I got myself a Dominican purple thanks to your videos, and I love her so much. She just molted recently and has been much more out and about. I really appreciate your videos and the care you put into being helpful and honest.
Brilliant no nonsense video as always Tom and a fabulous species featured, very smooth rehousings Tom and reliable Billie always there with a helping hand, thanks Tom for another wonderful video.
Hi Tom and Billie, hope you’re both doing great. Love rehousing videos 😊 Your spiders 🕷️🕷️ are beautiful, love the colouring of them too. They’ve grown quite a bit in a couple of years! Billie got awesome footage of them aswell 😊 Take care and have a nice new week ahead 🕷️😊😊
Great to see you!!!! Love your videos always!!!!!!!! I finally got an OBT and a Cobalt Blue. Both are slings and growing. Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Hi Tom, greetings from the UK. I enjoyed the video. I've watched earlier footage of yours on this species, picked one up as a sling and it's doing well. One is enough for me, and it's a favourite of mine. It's a juvie now and like you I'm interested to see how it develops 😊
Thanks for the link. I watched it really enjoyed it. I can't wait for mine to get that cute. She started out from a third of an inch and now she's right close to 3/4 of an inch I believe and I will probably be rehousing her within the next few weeks. I do appreciate the information and I must have missed that video when it came out. Once again, as always, thank you for your time. It really helps
Hey Tom! Awesome video as always. I was looking forward to an update on those actually! I have a male cancerides who should mature next moult (fun fact: he was the first T I handled!) and a female auratus. Would love a Dominican Purple one day! I struggle a bit with undescribed species just because it feels weird to have an animal that "science" doesn't know about yet, and I definitely don't judge others for doing so but it's just a weird personal thing for me. I have many undescribed species but it was always something I have in the back of my head. Keep up the awesome work! - Charlotte
Ahh yes my favourite genus!! In my quest to collect giants, I saw an old video of yours and decided to hop into the Pamphobeteus genus. Hoping to get a few of them soon!! 🤩🤩
I've been raising up three P. oriente and all three of mine have also been big time burrowers, more so than my other seven other species Phormictopus. They definitely act a bit different than the others but they are still a lot of fun.
I am in the same position as you are waiting for p.oriante to turn out to be different . Nice video. I can't wait till the colours start to come out properly.
I have an Auratus 😊 If you have a chance to get one, do it. They're so beautiful and I'm really enjoying watching it grow and change ❤ I'll probably be getting a couple more in the late spring. I love them.
I have a cancerides and a full green and it is one of my favourite species! Big, out on display a lot and great eaters! My cancerides just molted and I thought for sure he was going to hook out, but not yet… just got bigger and he is huge!!
I got me a Phormictopus auratus a few months ago. I finally saw that huge molt you've spoken about. This guy went from about an inch and a smidgen to just over 2 inches! I was stunned. How do they even move before that transformation?
I really enjoyed that. Also, I have a question that you could either possibly do a video on or do a small section of your podcast on when we're talking about the differences. What's the difference between the theraposa and the theraposaday and I'm very sure that I'm possibly spelling that wrong. I don't have my book with me at the moment I know that when I went on arachna boards talking about the theraphosa day rotan island purple that I got from fear not the first comment that I had received thought I had spelled the whole thing wrong which was a bit hilarious I guess my question is, are there real differences in size and care and what not between the two or did someone find a few different species linking them into the theraphosa found in somewhat of the same areas but they're still waiting to be researched would love to hear your thoughts. I have several of each or maybe it was just a spelling mistake on someone's part. I have no idea. Anyway, love the videos. Love the podcast. Have a nice day
Hi, Scott! This used to confuse me as well. Basically, Theraphosa is a genus of tarantulas that includes blondi, stirmi, apophysis, and spinipes. Theraphosadae is the family that includes all of the genera of tarantulas. Theraphosinae is sometimes used as a genus "placeholder" for new, undescribed species. For example, Davus sp. "Panama" used to be called Theraphosinae sp. "Panama" until more research was done on them. Generally, anything labeled as "Theraphosinae species X" is a newer species that has yet to be described. Confusing, right? haha I hope that helps! So, Theraphosinae species have littler to do with Theraphosa. As for species Roatan, I have one and have done a video on it. I LOVE this girl; she's become one of my favorites. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/-jWCJb1gQfE/w-d-xo.html
Hey Tom! Since this is about Phormictopus I have a question regarding Sp. Full green, I bought a sling few months ago at around 1.2" Inch! It was a really pretty bright blue sling when I got it, a few days ago it molted a third time since I got it, it's probably 2.5"+ now and her color is starting to darken I noticed though that whenever I shine my phones flash on it or take a photo with flash that it's carapace has a not so faint purple sheen to it, I was wondering If this was just an in between color before it turns green or may I was given a Dominican purple by mistake! Have you noticed this on your full green when they were slings? If I remember correctly you have two right?
