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Hi everyone, I have not posted in a while... I am going nuts with the income tax period... arrghhh!
At least I got a good news today in opening an eggsac of Holothele incei... all sounds very good...
The nickel is to give you an idea of the tiny size of the eggsac... I do not know yet how many babies it contains, but I will let you know as soon as I seperate them...
Funny how the eggsac camouflages itself on my counter!
Martin
Dragoon
04-19-04, 08:10 PM
WHHHOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!
Yay!!
I'm so happy for you! And, umm, well, ...the rest of us... heh heh...
How many times has this species been bred? Is this a Canadian first?
Did the mom put up a fight when you took her babycase away?
Did you know that shiny thing is called a 'quarter'?
hahahahahaha <grin>
Yeah, that's a beautiful sight!
D.
LOL, you are right, a quarter, sorry... ribbitt!
The female never put up a fight, it was almost sad in a way... I just pushed her away and took the sac...
I do not know if it has been bred in Canada before, probably at one point but often spiderlings offered of any species are captive born, this is 100% captive bred... it is not a species considered difficult to breed (even if it took me four eggsacs to get one fertile!LOL)...
I may have one more coming, I have my fingers crossed...
Martin
Emily-Fisher
04-21-04, 07:27 AM
NIIIIICE!!!
Wow... that is SO cool! And the little eggs with legs look adorable! You must be SO proud! Extremely awesome.. can't wait to see more pics! :D
Emily, I am a happy man indeed...
It seems the eggsac was more advanced then I thought... took this pic yesterday, the little ones are already crawling out of the sac...
Take care
Martin
~Suntiger~
04-22-04, 04:42 PM
Oh my god, they are too cute!! Congratulations, that's awesome news! :D
TheRedDragon
04-26-04, 05:48 PM
How adorable! Congratulations Martin! Holothele incei is such a beautiful species too, I love the intense gold that they can get. I don't know too much about their tempermant though, are they an aggressive species?
Not agressive at all... very fast though... but they will run for sure, never seen one yet remotly trying to defend itself...
I should have some new eggsacs soon of other species, will keep everyone posted...
Martin
Dragoon
04-26-04, 08:06 PM
Did someone say...."A.huriana"?
The fuzzy wuzzy furball of a pinktoed cutie?
We wait with bated breath...
D.
No, no one did D. (I think)... but for info, she just dropped yesterday... pretty big sac, keep your fingers crossed!
Andrew vV
05-01-04, 09:27 AM
Originally posted by Tarcan
keep your fingers crossed!
They are!!
That's totally neat how it camouflages with your counter... the speckle pattern jsut continues right through! Congrats on all the little guys and best of luck with the new egg sacs and projects :cool:
Andrew,
What kind of T is that in your avatar?
Andrew vV
05-01-04, 04:24 PM
Xenesthis immanis.......you like it??;)
Dragoon
05-02-04, 04:32 PM
Oh yes! Like it! Like it!
But even if you have hundreds of spare cash, .....its a long wait to find one! Martin had one on his list, and it didn't last long!
*sigh* Someday, I will have an immanis, and I will name it BushButt.
hahahaha
D.
Andrew vV
05-02-04, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by Dragoon
Oh yes! Like it! Like it!
But even if you have hundreds of spare cash, .....its a long wait to find one! Martin had one on his list, and it didn't last long!
*sigh* Someday, I will have an immanis, and I will name it BushButt.
hahahaha
D.
LOL, I cant think of a better name!!
Yeah, unfortunately this species will probably always be fairly expensive...and rare:(
I do believe one of mine is a male....You gotta female right Martin:)
Also @ Martin... Are your Xenesthis sp. "white" starting to look at all like sp. "blue" yet??
It's absolutely stunning...
X. immanis will always pretty much be expensive for one reason, supply is never enough for the demand... because, first even though this spider seems to have fair distribution in the wild, the originating countries do not permit commercial exports... second, captive reproduction is reputed to be extremely difficult, close to impossible... third, when eggsac is optained, clutches are small in numbers with big babies...
Funny thing is that the first time this spider was exported, people were seeing nothing more then another black boring animal... and adults sold for 10 to 15 USD... Yes!, now a female is pretty much priceless, people that have some will attempt selling them easily at 300 USD (I have seen some at 575 USD, LOL, that is pushing it...)
