Anubis
03-09-2008, 10:07 AM
There's nothing else to do but mess with the things that don't hibernate. At least I managed to put in some practice and get decent enough at using my camera for when the tegu wakes up. It's actually pretty active in the animal room when I have a ton of things that come from more temperate/tropical zones.
I have many more pictures that I really should get to cropping and uploading, but these will do for now. There's a bunch of closeups of their tarsi (foot equivalent) and claws that I used as a test of my macro lens's zoom capability.
Whiteknee (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2268842280_6c57b6eef5.jpg
Green Bottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/2268842612_5f9fe233ec.jpg
Chaco Golden Knee (Grammostola aureostriata)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2268842922_34f5031462.jpg
Desert Blonde (Aphonopelma schmidti)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2270237111_078588d63f.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2299882932_3fe9417d7d.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2299883058_fd71af9843.jpg
Undescribed dwarf from the Hualapai region(Aphonopelma sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2292724573_69e7ccb17a.jpg
Identification is a work in progress on this one, but possible Grand Canyon Black (Aphonopelma sp. "behlei-like")
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2299086279_696ba68c53.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2299087039_a2c35c3648.jpg
Identified as Grand Canyon Black by someone else, but no one can say for sure at this size. (Aphonopelma behlei)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/2299883918_4068bda1be.jpg
Unknown species from Sedona (Aphonopelma sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2299087857_fcf27f69d5.jpg
Tarsus
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2299883734_655b82dd0f.jpg
Starburst Baboon; no full body shots on this one (Heteroscodra maculata)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2299884272_8475b5c873.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/2299884372_c837f11a67.jpg
Carolina Wolf (Hogna carolinensis)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2292725281_4ae62a08ca.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2294976947_413ea94a6b.jpg
Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2299088197_e79c472634.jpg
Mantis (Stagmomantis sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2299086839_2b0e53928e.jpg
Dune Scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2299087445_7aae648d10.jpg
Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2354/2299087615_835c54391d.jpg
And one of my newest finds, a Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha) that has a somewhat rare color that I've only heard mention of being found twice (mine being the second).
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2356/2315558063_40541a1cc0.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2316366274_0bd2eb59a8.jpg
Here's a typical morph I had a long time ago for comparison:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/A7ii/IMG_4878.jpg
I have many more pictures that I really should get to cropping and uploading, but these will do for now. There's a bunch of closeups of their tarsi (foot equivalent) and claws that I used as a test of my macro lens's zoom capability.
Whiteknee (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2268842280_6c57b6eef5.jpg
Green Bottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/2268842612_5f9fe233ec.jpg
Chaco Golden Knee (Grammostola aureostriata)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2268842922_34f5031462.jpg
Desert Blonde (Aphonopelma schmidti)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2270237111_078588d63f.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2299882932_3fe9417d7d.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2299883058_fd71af9843.jpg
Undescribed dwarf from the Hualapai region(Aphonopelma sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2292724573_69e7ccb17a.jpg
Identification is a work in progress on this one, but possible Grand Canyon Black (Aphonopelma sp. "behlei-like")
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2299086279_696ba68c53.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2299087039_a2c35c3648.jpg
Identified as Grand Canyon Black by someone else, but no one can say for sure at this size. (Aphonopelma behlei)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/2299883918_4068bda1be.jpg
Unknown species from Sedona (Aphonopelma sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2299087857_fcf27f69d5.jpg
Tarsus
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2299883734_655b82dd0f.jpg
Starburst Baboon; no full body shots on this one (Heteroscodra maculata)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2299884272_8475b5c873.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/2299884372_c837f11a67.jpg
Carolina Wolf (Hogna carolinensis)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2292725281_4ae62a08ca.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2294976947_413ea94a6b.jpg
Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2299088197_e79c472634.jpg
Mantis (Stagmomantis sp.)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2299086839_2b0e53928e.jpg
Dune Scorpion (Smeringurus mesaensis)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2299087445_7aae648d10.jpg
Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2354/2299087615_835c54391d.jpg
And one of my newest finds, a Tiger Centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha) that has a somewhat rare color that I've only heard mention of being found twice (mine being the second).
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2356/2315558063_40541a1cc0.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2316366274_0bd2eb59a8.jpg
Here's a typical morph I had a long time ago for comparison:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/A7ii/IMG_4878.jpg