cyriopagopus "blue"

[Craig White]

can anyone confirm that this is a female..... (its purple not green)) although it looks brown to the naked eye (about 6cm's long)
.....photo taken with a nokia n95 on 5mp setting( no editing)

PLEASE HELP........ I know its not a ventral pic but with the colouration can i be sure its a female.....


from searching google i've found pic 1 as a female......



pic2 as a male

and pics 3+4 is my own singer blue....

[Mark Pennell]

can anyone confirm that this is a female..... (its purple not green)) although it looks brown to the naked eye (about 6cm's long)
.....photo taken with a nokia n95 on 5mp setting( no editing)

PLEASE HELP........ I know its not a ventral pic but with the colouration can i be sure its a female.....


from searching google i've found pic 1 as a female......



pic2 as a male

and pics 3+4 is my own singer blue....

Craig
You have no picture of your own tarantula, so cannot help you. The images are those belonging to Leon Lane and are as stated male and female.

At 6 cms your spider will look just like a immature C,schioedtei and no real blue colouring to speak of.

Please post an image so we can at least look at what we are meant to comment on.

Regards
Mark

[Craig White]

had to change my pic size

this is a pic of my singapore blue, as you can see it looks purple...


sorry about the delay


Craig

[Mark Pennell]

Not the greatest image in the world there, I would not like to guarantee you anything based on that image. Try to get something in daylight.

And if possible ventrally.

Cheers
Mark

[Rich.Harrington]

Ok seems I didn't do my research with this species before buying one, but am I to understand only the females turn out to be blue? I was under the impression that both genders came out in a blue colouration?

Here's mine currently at 6", hasn't moulted yet so I've not even bothered to try and determine a gender.

[Kate Arbon]

I heard that both sexes are blue as they grow but once mature males go brown and only females stay blue. Not sure how accurate that is tho.

Edit to add: I WANT this spider!

[Mark Pennell]

In all the I have has kept over the years immature males never get the overall blue of that or mature females.
They will however be just as blue ventrally, and in photographs may appear blue if a flash is used.

Hence why I asked for a photo done in daylight, as they are normally looking like C, schioedtei at the size Craig mentions. It is highly possible his is female and most likely the case... 50 50 chance and all that

Regards
Mark

[Mark Pajak]

... 50 50 chance and all that

Or 1 in 5 (20 80) according to some sources?

[Lee_Ross]

Fresh Moult Adult Male.

he thinned right out, but turned from his mousy brown to bright khaki green.

http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=19209338&PhotoAlbumId=3901092681&PhotoId=8124564189

premoult adult female here

http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?PageNbr=1&MemberId=19209338&PhotoAlbumId=3901092681&PhotoId=7342486367

*sorry for linking but i recently formatted the PC and don't have the pics to up them*

that and i haven't yet sussed out these forums yet

the only thing is i bought these as "Cyriopagopus Sp "blue" (singapore blue)

but i have been led to believe that they are infact "Lampropelma violaceopes"

can someone confirm please ?

also if anyone can give me some advice on pairing these i would much appreciate it, my female is fresh moult 4 weeks gone and i'm looking to pair them soon !.

I've looked for info but apart from the googlepages i can't find much else and have been led to believe that it's not easy getting a sac from them ?

if you could PM me the info or link it that would be awesome, i don't wanna hijack this thread
cheers guys

[michaelmckinney]

Hey Craig,

I got a cyriopagopus blue about 6 weeks ago. It was pure brown, no blue at all and it was about 7 cms leg span. It moulted last week and its abdomen has turned a reddy brown colour, it's carapace a grey, tan colour, and it's legs are brown. But when you shine light on it's legs there is a blue iridescence. I think sexing from the moulted skin is your best bet at determining gender correctly. And mine had a paired spermathecae on the skin which was really apparent when I used a jewellers loupe to magnify x10. And oh yeah it's now just over 12 cms leg span and really leggy.

Michael.

[Lee_Ross]

ok hopefully this pic ain't too big but heres a better one of my AF

[michaelmckinney]

Well Hello!! They should put her on the cat walks instead of Kate Moss LOL!!!! She's a blinder Cyriopagopus "BLUE", I can't wait until my baby girl grows up.

Michael.

[Lee_Ross]

cheers man, appreciated !.

she is a gorgeous T, i'm hoping to pair her up within the next week or two so fingers crossed for that, she's approx 8" and pretty fiesty
(my av pic is he when i was changin her water dish :S)
so i reckon she's deffo a good specimen for breeding.

[michaelmckinney]

LOL!!! Must be the females that are feisty, mine is always rearing up and striking at the sides of her tub even when I'm just watering the mantids right beside her!! My mate has a male juvie, and hes like a kitten compared to mine, but then again when he matures, and the sexual frustration kicks in, he might turn mean LOL!! Good luck with the breeding mate!!

Michael.

[Lee_Ross]

cheers,

my male seems to just be really jumpy ... *he's fast as hell too*

if you go near him he takes off in a mess of tangled limbs !.

*heres hoping his speed will come into play and he'll make haste his escape after doing the business so i can send him on to whoever needs him *