Aphonopelma seemanni - Nature Impressions And Care Advise
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2019
- On our most recent tarantula hunt focused on Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula. A. seemanni is a species of tarantula from Central America, occurring in countries like Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
Even though there is potentially a new species in this huge distribution range, we will cover the Zebra Tarantula, Aphonopelma seemanni in this episode in a little more detail.
Aphonopelma seemanni makes a great pet tarantula, just make sure you give them the substrate to dig their deep burrows, that way they will also stay calm and don't react very defensive.
Get inspired by the nature of Costa Rica and maybe build your next enclosure for Aphonopelma seemanni a little different.
Disclaimer: No spiders were hurt or illegally harvested for this documentary. Aphonopelma aberrans is nomen dubia since 2013 which I totally forgot, let's blame the sun and heat for my mistake... or just myself :)
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I got my first in the '90s (second tarantula ever!), and it burrowed immediately. Awesome spiders. I was literally JUST explaining to someone that most of them will burrow (hers hadn't at first, but did eventually). I absolutely love seeing video of their natural habitat. The girl I have now has a nice deep burrow as well. Love the stuff about Aphonopelma being kind of a placeholder genus for tarantulas that haven't been studies. I can't wait to see how that all pans out once they are properly described. Awesome stuff, bud...as always!
Tom Moran so let's do an A. seemanni special together, I have more and better footage from this recent trip 💪💪
@@birdspiders Are you serious? PERFECT! I think that seeing the in their natural habitat will get more folks on the burrowing bandwagon. Awesome!
@@TomsBigSpiders Cant wait for this! Great idea guys!
@@TomsBigSpiders Is this ever going to happen?
Here from the dark den. T’s in the wild. This is awesome.
thanks Phil! Hope you enjoy all of our videos :D
I love my seemanni so much, she is so beautiful and has the quirkiest personality. Great video, thank you so much for showing them in their natural habitat, it really helps us keepers because you are ALWAYS learning!!!!
indeed an amazing species :)
that's what i like the most on this channel. natural habitats. if you google natural habitats of tarantulas, you can never be sure, that its correct what you see there. good job, keep it going!
True true
thank you !
I really appreciate the amount of time and effort you put in making these types of videos. Your passion is evident, and that makes them even better! I just acquired one of these beauties today!!!🥰 I knew you would have the info I needed. You're amazing!🙏
In typical fashion, I find myself absolutely absorbed with your videos. So exciting to see these stunning species in their natural habitat, allowing everyone to get good ideas about how to get the best out of their species burrowing. Thanks so much. I envy what you do so much. thanks again man. Justin
much appreciated Justin, thanks for watching!
I love these videos. So much information.
Martin. Just got my 1st seemanni, enclosure is now perfect,an seeing the twigs and leaves in natural habitiat. I've a dried lotus pod,with twigs and dried leaves. cant see the seemanni as burrowed deep,it's all good though, as keepers of these beautiful creatures we need to replicate as much as we can. Nice one Martin.glad I found your upload,very few tubers give such insight 😀
awesome! have fun with it! There will be an updated video about some A. seemanni insights from Costa Rica, just revisited the locality last month and got some new shots :-)
Excellent video as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Once again thanks Martin for such valuable information. 🤓👍🏼
cheers mate :) Great you leave a comment here :)
Martin! You are the man. I was just thinking about re-housing my two seemani's who, after a year and half, have finally gown enough to need it. Still under 2 inches, but inspiration couldn't have at a better time. Keep it up my man, love what you do here for the community! 👍. 🍻.
awesome Michael! Good luck with the new enclosure build, would be awesome if it comes out very naturally for sure :)
Awesome find that female was beautiful! Your videos are always packed with great information about the T itself and their homes out in the wild! I can’t wait until we finish moving so I can finally be settled to get my first T. Have a great day guys!
Much appreciated! Great to read so nice comments :) Thank you Kaiti & Jessica
I love your channel!
thank you!!
martin, love your videos so much man, keep up the good work! imo your channel is one of youtube's best and it definitely deserves more subs!
Thank you Payton! Much appreciated for sure :)
Soo good video with sort of information and of course view of nat habitat, that's what we need , thanks soo much,
And also natural conversation with viewers and Rico is good idea. Cheers Martin!
thanks, we will constantly improve on the delivery of the videos, there is still room for it for sure :-) Thank you!
Wish you got the subs you deserve. This was a good video thanks a ton.
i have one in 6 inchs of sub with a big cork bark n fake plants. i raised from sling. it has 3 burrow entrances. i want to change my enclosures more like you showed me. the natural habitat. love these videos great job.
awesome! Look forward to see the final result!
