Entity]

Beautiful gotta get one of these guys!

 

[Kymura]

absolutely lovely!

 

[Zurchiboy]

Interesting experience. My normally reclusive a chalcodes is just out an about today. I decided to handle it took off sprinting once it had crawled completely into my hand. had to do the typical bring your had around but in fast motion. It is warm today maybe since it had been very cold recently the warm weather triggered it to come out. So any other theories on this new behavior.

 

[Entity]

just used to it environment. or getting older. when they get older they come out more sometimes...i mean all of mine did.

 

[Zurchiboy]

Ah. Guess it's used to its enclosure. Had it for week now

 

[MassExodus]

Great looking specimen. I've always liked the looks of chalcodes. Course, I have a thing for blonds..

 

[Zurchiboy]

Could you believe that I've waited for years before finally finding a chalcodes? They are so rare (= so desired!) around here in Switzerland... And I wanted one so bad...!

Congrats on your new acquisition, enjoy their beauty and calmness (though there are exceptions).

Do you own one then? You should take a vacation to sw USA. Its crawling with chalcodes. All you have to do is smuggle them back to switzerland lol

 

[MassExodus]

Could you believe that I've waited for years before finally finding a chalcodes? They are so rare (= so desired!) around here in Switzerland... And I wanted one so bad...!

Congrats on your new acquisition, enjoy their beauty and calmness (though there are exceptions).

I know how you feel. I would be content if I could have just one more spider in my collection: The P arano pollito. I have to torture myself watching videos of people in other countries raising them..I search all the time but I don't think they're in the US yet.