T. albopilosum MOLT!

 

Discovered Molting

This T. albopilosum (unnamed so far) joined the collection on September 24th, 2020; he's still scavenging and will not take live prey; and mealworms burrow too quickly for him/her and we do not have pinheads or other small feeders.

After about 45-60 minutes; this little guy finally broke free of his old skin.

It's amazing how delicate and fragile these amazing creatures are when they're this young; he looks almost like a ghost in his new, soft, exoskeleton.

Pecan & Sandy

Nhandu tripepii Male

Nhandu tripepii Female

I am new to this species; and it just arrived today!  So far they have been very docile and calm for the most part except while I was trying to get these pictures, I used my poking stick to encourage them into the open and the male was very quick to kick hairs.

They're fairly bolty for a new world species so far as I've experienced; but their bolts are very short and they're no where near as quick as my Old World species.

We've decided to name the Male "Pecan" and the female "Sandy"; given that they're the Brazilian Giant Blonde and the fact that we intend to breed them once they reach sexual maturity, we couldn't think of anything that went together better!