Matt Kogler
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Finally Molted!!!!I have been waiting for 6 months for this un ID'd Aphonopelma to molt, and last night it happened.. What a beauty, I think this girl is from California..
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balam
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she's gorgeous Matt.
Was this a WC in California or was it brought in from elsewhere?
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cacoseraph
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oh mamma!
please find out the locale of that thing! amazing looking!
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Celeste
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That's a beauty, alright!
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Matt Kogler
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I believe the guy who dropped her off said he caught her here ... He called her "Mr. Spider", didn't realize Mr. wasn't a mister...
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balam
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When you say here... do you mean really local (as in close by), or just California. We are going to have to ask him Matt  , wouldn't mind doing another local T breeding project.
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Matt Kogler
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Another, I cant get over how different she looks.. We have some damn beautiful T's here in Cali...
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Matt Kogler
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He lived here in OC, I am not sure where he caught her, or where "he" is .. She was a drop off last summer..
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What
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| cacoseraph wrote: | oh mamma!
please find out the locale of that thing! amazing looking! |
Probably from the same general area(~10 mi N/S/E) as this one, and the 4-5 others I have that look exactly like it:
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balam
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Kevin you devil, you.
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balam
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Hey Matt, do you have a pre-molt pic?
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noexcuse4you
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[quote="What"] | cacoseraph wrote: |
Probably from the same general area(~10 mi N/S/E) as this one |
And this one OC T's are the best I've seen.
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Celeste
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Yeah, but you make *every* T look fabulous in your photos, Kyle! ;-)
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Matt Kogler
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Kev I bet they are the same.. Send me a PM and tell me where yours came from if you don't want to broadcast, I will be looking for a boy this fall for her.. They are spectacular..
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What
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| Matt Kogler wrote: | | I will be looking for a boy this fall for her.. They are spectacular.. |
Gl, I tried last year, with two different species of males, and no dice. She was very receptive to both, and both had successful insertions on 3 occasions. Anyways, I *think* the males of both types were out in October, so, it might be that there is another species breeding either before or after that.
What Im thinking is that there are *very* specific environmental cues for all breeding related activities. 
Anyways, as for the locality... there are at least 20 specific ones I know of, with healthy populations of these, then another 5 with small populations.
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