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Hello BTS, this is my first time using this board, and after trying to contact Mr. R. Gallon and being unsuccessful I had the urge to try and get an ID here, with the hope that he would eventually swing by.
All other ID are welcome.
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I just recently had a "H.hercules" imported from Nigeria, along with a couple of rainbow crabs, the seller took her sac, but she will lay another in future.
She has extremely thin leg IV, Round domed carapace and is reddish brown which turns olive brown under the light, the juveniles and sub adults also have undersized leg IV like a Goliath.
Their mannerisms are the same as a Goliath, they don't violently bite like say a King Baboon or my H.gigas, they raise up like a blondi and stay there, striking only if you push it, they are generally more calm, you can persuade it with tongs and your hand if you wanted and it moves calmly, I don't recommend it though.
She is similar in leg span to my 8.3" king baboon, but her carapace is somewhat wider.
Dimensions of 36-37mm x 32mm... I would say 7 3/4 legspan.
I have seen my sellers smaller sp too, i'm inclined to say H. sp. nigeria, rather than "hercules"
She is eating a whole chick, which she snatched from my tongs, never seen a T that hungry before, so she needs some fattening up. Sorry about the angle, taken with my iPad
Am I right in saying until a complete revision is done, I'll not know for sure.
(The pictured spider #5 is the wild caught male of this species)
Here are the pics:
All other ID are welcome.
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I just recently had a "H.hercules" imported from Nigeria, along with a couple of rainbow crabs, the seller took her sac, but she will lay another in future.
She has extremely thin leg IV, Round domed carapace and is reddish brown which turns olive brown under the light, the juveniles and sub adults also have undersized leg IV like a Goliath.
Their mannerisms are the same as a Goliath, they don't violently bite like say a King Baboon or my H.gigas, they raise up like a blondi and stay there, striking only if you push it, they are generally more calm, you can persuade it with tongs and your hand if you wanted and it moves calmly, I don't recommend it though.
She is similar in leg span to my 8.3" king baboon, but her carapace is somewhat wider.
Dimensions of 36-37mm x 32mm... I would say 7 3/4 legspan.
I have seen my sellers smaller sp too, i'm inclined to say H. sp. nigeria, rather than "hercules"
She is eating a whole chick, which she snatched from my tongs, never seen a T that hungry before, so she needs some fattening up. Sorry about the angle, taken with my iPad
Am I right in saying until a complete revision is done, I'll not know for sure.
(The pictured spider #5 is the wild caught male of this species)
Here are the pics:
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