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Para mongo zebra (A. fracta) x0
Giant whiteknee (A. geniculata) x6
Avicularia:
Pinktoe (A. avicularia) x2
"Goliath pinktoe" (A. "braunshauseni")
"Big purple pinktoe" (A. "Bolivia #2")
Ecuadorian wooly (A. huriana)
Yellow banded pinktoe (A. jurenesis)
Whitetoe (A. metallica) x4
Venezuelan redstripe (A. minatrix)
Ecuadorian purple (A. purpurea) x2
Peruvian pinktoe (A. urticans)
Antilles pinktoe (A. versicolor)
Brachypelma:
Curlyhair (B. albopilosum)x0
Michoacan orange (B. baumgarteni)
Mexican fireleg (B. boehmei) x2
Mexican redknee (B. smithi)
Mexican redrump (B. vagans)
Ceratogyrus:
Straighthorned (C. cornuatus)
Chilobrachys:
"Blue chevron" (C. fimbratus)
Chromatopelma:
Greenbottle blue (C. cyaneopubescens) x5
Citharischius:
King Baboon (C. crawshayi)
Cyclosternum:
Costa Rican tigerrump (C. fasciatum)
Cyriopagopus:
Malaysian earthtiger (C. thorelli)
Ephebopus:
"Blue fang" (E. cyanognathus)
Grammostola:
"Brazilian redrump" (G. actaeon)
"Brazilian tawnyred" (G. mollicoma) x0
Brazilian Black (G. pulchra)
Chilean rose (G. rosea) x0
"Chaco golden stripe" (Grammostola sp.)
Haplopelma:
Cobalt blue (H. lividum) x2
Heteroscodra:
Togo starburst (H. maculata)
Hysterocrates:
Camaroon red (H. gigas) x2
Megaphobema:
Columbian giant redleg (M. robustum)
Nhandu:
Brazilian red (N. carapoensis)
Brazilian black&white (N. coloratovillosus)
"Hi-white" morph (N. coloratovillosus?)
Pamphobeteus:
Brazilian pink (P. sp. "platyomma")
Poecilotheria:
Sri Lankan ornamental (P. fasciata)
Salem ornamental (P. formosa)
Fringed ornamental (P. ornata)
Indian ornamental (P. regalis)
Redslate ornamental (P. rufilata) x2
Psalmopoeus:
Trinidad chevron (P. cambridgei) x0
Suntiger (P. irminia)
Panama blond (P. pulcher)
Pterinochilus:
"Usambara" orange (Pterinochilus sp.) x0
Stromatopelma:
Featherleg (S. calceatum)
Tapinauchenius:
"Orange treespider" (T. gigas) x0
Theraphosa:
Goliath birdeater (T. blondi)
True spiders:
Bold jumper (Phidippus audax)
"Tan jumping spider" (Metacyrba undata)
Wolf spiders (Lycosa sp.?)
Myriopods:
Florida blue centipede
(Hemiscolopendra marginata)
Giant Peruvian centipede
(Scolopendra sp. "gigantea robusta")
Red head centipede
(Scolopendra heros castaneiceps)
Insects:
Camaroon mantis
(Sphodromantis sp.)
Madagascan hissing cockroaches
(Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Lobster roaches
(Naphoeta cinerea)
House crickets
(Acheta domesticus)
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Salem ornamental (Poecilotheria formosa)
Quick stats: |
 Starting to get some color... |
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Species Information: Poecilotheria formosa is a somewhat uncommon pokey native to India. They supposedly have purple highlights which distinguish them from others of their genus. They're fast and can be defensive, and like all the pokeys, can inflict a painful bite. Not a beginner's spider by any stretch.
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Feeding: She takes full sized crickets now. |
| Housing: I've moved her into one of my standard 5.5 gallon arboreal enclosures.. She's constructed a retreat similar to the other pokeys. A mass of webbing covered in substrate behind the cork bark, combined with some burrowing. I try to keep the humidity around 70-80%. It's usually about 80-82°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. |  This is her current residence. |
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Temperment: HE's quite fast, like all the pokes and seems to be the most defensive of all of them as well. He's gone into a threat posture before, but is mostly just shy. |
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