27 New Tarantulas (pix!!)

[Jessica Dring]

Hi all!
Got a suprise from my boyfriend the other week.He managed to get every species of T that I currently wanted, without my knowing, and more, from Lee at the Spidershop! I got my first Baboon Tarantula (or first 17!!http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/spideys/O_o.gif) and all but one was very well behaved! No threat postures, but very fast. I got my first Aphonopelma species, which I've been desperate for!!
So without further ado, here are the pictures!!

Aphonopelma hentzi (Texas Brown Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0029.jpg


Aphonopelma sp."New River" (New River Rust Rump Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0041.jpg


Aphonopelma sp."Flagstaff" (Flagstaff Orange Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0038.jpg


Aphonopelma sp."Payonsi" (Payson Blonde Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0036.jpg

Aphonopelma sp."Blue" (Guatamalan Blue Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0031.jpg


Pterinochilus lugardi (Fort Hall Baboon Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0022.jpg


Eucratoscelus pachypus (Stout Leg Baboon Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0046.jpg


Aphonopelma iodius (Salt Lake Brown Tarantula)
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0056.jpg


Ceratogyrus marshalli (Straight Horned Baboon Tarantula) x10!!
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0060.jpg


Ceratogyrus darlingi (Eastern Horned Baboon Tarantula) x5!
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0053.jpg


AND I got these two freebies!!! What a lucky girl I am!!

Aphonopelma sp."Flagstaff" (Flagstaff Orange SA) - Aptly named Pandora!

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0037.jpg


Grammostola Rosea (Chilean Rose SA) Named Wilbur http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/jessicadring/2008_0413Fujifinepix0042.jpg


All the spiders arrived healthy, and pretty laid back. Except for one C. marshalli sling that made a break for it and threw himself on his back in threat posture :ROFL:(the one in the picture). He's since had a bean weevil and made a nice home http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif They're all little darlings, with the Aphonopelma sp."Flagstaff"'s being the most docile, like puppies they is! Very pleased with my order, and have 4 P. ornatas coming this week! Also getting 4 P. metallica in the next few weeks! :grinno: All have made their homes, and are very happy. I even rehouse the Haplopelma minax (what a job that was :screwy:)
Now have a collection of 38 T's, will have 42 this week :)
Enjoy x

[invisyblegypsey]

WOW AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coura]

Lucky girl:D:headbang2

[angelo21]

sweeeeeet!!!!!!!!

[reptech]

great t's

[Colubrids&Boids]

Nice additions
i especially like the
P. Lugardi
what no B. vagans?

[mkman]

very nice!

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

Nice t's but your missing my favorite, Pterinochilus murinus

[Onion01]

wow, that's awesome! So, is he getting lucky? :D

[logo]

Those are some great Ts!

[davo]

Those are some pretty sweet additions. You had a good experiance with that supplier then? They got a website?

[katschamne]

Awesome tarantulas!!! The Aphonopelma hentzi is also called the Oklahoma brown. We have two and they are so sweet, they are hubby's favorite. Now you need a Aphonopelma anax (Texas Brown Tarantula).

I wish we were getting the P. metallicas. We have a friend that might have a egg sac soon. If it is successfully we will pick up a few. How readily available are they over they by you. Here they are usually hard to come by and often $125 a sling.

[Mad About Cichlids]

Wow that's a very nice selection, great pix too.

[nigaharu]

Wow great looking collection.

[DelRosario]

wow nicee

[js302]

sweet! Looks like your boyfriend knows the way to your heart!
what kind of camera are you using to take those pics Jessica?

[chloe]

lol u know im scared of them but i always have to look....they r beautiful, il give u that lol
x

[Vicious_Fish]

Sweet T's Jess!

[Jessica Dring]

Thanks for the comments guys&girls! :headbang2
To answer some q's:
I have previously purchased two Brachypelma vagans. Unfortantely, they died about an hour after arriving. No death curl or nothing, and they were half dead coming out of the box, so I'm guessing they got bashed around or something. Saying that, the rest of the order I got from the same seller, later died out of the blue, so we don't use that seller anymore.

Everything we get now comes from Lee (www.thespidershop.co.uk (http://www.thespidershop.co.uk)) now, and I've had no DOA's, I've only had one or two problems with the order and he's quickly replaced it. He couldn't send the P. ornatas with this order, hence the freebies! Unfortantely haven't seen any B. vagans for sale with Lee, but they are on the list.

Dava, I reccomend Lee fully over any other UK supplier. The reason we've spent about a grand with him so far. I couldn't imagine having another supplier.

I'm not too fussed with Pterinochilus murinus if I'm honest, theres a lot more species I'd rather have, such as the P metallica.

Kat, P metallicas aren't really available in the UK. Mine are coming from Germany. Re: A hentzi, I'm aware they are being more commonly called Oklahoma Browns nowadays, but when I was first introduced to the species, they're common name was always Texas Brown, and thats how I'll always remember them. Not that I wish to debate over common names, as they really mean jack **** in the Tarantula hobby. B. smithi, B. boehmei and B. emilia all often get labelled 'Mexican Red Leg' in society, which is a perfect example of why common names mean nout to me, and I only care for scientific names. The purpose of using a common name at all with the pictures, was so perhaps those a little less Tarantula savvy could relate too.

A. anax (more now commonly called Texas Tan's) are nice T's, but they are too variable for my liking. Perhaps if I got to pick out of a load of adults. I'd want the 'dullest' sandy coloured one possible. I must be crazy haha.

Boyf certainly does know the way to my heart, by big hairy scary T's :D He's already on about the next shipment :eek::headbang2
The camera is Fujifinepix s1000fd :)
Thanks Chlo, you know I will eventually get you into T's :P

[gigas12]

Hi,really nice collection!

[Armand]

Hi.


Very nice tarantula collection you've got there.


Tarantulas are def. awesome and somehow beautiful animals however i wouldnt keep them, I like to see them but not to keep them....


Cheers.

[Hap3niz]

sweeet!!!

[katschamne]

Yea, Jess I know how terrible common names are. Scientific names is all hubby uses. Me I go back and forth but I'm getting better at the scientific names. There are some T's that I only know by it's scientific and I have to stop and think of the common name. I wish I could send you some B. vagans slings we have 5 right now we picked them up for $3.00 a piece.

It's funny hubby used to play with the A. hentzi when he was a kid. He grew up in Oklahoma so he just had to go out into his yard. When he was able to pick one up from the local reptile show he jumped on it.

I can wait until we find a P. metallica. I saw an adult female in person about a month ago. One of hubby's dealers brought one to the reptile show by accident. He told my husband that he had something to show him but that it wasn't for sale. It was beautiful.