Hartley is mature

[Mary]

My Hartley is now a man, he has his boxing gloves, and his white feet, he is big too, will get a pic when he is away from finger range, we gotta get him and the female together now.

[Tegenaria]

Cool, be good to see!

[Tarantula]

What species is he? True spider males can get enlarged embolus about 1-2 molts before they get mature accually.

[Mary]

Hartley is a fishing spider, dunno his scientific name I am ashamed to say

[Gigas]

Ancylometes bogotensis most likely

[Tegenaria]

I thought Hartlety was a Dolomedes,sub family Pisauridae

[Gigas]

*searches forum*
Harvey= http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1350&d=1165435250

Ancylometes sp. Oyapok= http://www.buthidae.ch/Bilder/Wirbellose/Ancylometes%20spec.%20Oyapok.JPG

Could also be Ancylometes sp. Roura, Upon the maturing moult ap. roura males will have silver/white legs

*Edit* pic would be nice if you can get one Mary

[Mary]

There you go, my new man as promised.

[PhilR]

I thought Hartlety was a Dolomedes,sub family Pisauridae

For Dolomedes spp., the Family is Pisaudirae, and the Genus is Dolomedes, Larry :)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Dolomedes
Species: triton (or whatever).

[Gigas]

Mary I am sure sp. Oyapok and sp. Roura are closely related (May be the same sp.) but the markings of the carapce lead me to say your male more resembels Ancylometes sp. Oyapok because of the pattern on the carapace.

Good luck finding him a mate

[Mary]

I have a female here too Chris......

[Gigas]

Oh well then good luck with the mating, Ancylometes sp. have a very interesting way of mating.

[Mary]

Please enlighten me then Chris, so I know what to expect...........

[PhilR]

Romantic music.... low lights..... dinner first.... Very unusual for spiders Mary :D

[Simon Goldsborough]

i have another female fishing spider here for you mary its just moulted i will bring it to the bts show

[Techuser]

Very cool spider
do you have to keep it with a part of the terrarium flooded?

[Gigas]

Please enlighten me then Chris, so I know what to expect...........

I suppose it might be a bit of a shock to see if you are not expecting it, if the female is receptive she scrunches up and the male ties her up with webbing before he mates.

[Becky]

Oh i've seen that! Isn't that so she doesn't eat him? lol and he can get to where he needs to get without having to worry about her getting him

[Mary]

Thanks Simon.

Thats a bit extreme Phil lol.

Ah, now I know, I think lol. Thanks Chris.


No, I keep the substrate wet.

[Gigas]

Some images http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=81572

[Mary]

Thanks for that Chris, now I know what to expect.

[Tegenaria]

He looks good Mary!
Hey Phil, I was close! ;)

[Mary]

New pics of Hartley, chewing on a crick

[buthus]

Great spiders. Back in Minnesota (thats where I gre up) u come across really large fishers ...3-4 inches. I hope I can find one next time Im back home.

[Mary]

He has to be that big now at least, he has lovely silver feet on his front legs, will have to get him in a pot to show him off, you can't appreciate his beauty at the moment.

[Mary]

We just rehoused Hartley and Mrs Hartley, the first pic is Hartley in all his glory, handsome chap that he is, then Mrs Hartley and a pic of one of the identical set ups.

[Becky]

They're gorgeous Mary! You gonna breed them i assume?

Whats their temperament like?

[Mary]

They're gorgeous Mary! You gonna breed them i assume?

Whats their temperament like?

Yes we are gonna try to breed them, Hartley isn't too bad but Mrs Hartley is a fiesty devil.