Since changing to your limeade bottle catch cup my rehousings have gone so smoothly and are now less stressful for the Ts. Thank you Tom for sharing your experience.
I'm very impressed with this tarantula and love the appearance. I had seen these on Tom's website, but didn't know anything about them & their care. This is a very helpful video. Thank you for sharing this gorgeous tarantula with us!
@@TomsBigSpiders When we were young and Mike got maybe a week paid vacay we used to go camping on holiday weekends with the kids. That was fine but too short. Also I did not like sand in my eggs. So after we got older and we had a ton of vacay time we stayed off the roads on holidays. We try to fit our vacays into Sunday thru Saturday. Have a great school year. Give Billie a hug for me. GBY
What a beautiful T. It has long legs as well as the long carapace. I’m very interested in seeing if it’s going to end up being in its own genus. I have a feeling it will be. Think I may need to add one of these to my collection. Great video as always and thanks for sharing with us
Hey Tom & Billie! ;) I don't know how, but you make every sp. (even the more 'obscure' ones) worth keeping. 🤣 Imho it's probably just a normal, brown-ish terrestrial NW spider, with a strong burrowing instinct.😅 As you already know, I love Pamphos, and they don't need anything more than being big & brown to make me happy. 😂 I just got a subadult male for my adult Pampho sp mascara female, so in case I'm getting 12s or 100s of tiny, voracious monsters next year, I'll have to restrain from getting any new Ts lol. 😅 Btw, I put the aforementioned 'boy' in a big critter keeper with ~8" soil, as high as I realistically could, within 5 days he's dug to the bottom under the corkbark already. 😉 Thanks for the upload & the commitment guys! Keep it up! 🤟 Cheers from 🇨🇭 !
Hello, Thomas! Hahaha Thank you so much! I try to get the word out on the ones that I think are cool (which ends up being all of them. haha). And that's fantastic about the male! I hope that you get lots of little mascara babies. I'm also glad to hear that your boy is digging; it sure seems that a lot of these spides will do some burrowing if given the room to do so. I hope that all is well!
They remind me a lot of Xenesthis, especially the spiky hair on all of the legs and abdomen. I think the long carapace is adorable! I hope to breed mine!
Brilliant Tom, that's a beautiful species of spider 🕷, to me it does look like an Lp but that wouldn't put me off having one Tom, I don't think any spider is a drab spider, thanks again Tom.
Hey Tom! Awesome video as always! I have been eyeing these for a while on Tom's site, if he still has them when I place my next order, I'll def grab one! What a neat looking spider! I love spiders that are biologically weird and quirky. Like H. formosus and B. horrida, they just look a little different. Even O. philippinus and B. simoroxigorum with their pill shaped booties! Thank you for spreading awareness of unique and less popular species! I can't remember if I mentioned it in a previous comment or not, but I would love updates on your O. philippinus and P. striata, even if it's just a short! Btw, Tom Patterson still has C. parvum available. I know you were looking for them a few years ago! Keep up the awesome work! - Charlotte
OMG this is great! I picked up a few slings earlier this year and 2 of 3 died! I couldn’t find any husbandry advice on them at all! I have one left, it has molted 2x so fingers crossed!
Awesome video and very cool species! I have so much respect for the way you keep your spiders and I really hope more people in the hobby watch your videos and emulate the respect you show your animals. My question to you is… have you ever thought about what you would name a species of tarantula if you had the honor?
Thank you so much, Corine...I really appreciate that. And I've joked for years that if I ever got to name one, I'd probably geek out and name it after a Transformer or something. Hahaha Brachypelma megatronis? haha
I read about these a couple years ago, but none of those old pictures or info made them seem very interesting. Just sent this video to my partner with a Christmas emoji, so fingers crossed
A little bit off topic and you might have answered this before and I missed it, but what subject do you teach at school, Tom? Just out of curiosity, no particular reason. Back in my day, the teachers with the weird hobbies and the metal t-shirts were usually good teachers so I just wanna know what kind of thing those lucky kids in your class are learning about
Hey, bud! I'm a special education teacher with a concentration in English. I teach a class for students who are reading a bit below grade level, and we spend a LOT time of reading and practicing comprehension strategies. I'm at a technical high school, where the kids aren't particularly interested in the academic side of things, so I really try to write and find material for them that is entertaining and fun. We try to make the learning fun! haha Thanks for the kind words, bud!
