#Cyriocosmus leetzi

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Tiniest fierce Cyriocosmus leetzi.

This peanut was so ready to be out of its vial. I hadn’t prepared enough, so this was their “please hold��� enclosure while I prepped their teensy home. Everyone got slightly damp substrate, a soggy bit of sphagnum moss, and a single small dead leaf and they are the four cutest enclosures I have ever made.

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Some feeding day pics. Cyriocosmus leetzi, Tigrosa helluo (I THINK?), Tliltocatl albopilosus (Nicaraguan), Hapolopus sp. Columbia

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Ok but the Brachypelmas are slow growers so if you get small or even medium sized slings you could absolutely house them all in deli cups in a 5-10gallon tank.

My four most recent purchases are all in 2oz takeout sauce containers. 2 brachys and a curly hair, a Cyriocosmus leetzi who won’t need more than a 4x4” cube on adulthood.

You can see the leetzi in the second one from bottom all splayed out on the right.

I stg you haven’t lived until you have created a functional enclosure in which your spider enjoys the vaulted ceiling of the single small leaf it’s hiding under.

Slings can be teensy. I probably won’t need to rehouse these guys for months and months. In fact I will bet I will need to rehouse the dwarf tarantula before I need to rehouse the Brachypelmas or curly hair.

You can definitely make a small single aquarium work for a while, just not for full grown, non-dwarf species. But let me tell you, the dwarf species are rad and should not be dismissed.

Behold my pretty. Dolichothele diamantinensis was my first tarantula and while fairly fast, with prep and research and a solid handle on how to successfully rehouse bolty spiders, they are amazing. I don’t handle and don’t plan on it, for fear of injuring the spider. But look at this gorgeous tiny T! It’s so so pretty! And this is about as big as it will get if it’s a male. If it’s female probably a smidge bigger. Closer to 3” dls.

I caught the tarantula keeping hobby itch but im only allowed ONE tank in graduate student housing.

i want. a shelf. of spiders.

someday. someday i will have this shelf.

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Cyriocosmus leetzi | Venezuelan Dwarf Beauty (subadult female, 2″)

See more photos of this species here!

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Recently matured Cyriocosmus leetzi looking stunning.

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TARANTULAS I HAVE:

acanthoscurria geniculata | brazilian white knee   aphonopelma anax | texas tan aphonopelma seemani | stripe knee (SA/A) avicularia avicularia | guyana pinktoe (SA/A) avicularia metallica brachypelma hamori | red knee (juvi) bumba cabocla/bumba horrida | brazilian redhead caribena versicolor | antilles pinktoe x2 (SA/A, sling) davus pentaloris | guatemalan tiger rump dolichothele diamantinensis | brazilian blue dwarf beauty (juvie) grammastola iheringi | pampas tawny red grammastola pulchra | brazilian black grammastola pulchripes | chaco golden knee grammastola rosea | chilean rose hair hapalopus coloratus (juvie/SA) hapalopus formosus | pumpkin patch holothele longipes | dwarf pink/colombian blue leg x2 kochiana brunnipes | pink leg x2 lasiodora parahybana | salmon pink birdeater neischnocolus sp panama/ami sp panama | gold banded sunburst dwarf nhandu tripepii | brazilian blonde x2 pterinopelma sazimai | iridescent blue/sazimai's tliltocatl albopilosus | nicaraguan curly hair (juvi) tliltocatl kahlenbergi | new mexican (juvi) tliltocatl sp 'Angustum'x2 tliltocatl vagans | mexican red rump tliltocatl verdezi | mexican rose grey ybyrapora diversipes | amazon sapphire pinktoe

