T. puriens - Peruvian green velvet

[Dave Gunter]

Just shed today

The exhuvium is 5½" legspan, it'll be interesting to see how much bigger it is now.

[Johanna Turner]

Very nice, be a while till mine looks anything like this mind you!

Lovely markings of the legs though

[Nicola Dolby]

I just got one of these yesterday. Tiny little thing spent most of the day subduing a maggot, though the spider won in the end. Now its a fat tiny little thing. Thanks for the picture to remind me what I'm looking forward to.

[Colin D Wilson]

Is that the final colouration Dave, or do the markings on the legs get more vivid when mature adult. Had a look on the net for piccies but the images are mostly too dark (and some a little unfocused) to tell.
anyway a nice looking spider.

[Dave Gunter]

Not sure Colin, we all know how the colours alter on these beasties according to how the light catches them, i'll leaver her(?) in peace for a few days then get some more pics.

[James Box]

that's a beautiful pic!
i have three slings, and they're already starting to look interesting. greenish abdomen and pale red carapace, with dark grey legs! this is at just over a cm

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi Dave, just reminded myself of what my spider will look like. They're still beautiful. The males tend to be more green than the females, or so I gather as I've only seen an adult male before. All the best

[andy hood]

beautifull spider indeed