Species Showcase, Stromatopelma calceatum!

Fascinating video dude

I'm absolutely in love with this species. If I could only keep one of my T's, she'd a high chance of being the one. I got my first one in 2017 and she's an angel - no skittish movements, no threat pose, no agression toward anything but prey. And when I by occasion got a second one, I quickly found out how they can differ from specimen to specimen: The newer one is all bad that has been told about the species. Since they're easy to breed as you mentioned, give quite huge egg sacs and people are afraid to buy them, you can get the slings from breeders for laughable prices, like 2 or 3 € over here in EU. Rehousings btw are not a thing to be afraid of if you just put the old container into the new one and take it out when she left it on her own terms. Given, the sizes fit of course. One thing I want to add to your care advice is, that though being arboreal, both of mine digged tunnels below the roots of their trees and only started to set up arboreal lifestyle when almost mature. So please give them opportunities to dig as long as they're smaller.

"I gotta rehouse her" Feather leg: is putting on tactical gear and getting a spiked bat

What a beautiful girl! Love the video Alex.

Great video. I appreciate the map and notes on common questions/species comparisons.

Great video, Alex! When I saw her thrashing around in the catch cup, my heart sank. But, thankfully, she was quiet when becoming one with the bark. Still, your video confirms to me the wisdom of letting others have them.😆 Just call me a Lilly liver! Thanks for the video, Alex!!

Really great rehouse Alex! She a pretty one. You're also improving your photography. That's nice to see and well done. All my T's are doing well. My A. chalcodes yesterday had me laughing. Just as I removed the lid she bolted out of her hide and ran around her enclosure before stopping and leaped at the cricket in the tongs grabbing it! She was dancing like Circ de Solae. Guess she was excited to see her dinner. 😆 🤣

This has definitely helped my confidence for my incoming S.calceatum rehouse. She actually behaved really well when I unboxed and housed her but I'm taking nothing for granted. Awesome footage you got too!

Good stuff man, you do a good job, and you can tell you really love this hobby of yours 👍

I have had three of these. One female who is super skittish and very easy to work with, a male who was skittish but did toss a posture on rehousing, and.... a female I got from a seller too afraid of her as she is so incredibly angry and wants to bite and will come up after fingers. (And who ate the male). So doubly stating you're right about how unpredictable these are and how strong they can be. Hoping your pairing them goes well!

One of my favorite species to work with! Fantastic video!

Amazing shots.

Ahh love these floofers

Your personality is really making you my favorite Tarantula keeper. Thank you so much for sharing your channel with us. I can really trust your information as true .👍🏻👏🏼👵🏻🇺🇸 Wow,that was scary.

I love your channel it is so interesting and informative keep making more

I personally think the earth tiger tarantulas from Asia ( genus Cyriopagopus ) have some of the most potent venom & highest defensiveness. You may search for C. schmidit & C. hainanium whose venom (already isolated toxicologically) drop by drop is more toxic some venomous snakes within the range, let alone C. lividus . These three I've kept did go further up the stick like what you described in this footage. In my experience, earth tigers are generally more skittish than baboons.

Thank you for the video.

One of the most gorgeous species! And spicy as hell!

I love your vlog sir♥️

Great video