Xenesthis immanis Female

[Tarantulabas1993]

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[Tarantulabas1993]

This is my tarantula I own I just thought I would show her off.

 

[Konstantin]

Hi
Glad yoy did.She is gorgeous

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

Hey,

Thank you very much.

 

[Konstantin]

Are they normaly that leggy(seems leggy from the pic) as a species.Any particular husbandry tips as thinking getting few slings of them myself
Regards Konstantin

 

[menavodi]

Great picture, good looking!

 

[ExMember]

Awesome tarantula! Such a beauty!

Are they normaly that leggy(seems leggy from the pic) as a species.Any particular husbandry tips as thinking getting few slings of them myself
Regards Konstantin

All the ones I have seen are pretty leggy.

 

[Konstantin]

Just wandered.
Leggy or not is awesome looking spider

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

Just wandered.
Leggy or not is awesome looking spider

Hello,
This is a female, as she gets older she will bulk up alittle but yes it's a leggy species. Males are bright colored and short lived while females are a dull but dark purple with charcoal legs and long lived. I keep min in a 6 gallon enclosure with 5 inches of substrate, hide, and a fake plant. They are moisture dependent with high humidity but like all tarantulas if your comfortable they are comfortable. Just make sure you mist it a couple times a week when they reach juvenile stage.

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

They do bolt, but if you provide for them plenty of substrate they will calm down.

 

[Rs50matt]

Just out of curiosity. I'm assuming this picture is taken with camera flash? Looks too colourful to me to be female (I'll add I don't keep this species) I'm guessing you've sexed its moult yourself?

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

It was a confirmed female from Jamie's tarantulas website. Males are a more colorful while females are darker. Yes I have a flash camera which I used to capture this picture. In what way do you think its male? I'm curious

 

[Rs50matt]

Like I said it looked too colourful to be a female. The flash would explain it.

 

[ilovebrachys]

It doesn't look very bulky built either as far as I'm aware adult females are solid stocky spiders... How big is this T out of interest ?

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

She is about 3 inches, the flash I can understand could cause a misinterpretation.

 

[Tarantulabas1993]

Either way, it's a beautiful tarantula