@@TomsBigSpiders That's excellent! I might have a slight bias towards people who read since I'm a bookseller by trade (:D) but all jokes aside I really think it's a wonderful job.
@@jaungiga That's awesome! I'm an avid reader myself, and I struggle with the fact that most kids just don't read for enjoyment anymore. I really try to find interesting stories (and I write a lot of stuff, too) to get them to actually enjoy writing. It's an amazing feeling when, at the end of the year, the kids share which stories they really loved!
Hey Tom, I'm late commenting but I wanted to tell you that with every rehousing I do, before I do it, I get a little nervous. Not scared but nervous. I don't want to stress out the T and I don't wanna be stressed. My husband always offers to do it, but I'm a control freak and can't let him, he does help though. Anyway, the point of this wordy comment is that although I get nervous, all my rehousings go well and no spiders or humans were hurt. Will the nerves ever go away? My last rehouse was a C darlingi and a P irminia, and both were MUCH easier than expected they both just hooked out. I'm worried about the V chromatus' and T pruriens' hair for my next rehousing though. And my T pruriens' has red on it's butt and is a leggy 4 inches. Did yours look like that as a juvie? I can see green on the carapace, but the abdomen has red hairs.
Hey, Callie! And I'M late in replying...so sorry! I think that nervousness is a natural emotion for a conscientious keeper to have when rehousing. That means that you're not overly cocky and recognize that this is the one time where you could find yourself at odds with the spider. As long as you aren't so nervous that it clouds your thinking, a little bit of anxiety can keep you on your toes and cause you to keep your guard up. And I'll have to look back at my T. pruriens pics and videos. I THINK that it went through a stage where it had a bit of red on it, but I'm not sure! I'll get back to you after I'm able to go back through some stuff. Sorry for the late reply!
Off topic and feel free to use the question on a video or podcast but I have always had the understanding that there are no old world tarantulas that have urdicating hairs but I realized I've never verified if that's true and if true I'm curious if anyone has any information or theories why.
I just find it interesting because I can't think of any other attribute of old is new world that is so exclusive. They seem to break all the other rules but that one.
Since changing to your limeade bottle catch cup my rehousings have gone so smoothly and are now less stressful for the Ts. Thank you Tom for sharing your experience.
Hey, Kate! Man, I'm so glad. I love those bottles. haha
She’s really pretty! And very scared, bless her! ❤
Thank you so much, Pollyanna!
It's not only got this elongated Carapace, but seems to be as leggy as Xenesthis too. And the long red Hairs on the Abdomen look very nice.
Hey, Mike! It is definitely a leggy one! I'll be curious to see if it beefs up a bit with time.
I'm very impressed with this tarantula and love the appearance. I had seen these on Tom's website, but didn't know anything about them & their care. This is a very helpful video. Thank you for sharing this gorgeous tarantula with us!
Thank you so much, Michelle! Hopefully, some folks check them out. :)
I love all your T's Tom. Great camera work there Billie. Have a wonderful Labor day. Stay safe and have a great time off for one day.
Hey, Joyce! Thanks so much. We'll just be relaxing today. :) Hope all is well!
@@TomsBigSpiders When we were young and Mike got maybe a week paid vacay we used to go camping on holiday weekends with the kids. That was fine but too short. Also I did not like sand in my eggs. So after we got older and we had a ton of vacay time we stayed off the roads on holidays. We try to fit our vacays into Sunday thru Saturday. Have a great school year. Give Billie a hug for me. GBY
Interesting new to me species. I can see the longer carapace.
Nice job rehousing.
Thanks so much, Michaelnancy!
Great video on a fascinating species! I’m so intrigued with this one. Thanks for spending the time on her.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it...thank you!
Hey Tom, youre my go to for rehousing videos and information with rehousings. I look forward to them now instead of nervous for them!
Man, I really appreciate that! Thank you!
@@TomsBigSpiders Thanks for replying! Your podcast is great too! Cheers!
Thanks Tom! Hope your school year is going well.
Thank you, Christopher. So far, so good!
Thanks for spotlighting! The back legs seem a little thicker also, reflecting a more dedicated fossorial🤘
What an unusual spider. It’s a really unique looking beastie. Lovely to see you both again xx
Thanks so much, Bobbi! Great to hear from you!
Great video tom and very nice looking spider will definitely be looking out for one.thanks for sharing .