Hey, Jem! Sorry for the super late reply. If I remember correctly, they did have a molt that brought a subtle purplish sheen. That SHOULD be an in between color!
As slings they have gorgeous red setae horse shoe shape on the abdomen, blueish color on the rest of the body like many other Phormictopus slings. They have typical Phormictopus confidence. Apparently as adult they are supposed to have coloring similar to a GBB or T. ockerti but I will see when the pair of slings I fell in love with mature. I've raised several other Phormictopus and hadn't seen any of them that looked like these as slings.
It looks like she is slate blue/gray. She has long butt hairs. Does she kick a lot of hairs? You are such a good spider daddy. Hey Billie. I heard there is a guy making a movie in California. He wants you to do the close up shots. A lot of stars do the same thing the T's do when they feel threatened and pose for you in the menacing way. You evoke the best reaction to close ups. Different folks have different colors so why not T's?
Hey Tom, not sure if you saw the recent animals at home podcast featuring Marshall’s arachnids but the bulk of the conversation focused on heating/basking spots for tarantulas with a little misting and tong feeding peppered in for added flair.. I really like Dylan from AAH but was disappointed to see him parrot and encourage this type of keeping /mentality rather than probe more deeply. I know you like to stay out of the drama but it might be worthwhile to offer some sort of rebuttal on your podcast because I’m afraid we’re about to see a bunch of cooked tarantulas
Hey, Parker! I didn't bother to listen to it, but I've heard from others as well. I've been putting a rebuttal together for this "new" type of keeping for a while, and that just lit a fire under me. I DO have to admit, though, that the last time I brought this stuff up, a bunch of people accused me of "attacking" the other folks. I'm not really looking forward to wading into another controversy, but the heat lamp stuff makes ZERO sense. I have old tarantula care books from the '90s that talk about the SAME THING these guys are trying to pass off as new keeping methods. We moved away from that as they do perfectly fine without it and many folks were frying their spiders. It's so annoying (and misleading). Stay tuned...
@@TomsBigSpiders thanks for the response Tom, I had a feeling you were on top of things. Looking forward to your thoughtful commentary, I’m sure the dramatic part of this community will rear its ugly head but that unfortunately comes with the territory
When will Phormictopus sp. and Pamphobeteus sp.be revised?🙏 Sooo...Your'e starving Your T's to death? That means Your'e a Millionaire, because You can afford to rebuy all the dead ones to refill Your shelfs every Week🤔😉( Don't mind these comments. That's just White Noise)
I got myself a Dominican purple thanks to your videos, and I love her so much. She just molted recently and has been much more out and about. I really appreciate your videos and the care you put into being helpful and honest.
Brilliant no nonsense video as always Tom and a fabulous species featured, very smooth rehousings Tom and reliable Billie always there with a helping hand, thanks Tom for another wonderful video.
Thank you so much, George! And so sorry for the late reply! I hope all is well with you.
Hi Tom and Billie, hope you’re both doing great.
Love rehousing videos 😊 Your spiders 🕷️🕷️ are beautiful, love the colouring of them too. They’ve grown quite a bit in a couple of years! Billie got awesome footage of them aswell 😊
Take care and have a nice new week ahead 🕷️😊😊
Hello, Joanne! We are doing fantastic! I hope you are as well. Thank you so much!
Stunning spiders! Can't wait to see them grown!
Thank you so much, Bobbi!
You initially inspired my love for Phormictopus, and my Phormictopus Cancerides has just proved what an incredible species they can be
That's so awesome! I'm so glad!
So great to see a new video! I hope you, Billie and your family are all doing well. Enjoy the rest of your weekend y'all ❤
Thank you very much for the video Tom , I enjoyed it.
Great to see you!!!! Love your videos always!!!!!!!! I finally got an OBT and a Cobalt Blue. Both are slings and growing. Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Hey, Lynnette! Congrats! Those are two awesome species. I just recently got another cobalt blue (it had been a few years).
Hi Tom, greetings from the UK. I enjoyed the video. I've watched earlier footage of yours on this species, picked one up as a sling and it's doing well. One is enough for me, and it's a favourite of mine. It's a juvie now and like you I'm interested to see how it develops 😊
So sorry for the late reply, Gary! I will definitely keep folks updated as these mature.
