I love spiders <3 This one is especially adorable! ^w^

It'll become even more adorable once it develops it's metalic blue legs :D The english name to this spider is Cobalt Blue Tarantula ^^

I assume domesticated spiders like that are not de-venomed?

Nope~ Not at all. They need their venom to hunt! There might be a possibility that spiders that have been raised from human hand for generations might develop a less potent venom. But I wouldn't want to bet on it ^^ That's like betting that cats get softer claws the more generations of cats are raised by humans ^^

What a beauty.

Indeed, yes. Just a bit scared due to transport and stuff. But I'm sure it'll recover quickly again :3

affff. Scary >.>

Actually she's much more scared of me than I am of her. When spiders pull their legs close to their body like this, they're trying to make themselfes small so they won't be seen ^^

VERY nice.

Indeed! YOu already own one yourself, no?

Indeed. Ours appears to be older than yours. Darker coloration.


http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5431470/

Indeed! Much darker! Don't you have one called Midnight too? With really blue legs and all? the one I have here IS in deed young. I have no idea how young though >.> About 1in body length

Wait...I must be confused..is this a Cobalt Blue? Cause I just showed you a pic of my Vonwirthi.

This is my Lividum: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6130866/

Well. the sign says Haplopelma Lividium! The breeder too said it's a Lividium. But a young one. I guess the Livi is one of those spiders that grow prettier the older they get?

Must be. I assumed from the stripes it was a vonwirthi. My mistake. The cobalt has stripes too, but sometimes it's hard to spot.

Aye~ No problem ^^
The purple shimmer is invisible currently unless the light falls at a very special angle. I hope it likes it's new home and comes out of it's transportaton box soon and starts digging x3

Some spiders have a blue tint especially the giant bird eating spider..... why? o.o

This is quite a good question .. I have no idea .. but you're right. Most birder eater spiders seem to like blue over an other color ... id's say it's a reflection thing, but then they should be red while under artifical light. i have no idea, really ^^;

This is a male of the species. :) His common name is the cobalt blue, and they originate in Thailand. Lots of aggro tarantulas hail from that region... But anyhow, the female h. lividium have incredibly striking colors. :)
The antilles pinktoe, in my opinion, is the only tarantula as stunning as the cobalt. Have a look! Velvety brazilian blacks are lovely, too.

AHh~~ The Avicularia. I tried my hands on A. Purpurea. Each one of them died after about two or three weeks :/
As of now I don't own any spiders anymore, I gave them away since I lost interest last year.
The H. Lividium in that photo died after a few mouldings, last time I saw it it had the typical black to blue shading in a curious metallic reflection optic :D

My fave tarantulla is still the Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescence, or Green-Bottle-blue. Though I also enjoyed the Cyriocosmus Eleganz :D