#Hapalopus formosus

[insectomoe]

A little late for Spooky posting, but here she issss

[poppys-pets-and-arts]

Prettiest girl came out of her molting chamber!!

[flyingpapaya-blog]

kabocha showing off their colors

[0strolistt]

So I literally bought this beauty yesterday and today she is moulting. Hope it goes well

[mirkwood-trash]

Life hack: bring home crickets and friends will come out

[pigeon-feet]

all my guys

apologies for the genic (first pic) being somehow Less photogenic than the curly hair (last pic, ass)

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Gerard got upgraded to a fancier, bigger house the other day and we got this cute picture of him 🥺

[ID: Gerard the orange and black pumpkin patch tarantula in the corner of his house next to some cork bark]

[walkingmoth]

So, the picture is shit but this is Trundle, my Hapalopus formosus, giving me some real good evidence that she would benefit from a heat source. That black beside her? That's the stove that we were just cooking lunch on. The air temp near her viv is warm but far from hot, and she has herself pressed against the acrylic nearest the stove. In the couple days she's emerged from her burrow, this is the second time I've caught her doing just this; it is not a behavior she displays when the stove is off. She's got plenty of room to go to the cooler side of her viv, too.

[mossiestpiglet]

[ID: two photos of small tarantulas in naturalistic enclosures. The first enclosure also has small plastic orange pumpkins. End ID]

Finally moved these two babies into their juvenile enclosures since it was getting dicey feeding them in their original ones. I’ve never set up a tarantula enclosure that wasn’t mostly naturalistic, but I REALLY wanted to lean into the “pumpkin patch” theme. I think when Thread is ready for an adult enclosure I want to try even harder and make it fully Halloween themed!

[strocalvenom]

|||Hapalopus formosus|||

Common name : Colombian pumpkin

Origin : 🇨🇴

Habitat : Rainforest

Type : New World terrestrial

Legspan : 2-3in

Lifespan : 2-4yrs (M), 7-10yrs (F)

Urticating hairs : Yes

Venom : Low

Temperament : Typically docile, can be skittish if startled

Experience : Beginner

[insectomoe]

That went so well and I'm so proud

[poppys-pets-and-arts]

Candy's starting to get really fat. Not sure if I should put her on a fast quite yet, but she's getting there!

Candy - Pumpkin patch (Hapalopus formosus) suspected female

[hapalopus]

I just got a video of Trick moving around just because he wanted to!! Usually when I see him move, it's because I accidentally startled him (sry love), but this time he just felt like it!

[mirkwood-trash]

He's just the handsomest little pumpkin ever

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Gerard is just chilling out in the open. What a babie. He’s so little I can’t get a clear picture 😭

[id: a pumpkin patch tarantula sling sat on a leaf in a clear box]

[walkingmoth]

Hi! I keep tarantulas, freshwater aquariums, and some miscellaneous inverts in bioactive, naturalistic set ups. This blog is meant to showcase my spiders but may also look into my other critters. Tarantulas:

Twinkleberry: Chromatopelma cyanopubescens, Green Bottle Blue, juvenile

Trundle: Hapalopus formosus 'large', Pumpkin patch, juvenile

Duck: Cyriocosmus elegans, Trinidad dwarf, juvenile

Goose: Cyriocosmus sp. tambopata, sling

Knees: Citharacanthus cyaneus, Cuban orange-violet, sling

Toes: Citharacanthus cyaneus, Cuban orange-violet, sling

Pudge (deceased): Hapalopus formosus 'large', male; purchased as a mature male, Pudge lived for six months and started it all for me.

Inverts:

Two American millipedes, Armadillidium vulgare (native) and Armadillidium maculatum 'zebra' isopods, and whatever beetles, grubs, and caterpillars may cross paths.

Aquariums:

1gal: planted low tech, no heater, no filter, Walstad method, stocked with a few cherry shrimp and microfauna

5gal: homemade planted low tech, heated and with sponge filter, Father Fish method, stocked with ember tetras and cherry shrimp

30gal: blackwater low tech, stocked with a juvenile Eastern musk turtle (Oakleaf), cherry shrimp, clams, and various tropical fish that came with the original set up