Baboon frenzy

[Mike Mosdell]

My first T was a C. crawshayi, and now I've just gone and ordered 3 more T's and they all happen to be baboons

H. mac
S. cal
P. murinus

Think I'm on an aboreal phase too Will have pics up when they arrive on Thursday! They are all slings apart from the h.mac

[stuart edwards]

great choices, nice and aggressive haha

[Phil Rea]

S. calceatum are nice and fast too

Mind you, H. maculata are no slouches!

Excellent choices there

[Mike Mosdell]

Yeh, picked up the h.mac for £20 and s.cal for £8. P. murinus was a nice £3 so I had to add it on! They are all slings apart from the maculata who I believe is a juvie. Never had much of a problem regarding aggressiveness from my KB apart from the random occasion when I had to rehouse her. Should be fun raising them all tho!

[James Box]

tut tut Stuart, they aren't aggressive, they are defensive!

nice choices, Africans are wonderful spiders!!!

you need Augacephalus sp "mozambique" (unless it's been described as something else?) though! mine is a jewel in my collection.

[Ian Hall]

Great choice Mike, baboons are the best!

[stuart edwards]

tut tut Stuart, they aren't aggressive, they are defensive!

nice choices, Africans are wonderful spiders!!!

you need Augacephalus sp "mozambique" (unless it's been described as something else?) though! mine is a jewel in my collection.

cheers for the correction James.

think it is now Augacephalus ezendami or Ceratogyrus

[James Box]

and thank you for yours, good sir!

[Phil Rea]

you need Augacephalus sp "mozambique" (unless it's been described as something else?) though! mine is a jewel in my collection.

Nope, not yet

Lovely spiders though (don't suppose you know of any males kicking around, do you James?).

cheers for the correction James.

think it is now Augacephalus ezendami or Ceratogyrus

Nothing published yet I don't think, so for the moment it should really remain Augacephalus sp. 'Mozambique'.

Richard publically explained it a while ago (on t-store I think). At the time, he suspected it to be conspecific with Ceratogyrus ezendami, which is likely to be transferred to Augacephalus, but more research needed to be undertaken

[James Box]

thanks for clearing that up, Phil!
nope unfortunately haven't heard of any males for a while

[Mike Mosdell]

Here are some pics as promised!

My little S.cal who is fast as lightning! The moment I opened the lid to her temp enclosure, she was already running across the floor!



My H.mac, who is absolutely gorgeous! Didnt give me any trouble



And this bad boy who decided to give me the most trouble out of all of them, only took me about 10 minutes to catch him!

[James Box]

cracking spiders, Mike! well chosen. hope they do well for you!

[darrell hetzel]

nice choices. my P. murinus wanted to nip at me everytime i got close. my H. mac gave me the least trouble as well, despite there escape artist reputation. good luck and welcome to the wonderful world of african ts.

p.s.
those (along with P. lugardi) are my personal favorite baboons.

[Rico Golledge]

Africans are the BEST
My 2 juvi H. Hacs have given me no problems, even when rehousing. Its the H. Gigas sling that frightens me the most!