TARANTULAS I WANT:

avicularia juruensis M2 | peru purple pinktoe avicularia minatrix | red stripe pink toe avicularia purpurea | purple pink toe avicularia sp "Colombia" | silver pink toe brachypelma baumgarteni | Michoacan orange beauty brachypelma klaasi | mexican pink chromatopelma cyaneopubescens | green bottle blue citharacanthus cyaneus | cuban blue/orange-violet dwarf cyriocosmus aueri | peru love heart cyriocosmus elegans | trinidad dwarf/love heart butt cyriocosmus leetzi | colombian dwarf cyriocosmus perezmilesi | bolivian dwarf beauty homoeomma sp blue peru/euathlus pulchermiinkaklaasi neischnocolus sp chica | mini mesmo tliltocatl schroederi | mexican black velvet

TARANTULAS I WANT BUT I'M TOO CHICKEN TO TRY:

neoholothele incei gold | trinidad olive gold form neoholothele incei | trinidad olive pseudohapalopus kurzhaar pseudhapalopus sp blue | colombian blue botty thrixiopelma pruriens | peruvian green velvet

TARANTULAS I HAVE HAD BUT LOST:

aphonopelma hentzi | texas brown aphonopelma seemani | white stripe knee avicularia purpurea cardiopelma sp mascatum/sp "oaxaca" | dwarf bicolour hapalopus sp "Guerilla" neostenotarsus sp suriname | Suriname dwarf pseudoclamoris gigas | orange tree spider

MISCELLANEOUS:

Assbolus verrucosus | blue death feigning beetles x3 Hierodula majuscula | Giant Australian Mantis Phidippus regius "Isla Juventus" | jumping spider "Isla Juventus"

MISC WANTED:

fufius sp 'Rurrenabaque' | gold wafer-lid trapdoor spider

carausius morosus | indian stick insects

miomantis paykulii | egyptian praying mantis phyllocrania paradoxa | ghost mantis

therea olegrandjeani | question mark cockroach

chlorocala oertzeni | purple flower beetle chlorocala umtaliensis | opal flower beetle cyclommatus metallifer | 'amethyst' metallic stag beetle lamprima adolphinae | 'galaxy' or plain jewel stag beetle mecynorrhina ugandensis | 'pure blue' giant flower beetle phalacrognathus muelleri | 'emerald' or 'ruby' or plain rainbow stag beetle protaetia aeruginosa | jewel flower beetle protaetia cyanochlora | sapphire flower beetle protaetia jousselini | turkish flower beetle

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Bug wishlist

Tarantulas:

Antillena rickwesti

Avicularia minatrix

Aphonopelma moderatum

Chilobrachys fimbriatus

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

Citharognathus hosei

Cyriocosmus leetzi

Cyriocosmus perezmilesi

Cyriocosmus ritae

Cyriocosmus sellatus

Cyriopagopus albostriatus

Cyriopagopus doriae

Cyriopagopus hainanus

Cyriopagopus lividus

Cyriopagopus longipes

Cyriopagopus minax

Cyriopagopus paganus

Cyriopagopus vonwirthi

Cyriopagopus schmidti

Cyriopagopus sp. “Valhalla”

Davus fasciatus

Ephebopus cyanognathus

Eucratoscelus pachypus

Grammostola pulchra

Guyruita cerrado

Guyruita metallophila

Hapalopus aymara

Hapalopus butantan

Hapalopus coloratus

Hapalopus lesleyae

Hapalopus nigriventris

Hapalopus serrapelada

Hapalopus triseriatus

Hapalopus variegatus

Harpactira pulchripes

Heterothele gabonensis

Heterothele villosella

Holothele incei 'wild form'

Homoeomma orellanai

Hysterocrates elephantiasis

Monocentropus balfouri

Munduruku bicoloratum

Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra

Oligoxystre diamantinensis

Omothymus schioedtei

Ornithoctoninae sp. "Bach Ma" "RCF"

Ornithoctoninae sp hon-sej

Paraphysa scrofa

Phormingochilus pennellhewlettorum

Phormingochilus sp “Sabah Blue”