Thanks so much, James! Hopefully, some others check this one out.
A STUNNING species need to get some of these
Hey, Michael! They really are cool spiders. I just hope that this one is a lady!
@@TomsBigSpiders Fingers crossed its female
Thanks for the info. That shirt is really bright! Good pics Billie!
Thank you so much!
What a beautiful T. It has long legs as well as the long carapace. I’m very interested in seeing if it’s going to end up being in its own genus. I have a feeling it will be. Think I may need to add one of these to my collection. Great video as always and thanks for sharing with us
Thank you so much, Rachelle! And I am as well. :)
Received one from Tom as well. Absolutely LOVE their feeding response. Ferocious. Fingers crossed both of ours mature out as female!
That's awesome! I'm hoping this one will have a better feeding response now that it has some more room. And, yes! Ladies for both of us. haha
Hey Tom & Billie! ;)
I don't know how, but you make every sp. (even the more 'obscure' ones) worth keeping. 🤣
Imho it's probably just a normal, brown-ish terrestrial NW spider, with a strong burrowing instinct.😅 As you already know, I love Pamphos, and they don't need anything more than being big & brown to make me happy. 😂
I just got a subadult male for my adult Pampho sp mascara female, so in case I'm getting 12s or 100s of tiny, voracious monsters next year, I'll have to restrain from getting any new Ts lol. 😅
Btw, I put the aforementioned 'boy' in a big critter keeper with ~8" soil, as high as I realistically could, within 5 days he's dug to the bottom under the corkbark already. 😉
Thanks for the upload & the commitment guys! Keep it up! 🤟
Cheers from 🇨🇭 !
Hello, Thomas! Hahaha Thank you so much! I try to get the word out on the ones that I think are cool (which ends up being all of them. haha). And that's fantastic about the male! I hope that you get lots of little mascara babies. I'm also glad to hear that your boy is digging; it sure seems that a lot of these spides will do some burrowing if given the room to do so. I hope that all is well!
They remind me a lot of Xenesthis, especially the spiky hair on all of the legs and abdomen. I think the long carapace is adorable! I hope to breed mine!
Not seen these before over here. I'd definitely be interested if they came to the UK 😊
Great video. Love seeing the more unusual spiders.
Thanks so much, Paul!
Great video Tom thanks for showing this I've never heard of this species. ❤
Thanks so much, Pepper! I love showing the odd ones off.
Great video as always Tom!😁👌
Thank you so much!
Thanks for another good video. Cool shirt, not a bad movie.
Thanks so much! Can't wait for part 3. :)
Awesome spider
Thank you!
I love this T, that carapace is reall something, I like it cause its difficult ❤❤
Isn't that cool? Thanks, Melody!
Brilliant Tom, that's a beautiful species of spider 🕷, to me it does look like an Lp but that wouldn't put me off having one Tom, I don't think any spider is a drab spider, thanks again Tom.
Hey, George! I can definitely see the LP resemblance (just with a really long carapace). And I don't, either. I love them all. haha Thanks!
Love the T-shirt!! Terrifier 3 hits theaters on October 11. I've never been so excited for a movie!!
Oh, I'm totally going to be there. I can't tell you how many times I've watched the other two. haha
@TomsBigSpiders I named my Acanthoscurria geniculata "Art" because she's black, white, red, and vicious towards her prey. Haha
Hello great video information and rehousing Tom
Thank you, Moon!
Hey Tom! Awesome video as always! I have been eyeing these for a while on Tom's site, if he still has them when I place my next order, I'll def grab one! What a neat looking spider! I love spiders that are biologically weird and quirky. Like H. formosus and B. horrida, they just look a little different. Even O. philippinus and B. simoroxigorum with their pill shaped booties! Thank you for spreading awareness of unique and less popular species! I can't remember if I mentioned it in a previous comment or not, but I would love updates on your O. philippinus and P. striata, even if it's just a short! Btw, Tom Patterson still has C. parvum available. I know you were looking for them a few years ago! Keep up the awesome work!
- Charlotte
Cool t-shirt , just getting into the terrifier series, and thanx for video, never heard of that species before, I'll look for one in future purchases🙂
Interesting species!
Thank you, Chenin! I hope that all is well!
Caught. 😊Quit taking Billie's stuff.
Right? hahaha
Nice one tom!
Thank you so much!
