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Oct 29, 2010 17:43 | #1

I hope you enjoy this very strange mygalomorph!

You can read a bit on them here if interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclocosmia

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Oct 29, 2010 18:10 | #2

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

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Oct 29, 2010 18:21 | #3

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

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Oct 29, 2010 18:35 | #4

Nice.

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Oct 29, 2010 19:38 | #5

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

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Oct 29, 2010 22:24 | #6

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

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Oct 30, 2010 02:50 | #7

cool spider

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Oct 30, 2010 05:27 | #8

so nice! very cool spider!!!

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Oct 30, 2010 17:39 | #9

G'day, AMAZING marking on this spider, wonderful capture.
Thanks for the Wikipedia link, fasinating read.
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Oct 30, 2010 17:50 | #10

Now that is what I call adaptation.

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

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Oct 30, 2010 20:15 | #11

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

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Oct 30, 2010 22:04 | #12

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

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Oct 31, 2010 00:59 | #13

Wonderful captures of an amazing looking spider - looks like you could pick it up and use it's rear as an embossing stamp
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Nov 01, 2010 20:46 | #14

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.

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Nov 06, 2010 14:31 as a reply to @ Martin G.'s post | #15

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

Decided to lift that leaf and found a nice little trap door.

looked down the hole and there it was, perfectly plugging the burrow, I thought they would do this at the surface, but that is even more efficient... I had a lot of trouble trying to take that picture, sorry again.

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