Thank you for your videos Tom . You are by far the most informative channel on TH-cam for spiders and the reason I brought my first tarantula. 👌
Thank you so much, Alex! And sorry for the late reply; I completely missed this!
Thanks for the link. I watched it really enjoyed it. I can't wait for mine to get that cute. She started out from a third of an inch and now she's right close to 3/4 of an inch I believe and I will probably be rehousing her within the next few weeks. I do appreciate the information and I must have missed that video when it came out. Once again, as always, thank you for your time. It really helps
I'm so glad that this video was helpful, Scott! Thank you for taking the time to let me know. :)
Thanks for another great video Tom! Wishing you a great 2024!
Hello great video information and rehousing Tom
Hey Tom! Awesome video as always. I was looking forward to an update on those actually! I have a male cancerides who should mature next moult (fun fact: he was the first T I handled!) and a female auratus. Would love a Dominican Purple one day! I struggle a bit with undescribed species just because it feels weird to have an animal that "science" doesn't know about yet, and I definitely don't judge others for doing so but it's just a weird personal thing for me. I have many undescribed species but it was always something I have in the back of my head.
Keep up the awesome work!
- Charlotte
Ahh yes my favourite genus!! In my quest to collect giants, I saw an old video of yours and decided to hop into the Pamphobeteus genus. Hoping to get a few of them soon!! 🤩🤩
I've been raising up three P. oriente and all three of mine have also been big time burrowers, more so than my other seven other species Phormictopus. They definitely act a bit different than the others but they are still a lot of fun.
That's awesome to hear! I was wondering if I was the only one who experienced this. Thanks so much for chiming in!
Great video tom they are gorgeous.phormictopus In general are just stunning.
So gorgeous those 2 are true beauties great video Tom!❤
Beautiful tarantula, thanks for the video Tom and Camera lady 😃❤️
Camera Lady is with Dave's Little Beasties lol
I am in the same position as you are waiting for p.oriante to turn out to be different . Nice video. I can't wait till the colours start to come out properly.
Tom you are just the greatest
Awwww...thank you, Lori!
Phormictopus are really neat! If I get back into terrestrials maybe I'll pick one up :)
YAY! Another beauty! 🕷♥️⭐♥️⭐♥️🕷
Thank you for this video, i am tempted to buy a female Phormicthopus auratus myself because a local breeder is selling a juvenile for only 35 euros.
I have an Auratus 😊 If you have a chance to get one, do it. They're so beautiful and I'm really enjoying watching it grow and change ❤ I'll probably be getting a couple more in the late spring. I love them.
I have a cancerides and a full green and it is one of my favourite species! Big, out on display a lot and great eaters! My cancerides just molted and I thought for sure he was going to hook out, but not yet… just got bigger and he is huge!!
awesome spiders!
Agreed, Dee!
Great video Tom. I've not seen these this side of the pond.
Thanks so much, Vanessa!!! Hopefully, they make it over there.
Excellent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oooo I love the P. oriente she is a beauty ❤ just gorgeous 😊 gotta catch them all, lol 😂
I got me a Phormictopus auratus a few months ago. I finally saw that huge molt you've spoken about. This guy went from about an inch and a smidgen to just over 2 inches! I was stunned. How do they even move before that transformation?
Isn't that insane? It's like the go from a sling to an adult in one molt!
I really enjoyed that. Also, I have a question that you could either possibly do a video on or do a small section of your podcast on when we're talking about the differences. What's the difference between the theraposa and the theraposaday and I'm very sure that I'm possibly spelling that wrong. I don't have my book with me at the moment I know that when I went on arachna boards talking about the theraphosa day rotan island purple that I got from fear not the first comment that I had received thought I had spelled the whole thing wrong which was a bit hilarious I guess my question is, are there real differences in size and care and what not between the two or did someone find a few different species linking them into the theraphosa found in somewhat of the same areas but they're still waiting to be researched would love to hear your thoughts. I have several of each or maybe it was just a spelling mistake on someone's part. I have no idea. Anyway, love the videos. Love the podcast. Have a nice day
Hi, Scott!
This used to confuse me as well. Basically, Theraphosa is a genus of tarantulas that includes blondi, stirmi, apophysis, and spinipes. Theraphosadae is the family that includes all of the genera of tarantulas.
