black & white

[John chambers]

he/she has moulted
now just have to wait to get the skin then sex it.
Not as white as I thought it would be ...
But it matches the adult I'm loaning with all markings.

[John chambers]

mine today

[John chambers]

today I got a 2" unsexed
the start of fun lol

[John chambers]

what size can be sexed?
eg the smallest !

I think I could keep many more genic's in time. :-0

[John chambers]

I'm loaning a adult female genic and also keeping an eye out for a sexed juvi

[John chambers]

Well thanks to every one that has been kind enough to give advice

[John chambers]

from what I've read in general genic's are " nervous - skittish - defensive - docile! - aggressive - calm " so that's a wide temperament to go by.
And only feed them 1 roach every two weeks? or a cricket per week?.
Some odd care sheets too on the net with much conflicting advice.
Makes me wonder if some just guess!.

[John chambers]

Nhandu's teleport ?
Where ? When ?

Does it really matter at that size ?

Let me ask you a question.
How big does a human get ?
Answer .. . anywhere from 2ft to 7ft (extremes) with an average of approx 5 '7 to 5 10'
So how big does a genic get ?
An adult female will get anywhere from 7in to 9in with 8in being a good average LOL
Aggressive ? Defensive ? Bitey ?
I've had a few over the years (got 3 now) and on average I would say they can be slightly on the nervous/jumpy side of
things.
Our of the 3 I have now, one is more jumpy that the others but not enough to make any problems.
As it has been said before, there is little difference between all of the ones you are interested in.
Personly I think that N chromatus are the better looking out of them all but everyone has their favorite.
Just go for it ! ! ! LOL

Yeah I wonder if the " aggressive " is really a greedy t and the legs raised is " back off I'm scared "
When my wife got her GBB sling ( I look after hers too ) it did the raised legs fangs ready lol .. But now it's a calm as my white collard ..
I have a rule never jump from the frying pan in to the fire.. research and research more is how I play it.
I like the look of N.chromatus too .. But if all goes well it will be genic till next t time lol.
Oh and my B.smithi is no pussy cat .. he can be a right b*** erd when in a mood.. he has shown me much in the year I've had him.. from arachnophobic to ten t's lol.

[John chambers]

been watching genic's on stupidtube and saw one get a fly in it's take and another jump at a cricket off the back wall!!
They seem fun to watch lol..
Could a 4cm be sexed ? if so TSS has some at £15 ..
So once all up and running here I could get one from Lee.

[John chambers]

Heteroscodra maculata and Psalmopoeus irminia INVENTED teleportation.
I dont think any terrestial Tarantula can match them for there one second and up your arm and on your shoulder 0.1 second later.
So no, i definately dont think that Nhandu sp are a particularly fast spider.

Maybe they been watching star treke .. lol

[John chambers]

Lol that looks a liitle peed off lol..
The GBB did that at first but has settled a little now it only kicks hair,
The Genic sounds the better one .. it's what to go for sling or juvi and how easy or hard they are to repot/rehome ?
As you know Pete my redknee is in a big enough tank I could use as Mandie wants exo terra's nano for her avics and 12x12x12 for the rest so the redknee would be moved to one of them ( later on in the year once things are better )
That's why I'm researching now to get as much info before I take the jump.
Yes Colin I think it's a better one over Nhandu's after all I've read.
It's the cleaning of tank , moving from tub to tub as it gets bigger I'm wondering about even after reading they calm down out the tank ?? lol.

[Peter Lacey]

Ive never kept A. brocklehursti but I have kept several A.geniculata, N.chromatus and N. colloratovillosus. To my mind, knowing your collection, I'd say these are all a step up from what you have. They're all a bit faster and actively hunt their food but when it comes to speed, although quick to pounce, they don't tend to go much more than the reach of thier legs.
I think they make great additions, rarely if ever ignoring food, hardy, grow quite fast and all get a decent size.
Nhandu seem to be a little more prone to defence than others as can be seen by the photo below of one of my large juveniles.
If you're not comfortable with a pouncer, then you might be best to wait before introducing these to your collection, they might just make you jump John!

[Colin D Wilson]

Heteroscodra maculata and Psalmopoeus irminia INVENTED teleportation.

True dat !!! I've had the odd pokie that has exceeded normal limits, and all the above are nothing compared to a "Huntsman" in freak mode.
In comparison terrestrials are a tractor vursus a Ferrari in the quarter mile.

As i said John, i'd go with the genic, they're a nice robust spider, you'll get to be accustomed with the eventual size as it grows in your care, they eat well, you dont hear many horror stories about moulting etc, they look good and they're cheap enough.

[Peter Roach]

the teleport I believe is a way of owners saying it can move ruddy fast lol,

Heteroscodra maculata and Psalmopoeus irminia INVENTED teleportation.
I dont think any terrestial Tarantula can match them for there one second and up your arm and on your shoulder 0.1 second later.
So no, i definately dont think that Nhandu sp are a particularly fast spider.

[John chambers]

the teleport I believe is a way of owners saying it can move ruddy fast lol,
Like a guy wrote one second it's feet were just out from it's hide the next it was on his hand lol.
But everything I've read on threads about genic sounds more solid and not over mixed with comments of " it's evil or a man eater".. So this will be one of my next t's.