The four horsemen of the apocalypse

[Alexander Ramsey]

I have been planning on expanding my T family for a while now and after a sort out in the cellar and a new set up (see pic) I have ample space to do so.
A quick trip to the pet shop I use saw me coming home with a haplopelma minax (see pic) to go along side my haplopelma lividum (see pic).
I have decided to concentrate my collection on the haplopelma genus, and I have to admit the choice to get the minax was largely influenced by a recent thread from Mr.Baines (cheers).
Sorry the pics are a bit low quality, the lighting arrangement requires some re-jigging. And the minax is understandably defensive in its new environment.
Oh yeah the horsemen..... my new minax is called Conquest, the next three will be Death, Famine and War.

Why not? LOL!!

Any suggestions or pics of other peoples haplopelmas will be appreciated.

[Lisa Baines]

hehehe our matthew sat here with grin on face! Great new additions!

Oh and loving the ring of skulls!

[Samantha Lewanewsky]

Nice spiders, good pics too!!

It's great to see people buying haplopelmas, most of the tarantula keepers I talk to put them down all the time and talk other keepers out of buying them. lol

Enjoy your lovely new spiddies!

[Alexander Ramsey]

More pics

Just a couple of follow up pics. Is just me or does any other sad **** stay up till 1am taking pictures of a new T when there fit as **** partner is in bed? LMAO!!!!!!

[Lisa Baines]

Erm nope... cant see anything wrong with that. I've stayed up all night watching scorpions mate just in case the female eats the male!

It's called being a big kids with some new toys!

[Alexander Ramsey]

Same T, dug a fairly impressive hole overnight, can't get enough with the camera, must consider getting a life one of these days?

[Lisa Baines]

lmao! What ya like! (most of us on here exactly the same... probably )

[jason holland]

yep. im the same. stayed up till 5am filming my smithi moult lol. great new aditions, lovely pics

[michaelmckinney]

I'm raging,

I'd love a Minax LOL!!!! Defo next on my list, I just got a H.Albostriatum juvie off the spider shop. It's mental!!! Also cracking markings too, it's funny, I was saying to my m8 the other day about collecting all the Haplopelmas LOL, he wants to get all the pokies. Here's a few pics of my Haplopelmas.

Michael.

[Lisa Baines]

This is defo turning into an "I Heart Haplopelma's" thread lol

[Alexander Ramsey]

I heart haplopelmas

I'm tossing up between a H.Albostriatum and a H.schmidti but these golden earth tigers seem pretty hard to come by. Any heads up would be appreciated.
Also Mike, I have a juvy lividum which is still very skittish and non aggressive so if you do get one of these, be ready, the speed and aggression is startling. I haven't had this one 48hrs yet and it's eaten 4 BIG black crickets like they're going out of fashion!! And it goes for them like they beat up its sister or something!! lol.

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi, if you hear of any H. schmidti going let me know. I have an adult male at the mo though he is getting a little old and has calmed down a lot now. Alao if you like Haplopelma why not have a look at Ornithoctonus as well!!

[Matthew Baines]

And cyriopagapus too they are a semi arboreal earth tiger with fantastic colours

[Phil Rea]

Hi, if you hear of any H. schmidti going let me know. I have an adult male at the mo though he is getting a little old and has calmed down a lot now. Alao if you like Haplopelma why not have a look at Ornithoctonus as well!!

Or Thrigmopoeus sp. if you can locate any

[Colin D Wilson]

Or Thrigmopoeus sp. if you can locate any

are these of the "rocking horse" rarity then Phil ??