Hello guys! Does anyone know if this species is available in the UK? If so does anyone know where i could get one from. I would be looking either for spiderlings or subadult females. Thanks in advance.
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Hi there,
Only the other day I remarked to a freind that you dont see Costa Rican Blue fronts anymore. I had an adult female a few years ago, mine came from my freind Allan Marrow. I have seen them very occasionaly in exotic pet shops over the years (the last one being marked as Negra Grey???) The only other person I know had them was Ann Webb as I think they were mentioned in her book. Keep your eyes out at the BTS show next year.
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Shot8un
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Thanks mate! Does this species ever show any more Blue colouration than the one in your photo shows? I will deffinately be at the BTS show on the hunt for my Poecilotheria metalica`s. It would be nice for some of us guys and girls to meet up at the show and put some names to faces and maybe have a bevy. What do u think?
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No probs M8, thats what we're all here for.
I noticed that my female only displayed the blue in direct light and the colouring is not as pronounced as you might think. If you want a blue spider there ae definetly better than this. Nice spider though and very handlable... A good sp. is aphonopelma sp. although thay are hard to get hold of. I do belive Guy Tansley had some for sale...Otherwise keep your eyes peeled for a blue front if thats what you want...As for a bevy, check out www.brum-tarantulas.com Im'e sure we'll be meeting for some kind of wee drinkie.
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Shot8un
p.s. guy's email is loftboy@talk21.com
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Would you be willing to sell any of your juveniles if i made you a good enough offer? E-mail me at : dean82@blueyonder.co.uk. Cheers mate.
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Originally posted by angelarachnidNOT to be confused with the species Guy Tansley has.
The Aphonopelma sp. is undescribed as yet, we are not sure if it is a regional colour veriation of seemanni of a new sp. so treat them as different sp at the moment. Temprament wise they are fine and not as skitish a my seemanni. They are 2.8" leg span at the moment.
As I said Guy had some for sale. Incedently Ray, do you have any crinirufus for sale at all?
Regards
Shot8un
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If I am correct, shot8un's blue spider may not be the same species that I have for sale as Aphonopelma sp. 'Guatemalan blue'. If I remember rightly, shot8un e-mailed me this pic and asked if I thought it was the same species as it was very blue. The spiderlings I am offering are from an eggsac from a wild caught female so I can guarantee genuine lineage. The 4 adult females I have seen (all imported together) do not have this bright blue colouring and it remains to be seen whether the juveniles/sub adult's will either. The adults may become duller as they mature but again, this is unknown. Spiderlings do have a slight metallic sheen under the right light etc but only time will tell if they resemble shot8un's spider. As shot8un stated, these may turn out to be a colour/regional variation of A. seemanni but I am selling them as labelled to hopefully prevent hybridisation until we know for sure.
The pic of the adult female I have can be seen here http://giantspiders.com/Aphonopelma_sp.htmlGuy...
www.giantspiders.com
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