Pinktoe (Avicularia avicularia) Quick stats: Type: Arboreal Size (approx): 4"? Male?, 1"? Unsexed Feeding: Appropriately sized crickets, roaches Enclosures: Medium pet-pal (set on end), large vial Substrate: 1-2" potting soil Furnishings: Cork bark for climbing Temp/Humidity: 80-84°F, 70-75% Humidity Temperment: Docile but speedy Recieved From: Arachnocentric on 06/07/2000, 12/06/2000 The A. avicularia's photo album

Starting to get some rather lovely color.

Species Information: I bought one of these spiders from Arachnocentric at the same time as the P. cambridgei, A. fracta and P. formosa. I also got another thrown in with the breeding groups I recieved on 12/06/2000. This is the common pinktoe everyone is familiar with. They're also sometimes called Guyana pinktoes. The older one is supposed to be a larger morph with lots of red hairs, and it's proved to be quite colorful so far. These spiders are common throughout the Amazon Basin, and make are in the hobby as well.

Feeding: The older one has graduated up to large crickets now, but the little one is still eating rather small ones.

Housing: The cage for the older spider is a common medium sized pet-pal set on end. The lid has been modified by gluing some plastic in one end to hold in the substrate. There is a cork bark slab for climbing. The smaller one is set up in a large vial (the one for shipping the big male geniculata), with cork bark and some substrate. I try to keep the humidity around 70-75%. It's usually about 80-84°F in my spider room, where it is kept. Because it's still really too small for a water dish, humidity is maintained by misting and moist substrate. The big one has constructed a tube of webbing in the upper part of the cage, not attached to the cork slab at all... The smaller one has put just a little webbing in its vial.

This cage for the P. formosa is identical to the one fo the A. avicularia.

Temperment: As is the reputation for this species, they are tame. They're still small though, so no definate judgements can be made.

So far, she seems quite tame.

Molting: #1   Date   Old LS   New LS     06/22/2000   ½"?   ¾"?     07/17/2000   ¾"?   1"?     08/17/2000   1"?   1½"?      - Notes: Slighly darker color.   09/19/2000   1½"?   2"?      - Notes: Darker color, but still has abdomen chevrons.   10/29/2000   2"?   2¾"?      - Notes: Surprisingly bright color (blues, greens and reds).   12/17/2000   2¾"?   3½"     02/16/2001   3½"   4"?     05/02/2000   4"?   4½"     #2   Date   Old LS   New LS     01/10/2001   ½"?   ¾"?     02/15/2001   ¾"?   1"?     03/24/2001   1"?   1¼"?

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