Cyriocosmus elegans

[Tarcan]

Well, here it is... in all it's half an inch glory!LOL

I was lucky tonight, it was out of it's burow munching on a cricket...

The picture is not too great, but those specimens are still extremely small...

This is the "morph" without the black triangle on the prosoma originating from Venezuela...

I do not have pictures yet of the other morph, you can go on Rick West's site to have a look how nice they are... but I will post some as soon as mince are big enough...

Enjoy

Martin

[Tarcan]

Here is another one of the same specimen... I am so crazy about those!

They are so voracious... the funniest thing to watch attack it's prey... you would never guess something so tiny would be so ravanous!

[Vanan]

Is this another dwarf species? Looks like most of the T's with the tiger type markings stay small. Just a personal observation.

[Tarcan]

This is a real dwarf... remember I posted a link to a pic of two Cyriocosmus leetzi mating in a hand to give everyone a idea of the relative size... when I got those slings last August (I think) they were the smallest thing I ever saw... like 1/6 inch... those who think a hatchling of A. geniculata or L. parahybana aint see nothing!LOL

Remember that the spider sold as Cyclosternum fasciatum in the hobby gets fairly big in size, not really a dwarf... the similar looking Metriopelma zebratum is one though... much smaller...

Take care

Martin

[Dragoon]

I'd be soooo scared to purchase something that small!
So I take it, they are the same size as hatching crickets? Smaller? Would you even bother keeping substrate in with such a tiny sling? I'm curious to know how the husbandry of dwarfs differs from 'normal' tarantulas, what you would have to do differently?

Thats a subject definitely not discussed often. How did you learn to care for them, Tarcan?

Oh, and BTW, my A.geroldi molted sucessfully again!
mmmwwhhaaahaaahaha....
She's now about an inch and a half, and big color change this molt. Very dark blue/green, she's a beaut. I'm past critical now, eh? :)
Cheers
D.

[Tarcan]

Dragoon,

The thing is that this genus is extremely hardy... almost unreal! And they are so voracious that it becomes a real joke to take care of them... so funny to watch... I find that they have the best entertainment valus in my whole collection!LOL

The spiderlings are about the size of a freshly hatched pinhead and that is almost pushing it, but they will tackle them without problem...

They will also readily scavenge, so it becomes a lot easier... but I prefer to give life food, just for the fun of it, when I can... I guess that even in nature, it would be hard for them to find adequate preys, so they probebly adapted to scavenge even more...

Learning to care for them was pretty much improvised... looking around for scarse info... there is a care sheet for C. leetzi in Verdez book, but it does not say much about the spiderlings...

Most of those dwarf slings I have will construct a tiny burrow, so I alwaus give them "plenty" of substrate... so the substrate is extremely impostant... and of course keep them in a tiny vial... you need good eyes...

Of a total of 40 C. elegans I had, I have not lost a single one...

I am so glad about the A. geroldi of yours Dragoon, it should be past the criticle indeed...

I have to leave for work... I will be out for the week end, so I am not sure if I will answer some more until Monday...

Take care

Martin