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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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Redslate ornamental (Poecilotheria rufilata)
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 I can't wait until they get big! |
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Species Information: This species of Poecilotheria native to India is rarely bred in the US and I feel lucky to have some. They're the largest of the pokeys and supposedly the most communal (I'm not going to test that though). IMNSHO, they are also the prettiest. |
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Feeding: Medium crickets are the fare. They're tough little buggers and will accept oversized prey. |
| Housing: These spiders live in medium sized pet-pals set on end. The substrate is about an inch and a half of peat/vermiculite. There's a piece of cork bark for climbing. I try to keep the humidity around 70-75%. It's usually about 80-84°F in my spider room, where they are kept. Because they're still really too small for a water dish, humidity is maintained by misting and moist substrate. A small amount of webbing has been done in each cage. |
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Temperment: They're speedy spunky little demons. Feistier than other small pokeys I've worked with. They should live up to their reputation as speed demons when they grow up as well. |
 They sometimes run up my arm or something when I'm taking pictures. |
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