Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject: Eresus cinnaberinus
Ahhhh....
I drool every single time I see this pic. These are so interesting, I'm just reading up on them but at least some sp. seem to be social... in fact somewhere in wiki I read they are almost eusocial, participating in social rearing of their young and such. Great distribution in Europe, with the exception of Great Britain (I think).
(this is without counting the fact that the taxon has been divided into three species)
This is a little male: (pics from WikiPedia)
I shall now find me some CB babies or something like that . . . (high hopes) _________________ God does not play at dice AE
Those are very cool lookin, I wouldnt mind acouple myself _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
I have a couple of ppl that go in and out of Europe very often, though I highly doubt they would collect for me (not too fond of bugs ) _________________ God does not play at dice AE
hey,
I kept those. Since they need hibernation and spiderlings feed on the mother it´s not so easy to breed them. Additionally they´re protected here. _________________ Regards,
Bastian
hey,
I kept those. Since they need hibernation and spiderlings feed on the mother it´s not so easy to breed them. Additionally they´re protected here.
Man, that was lucky Bastian. I have read on their protection status and they seem to be protected in various other countries as well. If I'm correct they should be able to be sustained as a community of individuals, that's theory of course. I was thinking a 60 + gal tank. It would be interesting to see what kind of social life they live, if in fact they all contribute to their "society", and if they group per social status or not.
many other things about them are really interesting. The color variation between the three individual species, the difference of sexual organs and more.
Ahhhhhhh, let' do a field trip to Europe!!!!!!!.... ok back to reality. _________________ God does not play at dice AE
balam, good luck funding ANY Eresus in the US...There is only one person(outside of a couple universities) that has any...and he brought them in illegally. _________________ - Kevin aka What
Oderint dum metuant My photos
I figured they had to be brought in that way...
I am ambivalent to both sides of the coin. on the one end, I am actually for stricter laws on collection and import of several species (BIG problem with mexican Brachys), but that also puts a huge squeeze on hobbyist everywhere.
It would be fun to get around getting some though _________________ God does not play at dice AE
Very similar to E. cinnaberinus, but notice the hairs on the abdomen are bright orange, also there are two extra ebony spots towards the back of the abdomen. E. sandaliatus is a tad smaller in size and has never been found cohabiting with E. cinnaberinus. Darn it why do I like these so much !!!!
Here the male tries to pick up the scent of a female with the organs on its legs.
Oh yeah, E. sandaliatus never has red hairs on the fourth legs either (whereas E. cinnaberinus does) _________________ God does not play at dice AE
Well, we'll have to catch you some jumping spiders... the local red ones are almost as cute as those guys! :-) _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
THIS IS THE LIL GUY WE FOUND IN cABAZON
_________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Nope... Kevin probably knows what it is. I'm not very versed in true's _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
hi,
although they´re protected here, I´m officially allowed to keep a group of 8 specimen
Even my CBs would be legal.
Wow!!! that's nice... does the 8 specimen include your CB, or do they not fall under the permitted number...
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I know one site where they occur and I never found less than at least 10 webs per squaremeter.
I hate to burden you, but +10 per square meter sounds pretty good, are you researching these? and if so, how large of an area would you say they are limited to? (the area where you know they exist, I assume, is a wild area, if so, have you found them, let's say, 100 meters away?, 50 meters away? 25 meters away from the site where you know they inhabit? or are they endemic to a particular set of parameters that exist in the immediate vicinity of the area where you find them?
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Btw.: The cooccur with Atypus piceus.
That is one crazy looking sucker!!! Huge fangs. Found lots of info (in German... Damn I wish I could read German)
Looks like a mouse spider, haven't looked into it much, but I will, and if you don;t mind I will be asking you some questions on tis one as well.
Two pictures of the site:
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Thanks for the pics!!! Let's me imagine what a tank set up might look like _________________ God does not play at dice AE
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