Theraphosinae is sometimes used as a genus "placeholder" for new, undescribed species. For example, Davus sp. "Panama" used to be called Theraphosinae sp. "Panama" until more research was done on them. Generally, anything labeled as "Theraphosinae species X" is a newer species that has yet to be described. Confusing, right? haha I hope that helps!
So, Theraphosinae species have littler to do with Theraphosa. As for species Roatan, I have one and have done a video on it. I LOVE this girl; she's become one of my favorites. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/-jWCJb1gQfE/w-d-xo.html
Hey Tom! Since this is about Phormictopus I have a question regarding Sp. Full green, I bought a sling few months ago at around 1.2" Inch! It was a really pretty bright blue sling when I got it, a few days ago it molted a third time since I got it, it's probably 2.5"+ now and her color is starting to darken I noticed though that whenever I shine my phones flash on it or take a photo with flash that it's carapace has a not so faint purple sheen to it, I was wondering If this was just an in between color before it turns green or may I was given a Dominican purple by mistake! Have you noticed this on your full green when they were slings? If I remember correctly you have two right?
Hey, Jem! Sorry for the super late reply. If I remember correctly, they did have a molt that brought a subtle purplish sheen. That SHOULD be an in between color!
Thank you Tom !!! Probably gonna rehouse my P auratum (spelling?) tomorrow. .
Great video Tom, do you know anything about the Sierra de Boaruca locality?
As slings they have gorgeous red setae horse shoe shape on the abdomen, blueish color on the rest of the body like many other Phormictopus slings. They have typical Phormictopus confidence. Apparently as adult they are supposed to have coloring similar to a GBB or T. ockerti but I will see when the pair of slings I fell in love with mature. I've raised several other Phormictopus and hadn't seen any of them that looked like these as slings.
The second one looks like a brown T with lighter colored lines on her legs. She is almost a rose gold or light purple and red hairs.
They are pretty!
Luvly jubbly, you still using your juice bottle 😄
Darn tootin'. haha
@@TomsBigSpiders Thrixopelma Longicolli, done some research and I've decided I'm gonna get two
STUNNING Ts them the only Phormictopus species I have is the Cancerides a sub adult female
LOVE the cancerides!
@@TomsBigSpiders STUNNING Ts you dont see them for sale often
Where do you get those leaves?
Hey, Melly! Sorry for the late reply! I got these off of eBay. I usually find folks selling them there.
Pretty girls.
Thank you!
i got a sp sierra last year. saw a phormictopus biyahibe or something. this genus just gets bigger and messier all the time.
It looks like she is slate blue/gray. She has long butt hairs. Does she kick a lot of hairs? You are such a good spider daddy. Hey Billie. I heard there is a guy making a movie in California. He wants you to do the close up shots. A lot of stars do the same thing the T's do when they feel threatened and pose for you in the menacing way. You evoke the best reaction to close ups.
Different folks have different colors so why not T's?
Haven't they said nothing about your juice bottle yet
Nothing yet! haha
Hey Tom, not sure if you saw the recent animals at home podcast featuring Marshall’s arachnids but the bulk of the conversation focused on heating/basking spots for tarantulas with a little misting and tong feeding peppered in for added flair.. I really like Dylan from AAH but was disappointed to see him parrot and encourage this type of keeping /mentality rather than probe more deeply. I know you like to stay out of the drama but it might be worthwhile to offer some sort of rebuttal on your podcast because I’m afraid we’re about to see a bunch of cooked tarantulas
Hey, Parker! I didn't bother to listen to it, but I've heard from others as well. I've been putting a rebuttal together for this "new" type of keeping for a while, and that just lit a fire under me. I DO have to admit, though, that the last time I brought this stuff up, a bunch of people accused me of "attacking" the other folks. I'm not really looking forward to wading into another controversy, but the heat lamp stuff makes ZERO sense. I have old tarantula care books from the '90s that talk about the SAME THING these guys are trying to pass off as new keeping methods. We moved away from that as they do perfectly fine without it and many folks were frying their spiders. It's so annoying (and misleading). Stay tuned...
@@TomsBigSpiders thanks for the response Tom, I had a feeling you were on top of things. Looking forward to your thoughtful commentary, I’m sure the dramatic part of this community will rear its ugly head but that unfortunately comes with the territory
When will Phormictopus sp. and Pamphobeteus sp.be revised?🙏 Sooo...Your'e starving Your T's to death? That means Your'e a Millionaire, because You can afford to rebuy all the dead ones to refill Your shelfs every Week🤔😉( Don't mind these comments. That's just White Noise)