Grammostola pulchra, Brazilian Black Tarantula

Grammostola pulchra, known as the Brazilian Black Tarantula, is prized for its long life, reputation as a docile tarantula, a reduced tendency to kick urticating hairs, and the deep black color of adult specimen.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Final Adult Arrived

I received the final of the three adults I purchased this summer, a large female, 010. She is from a shipment the seller got from Germany. She is over 6", very brown (due for a molt soon), and suffers from a few breaks to her legs. Two of the breaks look to be older, one looks fresh (probably from shipping). Her abdomen is very plump, and she was quite lethargic unpackaged. I worry she may be a very old female; perhaps too old to breed for the German stock, so she was sold off.
She has a breaks between the tibia and patella on the right pedipalp; between the patella and femur on right leg 2, which appears to have been mended with cornstarch and super glue, this joint is immobile; between the tarsus and metatarsus on right leg 3, the tarsus hangs limp and is not functional, I suspect she will remove it soon; She also has extensive wear of the bristles on the right chelicera, there is a bald patch on the top. If there is enough time before she molts again the damage to her lags might be repaired with the next molt.
After a few hours to settle in she became more active, and responded to external stimulation. She is housed in a set-up similar to 008 and 009.

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