Poecilotheria rufilata

[Tarcan]

Here is one immature female P. rufilata.

This species is a lot less nervous and defensive then P. ornata. They are quite stunning in coloration too.

Martin

[TheRedDragon]

Beautiful! You have some really nice looking tarantulas! :)

[Tarcan]

Thank you RedDragon, I will try to post more pictures.

[crocsnhots]

Nice! I love your T pics. Inverts are amazing creatures, I really need to start keeping some again. :)

[Tim and Julie B]

Definately my favorite species of T.

[jay76]

VERY nice T. It's got some nice colours on it for sure!

[Tarcan]

But the nicest colors on this baby are underneath...

The ventral surfaces of the femurs of the pedipalps and legs I are a strong irridiscent blue! Something to see! But hard to photograph...

And Crocsnhots, yes you really need to go back with keeping Ts!LOL Thanks for the nice comments...

Take care

Martin

[Tim and Julie B]

Eventually I would like to have all the ornamental species I can get.

[Tarcan]

Well, for the moment there are officially 11 Poecilotheria species in the hobby... some of them I had to work quite hard to obtain, but I have them all... I will post some more pics when I get the chance to take more...

You can easily find P. regalis, P. ornata and P. fasciata... at affordable price, they are all stunning species, well worth the money...

Then a little rarer but nor too hard to get, P. formosa and P. rufilata... both amazing animals and very different looking...

Currently, P. perderseni are available but expect to pay good money, and P. striata... those two are less "unique" looking and are "less" worth the buy except for someone that is very interested in this genus... in other words, for someone that wants one or two of this genus, spare money and buy the previous species...

Very difficult to get are REAL P. subfusca... be careful make sure you get those from an extremely reliable source (and I would ask for a money back guaranty if they do not turn out to be the real stuff)... it seems a lot of P. ornata get sold as P. subfusca by unreliable people... you can expect to pay P. subfusca very expensive... they are a difficult species to breed... and an absolutly amzing species, possibly the prettiest of all, second to P. metallica...

Then you have P. miranda, very expensive, but available... newly introduced at the end of last year... beautiful animal indeed...

P. metallica are all sold out as we speak and prices are EXTREMELY INSANE for someone who buys them retail... but they are possibly the most amazing species of tarantula I ever saw!

And last but not least, I can pretty much safely say that it is almost impossible to get your hands on P. smithi... defenitly the rarest Poke... they are hard to breed and not a lot of hobbyist have specimens... males are extremely hard to find... to make things worst, their natural habitat is supposed to be pretty much all destroyed (by forest fires)... not that it changes anything for the hobby as Sri Lanka does not permit export of it's life fauna, but a very unfortunate thing as far as the species is concerned... I hope to breed my female eventually...

Good luck in your Poke hunt they are worth the effort...

Martin

[reverendsterlin]

you can definitely send any poke slings this way lol. I'll try to get a pic of my Aphonopelma behlei soon, I almost never see them offered retail. I've seen the P. striata and perderseni slings at 1/2 inch going for $65-75 USD, I think the metallica ad I saw here in the US was gone in 48 hours.

[Tarcan]

The P. metallica went very fast indeed, they were hyped for such a long time that everyone were eagerly awaiting some...

They went, if I remember, for between 400 USD and 500 USD... but they were really well started, almost impossible to have some die at that size...

I picked up my four specimens the exact same evening they landed in North America! I will try my shot at inbreding...

My male is on a slow diet and I am boosting my three females... one has already 2 molts in advance to the male, he just molted and this female will molt soon... looking good

I am incubating some P. regalis eggs, but it does not look too good. The female had buil the web over her water dish... after a week, the eggsac got a little wet, I battled the female for it, I had to open it and dry the eggs out... I still keep my fingers crossed...

Martin

[CDN-Cresties]

Sweet looking T!!!

-Steve-

[Tim and Julie B]

P. formosa was my first T! It has done quite well. I can't believe how quick they grow! Red Slate or Fringed are next.

[woody]

I think I may get one of the Poecilotheria species next. I was a tad hesitant because of the horror stories regarding their speed and venom but I've been keeping H. maculata and have had no trouble (and if they're not fast I dunno what is - plus their venom is supposed to be a bit worse than most as well).

[reptilesalonica]

Very very beautiful!!! I want one :p
~Greg~

[Tarcan]

Resurrecting the dead threads!

Here are more recent pics of one of my P. rufilata females...

[Tarcan]

From under, ready to jump at me!

Not quite, this specimen is very relaxed, actually I find P. rufilata to be the most "docile" Poecilotheria spp.

[Tarcan]

Last one, better dorsal view...

[manville]

nice pictures i am gonna buy my first pokie soon

[Andrew vV]

heres a ventral of a moult

[Andrew vV]

recent shot of a female