Pseudhapalopus trinitatis

Pseudoclamoris burgessi

Theraphosinae sp. "Panama"

Typhochlaena seladonia

True spiders:

Acanthogonatus francki

Acanthogonatus pissii

Argyroneta aquatica

Calisoga longitarsus

Castianeira amoena

Diplura sp. "Peru"

Diplura sp. "Rio Tigra"

Dysdera crocata

Fufius sp. "Bolivia"

Heteropoda boiei

Heteropoda davidbowie

Heteropoda lunula

Heteropoda venatoria

Holconia immanis

Ischnothele caudata

Linothele fallax

Linothele megatheloides

Liphistius desultor

Nephila clavata

Porrhothele antipodiana

Trichopelma sp. "Colombia"

Other bugs:

Metasolpuga picta

Phyllium letiranti

Porcellio bolivari

Porcellio expansus "Orange"

Pulchriphyllium giganteum

Simandoa conserfariam

Triops sp.

Calvisia marmorata (+ Gaultheria shallon)

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10, 20, 30, 40, 50!

10. Do you have any pet bugs?

I’m so sorry this list is the reason why I took so long to respond to this one. Was at work and needed to type out all this anyways!!! The format goes “common name- pet name- scientific name”!

Bold Jumping Spider- Gabriel- Phidippus audax

Southern Black Widow- Lady- Latrodectus mactans

False Widow- N/A- Steatoda grossa

Cricket Thief Spider- N/A- Thanatus vulgaris

Venezuelan Dwarf- N/A- Cyriocosmus leetzi

Trinidad Dwarf Tiger- N/A- Cyriocosmus elegans

Curly Hair- Thrope- Tliltocatl albopilosus

4x Florida Tailless Whip Scorpion- “The Sauces” Barbecue, Teriyaki, Worcestershire, Cocktail- Phrynus marginemaculatus

African Tailless Whip Scorpion- N/A- Damon variegatus

Vinegaroon- Five Guys “Buggers and Flies”- Mastigoproctus floridanus

Carolina Mantis(?)- N/A- Stagmomantis carolina

Camroon Flagtailed Centipede- Mère Poule- Alipes grandidieri

Dairy Cow Isopods- N/A- Porcellio laevis

20. What's a random bug fact that you tell people whenever bugs come up in conversation?

I like to tell people I have a black widow so that I then can tell them about how shy, intelligent and misunderstood they are!!!

30. Favorite instance of mimicry?

Mantid Lacewings. These fuckers are harmless but said hm! How do I look as bug-scary as possible? Why, simultaneously dress up like a mantis AND a wasp of course!

40. Coolest bug created structure?

Mud Dauber organpipes are really simple but they’re like. Really nostalgic to me because of how prevalent they are where I grew up/ live. Very satisfying.

50. A bug that you want to be an emoji?

An amblypigid so that I can say Me When I Fucking GET YOU.

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Cyriocosmus leetzi

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c. leetzi

[arachnecisms]

Ok of all 9 recent slings, why is the Cyriocosmus leetzi the one pulling Indy 500 zoomies every time I open the enclosure. Little bastard has circled my hand twice on two separate occasions. Ie both times I opened its wee enclosure.

Bro. You have nothing to prove. No matter what, you will be the smallest. Drop the napoleon complex. I will not fight you, and no, you aren’t gonna cut me, your fangs aren’t even long enough to puncture my skin. Cool your tits, wee arachnid.

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Cyriocosmus leetzi | Venezuelan Dwarf Beauty (subadult female, 2″)

See more photos of this species here!

[the8thpage]

Cyriocosmus leetzi | Venezuelan Dwarf Beauty (subadult female, 2″)

See more photos of this species here!

[dark-space-exotics]

Cyriocosmus leetzi is one stunning species of dwarf tarantula.

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A couple of teeny tiny baby tarantula’s, Theraphosinae sp. “Panama” above and a microscopic Cyriocosmus leetzi below.