Grammostola pulchra Before And After A Molt

After close to a month without eating, our female Grammostola pulchra finally molted (3/18/11). She is beginning to show her adult coloration and the difference is night and day.

~ C Percha

Geni Culata

Lol... we don't name our T's, but this is the clever name my husband came up with for my A. geniculata - Geni Culata. Ha - tarantula joke. Anyhow....

My genic molted AGAIN 3-21-11. That's exactly one month past her last molt. She's growing quickly!

~ B. Percha

New Avicularia amazonicas!

I purchased two young Avicularia amzonicas (AKA Amazon Giant Pink Toe) a little over a month ago and they are both doing great. One of them is definitely a female but the other was too small at the time to determine the sex. They both molted within a week of purchasing them. Even though they are small their color is already great. I’m told they are really impressive as adults. Information on amazonicas is almost non existent on the web.

I am working hard to write an accurate care sheet for the species. If anyone has any experience with them I would love to get any information you can provide.

~ C Percha

New T's

Just some basics, but I'm happy. Last weekend at the reptile show I picked up a couple spiders from my wish list. I got a Lasiodora paraybana (Giant Salmon Pink Birdeater) and a Grammostola rosea RCF (Rose Hair Tarantula - Red color phase). These won't be part of any of my breeding projects. I simply wanted one monster spider, and one that I could hold from time to time.

I love the Rosy. She's always out hangin' around on her log. She's pretty, active, and calm. Just a cute little display T.


I'm pretty excited about the Lasiodora too. I can't wait to see how quickly it grows. It kicks a little, but seems reasonably calm - not too skittish. A few days after putting her in her new enclosure she burried herself under her cork bark (completely sealed in) and has refused a couple meals - so I'm wondering if she may be in pre-molt. I'm anxious to find out.


We also picked up some roaches to begin a feeder colony. There was a guy there who had an incredible variety of roach species - I'd say he had at least 30 + species with him, and he said he works with more than 70 species! We explained to him what we were looking for in a feeder roach, and we ended up with African Bullet Roaches (Bantua robusta). I had been very leary of the whole roach thing, but they're actaully very entertaining to watch. They do move pretty quick, but don't seem to scatter too much or try to get out of their container when you open it. I quite like them in fact.


~ B. Percha

N. chromatus Reemerges!

Well, I rehoused my Nhandu in a small tank to give her a little more room since she apparently wanted to burrow but didn't have the space to do it. I put her in the new tank, and she dug, and dug, and dug....

I would occasionally see her toes poking out from under the cork bark where the entrance to her tunnel was. Then, nothing. For two and a half weeks I waited and wondered if she was still alright. Finally I took up the corkbark and poked around the entrance of her hole-to-china tunnel. After finding nothing I had to leave for an appointment, and on my return - BAM! There was this BIG beautiful Nhandu chromatus against the glass of the tank! Okay, still only around 3", but HUGE compared to what she had been when she "went missing".

At this new larger size I figured she was large enough to be sexed and took her to the show this past weekend. Happy to say I have a confirmed female. :)


~ B. Percha