Cyclocosmia ricketti

I hope you enjoy this very strange mygalomorph!

You can read a bit on them here if interested:

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Cyclocosmia

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amazing, so they carry the door on their back, new to me.

wow, always something new. Where did you find it?

Nice.

sw2001 wrote in post #11190023
wow, always something new. Where did you find it?

I keep it as a pet, but this species originates from China

Wow...very nice shots....awesome spider..love the marking. So cool

cool spider

so nice! very cool spider!!!

G'day, AMAZING marking on this spider, wonderful capture.
Thanks for the Wikipedia link, fasinating read.
Regards, Dutch

Now that is what I call adaptation.

Has she built a burrow in the tank? And do you handle her?

Great shots.Thank you for sharing. See something new here everyday,but that spider is something.

The detail in your photos is fantastic. Very interesting spider also.

Wonderful captures of an amazing looking spider - looks like you could pick it up and use it's rear as an embossing stamp
Brian v.

Thank you everyone!

canonloader wrote in post #11195029
Now that is what I call adaptation.

Has she built a burrow in the tank? And do you handle her?

It borrowed already, but sadly, I do not see her "butt" like I thought I would. Will keep looking.

I do not normally handle my spiders, I consider them observation animals, just like you would keep fish. Not to say that I do not have any running all over me once in a while, but that is a different thing! Besides, those types of spiders are generally quite defensive.

All the best

Martin

I thought I would do a little follow up for those interested.

Please forgive the horrible pictures...

As I said, the spider had borrowed, so I finally had time to investigate a little...

First, how the set up looks like, there is about 5" of earth

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