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Aphonopelma - Mt. Diablo
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noexcuse4you
Posted 7/14/2009 8:32 AM (#3096)
Subject: Aphonopelma - Mt. Diablo



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Location: San Diego, CA		Habitat

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Female (Pre-molt)

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Subadult Male (Post-molt)

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Matt Kogler
Posted 7/14/2009 9:25 AM (#3098 - in reply to #3096)
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Wow Kyle, those look like my female. The male is colored the same, and thats how my female looked prior to molt.
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Chad Lane
Posted 7/14/2009 10:39 AM (#3107 - in reply to #3096)
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Davidbarber1
Posted 7/14/2009 11:18 AM (#3110 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: San Clemente, CA.		Kyle, that habitat looks KILLER for anything you would want to find. Great pics!

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mikemike
Posted 7/14/2009 12:04 PM (#3116 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas		I've never ID any T's that I've found, but I have found some on and near Diablo that looked like those ones. Now I have an idea what they are. Are there other species around the Bay Area?
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SpiderQueen
Posted 7/14/2009 1:34 PM (#3136 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Sonoma County		Great pics, as always, Kyle!
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despeleta
Posted 7/14/2009 2:10 PM (#3144 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: San Rafael		awesome! nice looking tarantulas. are they the same as the ones i find in niles or sunol? are there multiple species in the bay area?
nice photos!
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noexcuse4you
Posted 7/14/2009 2:38 PM (#3148 - in reply to #3144)
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despeleta - 7/14/2009 2:10 PM

awesome! nice looking tarantulas. are they the same as the ones i find in niles or sunol? are there multiple species in the bay area?
nice photos!


I'm not familiar with those places, but given how close they are and the lack of natural boundaries, they could be. The genus Aphonopelma is currently under revision by Dr. Brent Hendrixson and won't be complete for many years. Until that happens, I've been labeling T's I find, Aphonopelma sp. "Location". So this one would be Aphonopelma sp. "Mt. Diablo".

I collected that female and immature male and CodeWilster (on AB) collected a female so we have a nice little breeding group.
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Ricky Ortiz
Posted 7/14/2009 3:18 PM (#3163 - in reply to #3096)
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Sweet finds Kyle!!!
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EdgarOrtega
Posted 7/15/2009 2:11 AM (#3245 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Manteca, Ca		Kyle, did you end up skipping your Yosemite trip?
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noexcuse4you
Posted 7/15/2009 7:55 AM (#3257 - in reply to #3245)
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Location: San Diego, CA		No, I went. Its not as much fun going by yourself so I left a little early. You can check out some of the pics here >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/asmodeusk/sets/72157621502450322/
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CodeWilster
Posted 8/4/2009 3:44 PM (#5097 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Tehama County CA		Hey Kyle nice to see those pics. Here's that male (we still sure it's male?) and I'll see if I can dig up some more pics. I know I took several habitat shots...

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By the way the female I have just molted. She actually looks much different than the male, almost green. I'm sure yours has molted by now too!
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Ricky Ortiz
Posted 8/4/2009 5:21 PM (#5104 - in reply to #3096)
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next time you guys go let me know I would love to go looking for T's!!
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noexcuse4you
Posted 8/4/2009 6:21 PM (#5110 - in reply to #5097)
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By the way the female I have just molted. She actually looks much different than the male, almost green. I'm sure yours has molted by now too!


Yeah, mine molted too and looks that greenish color! Its interesting to see such sexual dimorphism in immature specimens. I'll get some pics of her up sometime.

I housed them in half-gallon containers filled about 9/10 the way full with some native soil and they seem to like it. They've dug some pretty interesting burrows!

Kyle.
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noexcuse4you
Posted 8/5/2009 3:29 PM (#5170 - in reply to #5110)
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Location: San Diego, CA		Here's the recently molted female on the soil in which I'm keeping her. It matches her native soil pretty well.

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Rockstar84
Posted 8/23/2009 6:37 PM (#7717 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Morgan Hill, CA		I see holes like this all the time...how do you fish them out and how long before you know noone is home?...
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noexcuse4you
Posted 8/23/2009 6:49 PM (#7718 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: San Diego, CA		Stick a twig down in there. If something grabs it, try to lure it to the surface. If you can see it, then you can pour a little bit of water down in there and he'll come right up. Just be sure you can actually SEE the tarantula otherwise you may be just wasting your water!
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Rockstar84
Posted 8/23/2009 8:15 PM (#7731 - in reply to #3096)
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Location: Morgan Hill, CA		cool, thanks
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