I have three females, possibly four... only one is mature though and I believe she is quite old... but what a monster she is!
My Xenesthis sp. "White" are Xenesthis sp. "White", I do not expect them to show any blue at any time of their lifes! Still, they have incredible legspan, seems more then X. immanis and X. intermedia, nice animal...
Martin
Do you guys like that one?
Not a Xenesthis spp., it is a Pamphobeteus spp.
Andrew vV
05-03-04, 10:17 PM
Originally posted by Tarcan
My Xenesthis sp. "White" are Xenesthis sp. "White", I do not expect them to show any blue at any time of their lifes! Still, they have incredible legspan, seems more then X. immanis and X. intermedia, nice animal...
Martin
LOL, thats precisely what I thought.....It is still being *argued* that they are X. sp. "blue" and I thought that somebody has to have specimens that are large enough by now to prove or disprove their ID by now!
And I thought X. immanis were leggy little buggers.....Lets see some pics of Xenesthis sp. "white" buddy!!!
Well, it is people who have purchased from the person that says they are the blue ones that need to prove the "theory" is right or wrong...
I know what mine are... but that does not prove the "other" ones are from the same batch as mine, but I really doubt the ones that are in question are the blue ones either, but that is only based on my logic... we shall see, it should prove to be very funny if we are right
OK, back to the main subject... here they come!
I should seperate them tomorrow, so I will be able to let you know how much I got in total...
And this is the proud mother of my children... I am sure the father would be equally proud, but he died doing the duty... mating with a fifth female... I guess he died happy...
Dragoon
05-05-04, 06:49 PM
hey, they all look like little pinktoes!
well, no...not really...the color is way off, but the boots are there! I just LOVE little black boots on a baby! It will be very interesting watching the color develop as they grow. I see the striped butt thing starts in infancy!
Oh, and Martin, see the one in the top left corner? The curious fella walking up to check out the camera? Can I buy THAT one?
hahahahahaha, have fun sorting out your beauties! I don't envy you the job of making sure EACH ONE gets fed and watered, though...that's a lot of little mouths to feed!
Take care
D.
I have reserved it for you D!LOL
All 63 of them... I just separated them...
Still a few extra that needs to molt... maybe 5 or 6, but I am not sure they will make it...
manville
05-07-04, 12:01 AM
nice setups of your tarantulas
TheRedDragon
05-12-04, 05:29 PM
Wow Martin, you must have had a fun time seperating all those little guys! *LOL* Great set-up by the way. I dream of having a tarantula room like that someday. :D
Ah well, it is always fun to split the small buggers... I usually do it pretty early before they become insanely fast!
Tim and Julie B
05-16-04, 01:52 PM
I gotta know! How on earth did you seperate them? I am going to try my hand at breeding soon as well.(ssshhhh......don't tell Julie! ;)) Congrads Martin that is awsome. TB
Oh my god! Tim, did I manage to resurrect you from the dead?
We have not seen you around in ages (unless I missed your posts)...
Seperating is very easy, you just need to be patient... I do it before they reach their full speed capacity... about 3 to 4 days after their 2nd instar molt... sometimes I seperate them when they are still embryos depending how I feel... that is even easier...
Take care
Martin
Tim and Julie B
05-17-04, 09:32 PM
No I am very much alive. (I think) . We have just been hermits lately (no internet).
Any special equipment for the task? Or do you just tell them to sit and stay? :D I would love to ask you for some breeding advice if that is ok? Can I PM or email you? Thanks TB
Hi Tim, you can PM me, no problem...
I pick them up with a little plastic cup one by one...
Tim and Julie B
05-19-04, 12:40 AM
Originally posted by Tarcan
I pick them up with a little plastic cup one by one...
Dahm! That is a heck of a way to spend a Friday night! :p 1....2....3...
Well, it cannot always go well...
I just removed my A. huriana eggsac... I am not a happy camper right now... well, better luck next time I guess...
Dragoon
05-24-04, 08:40 PM
But,....but.... but...
Can't you just remove some of the moldy ones? Not all of them are bad..are they?
:(
D.
Nope, all are bad... I believe infertile from the start...
Sorry!
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