Great video as always
OMG this is great! I picked up a few slings earlier this year and 2 of 3 died! I couldn’t find any husbandry advice on them at all! I have one left, it has molted 2x so fingers crossed!
Right on time, made myself a cup of coffee to watch the video
I am drinking beer, evening in Qatar. Always interesting videos.
That's awesome, Jairo! I was drinking one while I was editing it this morning. haha
Greetings from the US, Kaliimc! Cheers!
Awesome video and very cool species! I have so much respect for the way you keep your spiders and I really hope more people in the hobby watch your videos and emulate the respect you show your animals. My question to you is… have you ever thought about what you would name a species of tarantula if you had the honor?
Thank you so much, Corine...I really appreciate that. And I've joked for years that if I ever got to name one, I'd probably geek out and name it after a Transformer or something. Hahaha Brachypelma megatronis? haha
@@TomsBigSpiders that is amazing! I love it!
I read about these a couple years ago, but none of those old pictures or info made them seem very interesting. Just sent this video to my partner with a Christmas emoji, so fingers crossed
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Thank you, Candy!
Would love to see you do a room tour just go cage by cage to show off the beauties you have
Looks like a t. Kalenburgi
I can definitely see that!
hi tom can you provide a link to the acrylic box Regards peter
I planned on putting a link, but when I searched them up, they were no longer available. Sorry!
Okay 😊
Hello Tom where would I be able to purchase one of the slings that you produce?
Hi, Kyle! Unfortunately, I haven't produced any slings in quite a while.
@@TomsBigSpiders okay thank you for the response and keep making awesome videos!
This T looks a lot like a Lasiodora parahybana to me
I can see that.
A little bit off topic and you might have answered this before and I missed it, but what subject do you teach at school, Tom? Just out of curiosity, no particular reason. Back in my day, the teachers with the weird hobbies and the metal t-shirts were usually good teachers so I just wanna know what kind of thing those lucky kids in your class are learning about
Hey, bud! I'm a special education teacher with a concentration in English. I teach a class for students who are reading a bit below grade level, and we spend a LOT time of reading and practicing comprehension strategies. I'm at a technical high school, where the kids aren't particularly interested in the academic side of things, so I really try to write and find material for them that is entertaining and fun. We try to make the learning fun! haha Thanks for the kind words, bud!
@@TomsBigSpiders That's excellent! I might have a slight bias towards people who read since I'm a bookseller by trade (:D) but all jokes aside I really think it's a wonderful job.
@@jaungiga That's awesome! I'm an avid reader myself, and I struggle with the fact that most kids just don't read for enjoyment anymore. I really try to find interesting stories (and I write a lot of stuff, too) to get them to actually enjoy writing. It's an amazing feeling when, at the end of the year, the kids share which stories they really loved!
Hey Tom, I'm late commenting but I wanted to tell you that with every rehousing I do, before I do it, I get a little nervous. Not scared but nervous. I don't want to stress out the T and I don't wanna be stressed. My husband always offers to do it, but I'm a control freak and can't let him, he does help though. Anyway, the point of this wordy comment is that although I get nervous, all my rehousings go well and no spiders or humans were hurt. Will the nerves ever go away? My last rehouse was a C darlingi and a P irminia, and both were MUCH easier than expected they both just hooked out. I'm worried about the V chromatus' and T pruriens' hair for my next rehousing though. And my T pruriens' has red on it's butt and is a leggy 4 inches. Did yours look like that as a juvie? I can see green on the carapace, but the abdomen has red hairs.
Hey, Callie! And I'M late in replying...so sorry! I think that nervousness is a natural emotion for a conscientious keeper to have when rehousing. That means that you're not overly cocky and recognize that this is the one time where you could find yourself at odds with the spider. As long as you aren't so nervous that it clouds your thinking, a little bit of anxiety can keep you on your toes and cause you to keep your guard up. And I'll have to look back at my T. pruriens pics and videos. I THINK that it went through a stage where it had a bit of red on it, but I'm not sure! I'll get back to you after I'm able to go back through some stuff. Sorry for the late reply!
Off topic and feel free to use the question on a video or podcast but I have always had the understanding that there are no old world tarantulas that have urdicating hairs but I realized I've never verified if that's true and if true I'm curious if anyone has any information or theories why.
I just find it interesting because I can't think of any other attribute of old is new world that is so exclusive. They seem to break all the other rules but that one.