Schizo Pelma TV brought me here. Thanks for the info man! ❤️ Helps a lot especially on the correct husbandry.
thank you Patrick!
Wishing you all the best in your search... maybe more on the shady side, that where the Ts are ☺
I always search in the shady areas first, lol :-D Thank you Kristina!
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cheers Vanessa (:
Awesome I just need to put my seemanni enclosure near the road to make it real like home. lol jk. awesome channel I will be learning alot from the wild back ground for my enclosure.😀👍
they need the car noise for sure! lol. Thank you!
@@birdspiders do you think you will ever get around to seeing the Indian violet..😁that would be awesome to see in the wild
I wondered if you found any A.crinirufum, I have one but don't see a lot about them, love your channel
Is this Good for complete beginners? I just bought a brachypelma 3 days ago
Help!! Today I went to go change my pink-toe tarantula’s water and as I was about to refill her water dish after I dumped the dirty water out, she climbed up my arm extremely fast and then dropped about 2 1/2 feet. She landed on her feet though. I gently picked her up, put her back in her enclosure, quickly refilled her water and shut the enclosure, I’ve been watching her and she seems fine. What do I do?!
You'd see a wound with liquid if the spider got seriously injured - therefore everything sounds like it's OK. Just let her rest :)
birdspidersCH I’ve been keeping a close eye on Iris (my tarantula) for the past week, she seems great! Her enclosure is always in tip-top shape and she is very active. Thanks for helping! 👏🙂
hmm interesting thing about the clay soil...my A seemanni has never dug a proper burrow but it does a lot of digging, like a LOT of digging, it seems to just be always piling up dirt in one corner of its enclosure, then digging it all up again and making a different pile. and of course burying its water bowl. but never actually making a hole or tunnel like other spiders even tho it has deep substrate to dig down if it wants. a few months ago I gave it half a flower pot for a hide and it seems to like it in there and hasnt dug nearly so much since
maybe it's because the substrate consistency doesnt allow for tunnel building? Try a more clay like substrate to it, it will work wonders 💪👌
yep thats what I was thinking..right now its substrate is topsoil with a some coco fibre and vermiculite mixed in. thats what all my fossorial spiders get and the rest of them can make stable tunnels, but maybe there is something different about the way A seemanni burrows, like I dont think Ive ever seen it try to web around where its been digging and everyone else uses silk to hold up their tunnels. maybe A seemani relies much more on the structure of the soil...hmmm we will see
@@SuperLoops I find this to be the case too, my A seemanni doesn't web up it's tunnels like my other burrowers so I've had to give her a more structural substrate that doesn't collapse.
My strip knee burrowed a week ago and hasn’t come out since. Like I can’t even see the original hole it dug because it burrowed itself. Tomorrow is supposed to be feeding day. Should I leave it alone or try to get it back out in the open?
Leave it it will come out when it's ready it may be ready to molt
trouble maker thx
Leave it alone and wait until you see her again. Tarantulas usually come out when they are hungry, that's how I'm going to see them anyway :)
birdspidersCH unfortunately I had to rehouse it last night anyways. The moss I had in it’s enclosure started getting moldy. Didn’t want the T get a bacterial infection or worse
Great video . Thanks a lot to share Aphonopelma natural habitat.
keep sharing your amazing acknowledge .
Best regards
much appreciated! We will do our best :)
Had mine for close to 2 weeks now and really like to watch it (not been gendered yet) doing whatever.
*touch it*
can't, I'm scared
Question, I have a A. seemanni blue form. Are they hobby bred or also in the wild? Also, how long does the dry season last? Thank you!
they are also present in the wild, but not sure how constant their coloration is and if it's really a color form or just a state some specimens go through until they appear to be brown again. But we've seen blue specimens of A. seemanni in the wild in Nicaragua, so no hobby bred.
Dry season in this area is usually from December to April
Blood Eagle 88 I've seen dozens and dozens of A. seemanni in the wild, in Nicaragua and now Costa Rica. Some are blue, others are not - in the same population. I'm therefore not convinced it's a stable colorform when so many different looking specimens are living hole to hole just meters away from each other
Blood Eagle 88 you dont really read my response to your comments, do you? :)
Mine doesn't burrow
news flash - they all burrow in the wild as that's their natural behaviour. Maybe change the substrate to something better for them to make tunnels?
First
first indeed!
You should NEVER use soil from outside. Don't listen to him there are insecticides & chemicals in the soil that could harm or kill your tarantula
Torpedoes n Tarantulas
no reason to be hysteric. I use soil from outside for well over 10 years and never had any issues. As I said in the video, make sure it's an natural place