Showing posts with label Antilles Pinktoe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antilles Pinktoe. Show all posts

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Avicularia versicolor Info

I learned a few new tidbits about the Avicularia versicolor (Antilles Pinktoe) today! Verrrry interesting stuff.

  • They can actually jump 30cm or even higher!
  • I knew they had urticating hairs like other tarantulas, but I didn't know that they are unable to kick those hairs off like the terrestrial tarantulas we have in the states.
  • I also now know that males tend to have brighter coloration than females.

This particular bundle of tidbits brought to you from Wikipedia.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

SB - Another Death of Old Age

When I first got interested in tarantulas, I had a wish list in mind of the species I wanted to own. On the top of my list was the Avicularia versicolor. In October, we attended the Oklahoma Reptile Expo and I brought home one gorgeous A. versicolor (Antilles Pinktoe). The breeder informed us that the spider had just molted a few days prior. It had previously been turquoise (A. versicolor slings are turquoise).

AviculariaAvicularia versicolor
(Antilles Pinktoe)
S.B.