Chester is a young Orange Baboon Tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus). Unsexed so far. I picked them up from an expo on May 18, 2024.
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Poking their head out
On The Wall (flash on)
On The Wall (flash off)
Chester cleaning themself! Very glad I got this on camera!!!
On their log (flash on)
On their log (flash off)
Protecting their fortress of web
Chester laying down some web - Look at those spinnerets go!
First time showing their face after a molt
an orange (flash on)
an orange (flash off) (not a great picture sorry =(
chester's lookin @ u!!!!
Chester's iridescent foot pads!!!
chester!
chester!!
on top of their wood
Peeking their head out of their tunnel
chester
chesterr
chesterrr
chesterrrr
chester is looking AT YOU!!!
chester is STILL looking AT YOU!!!
this one's a little blurry, sorry =(
lookit those blue feet, part 1
lookit those blue feet, part 2
I was told by some people who are smarter than I am that Chester looks female
peeking their head out...
coming out!!!
adventuring...
the water droplet (1/6)
the water droplet (2/6)
the water droplet (3/6)
the water droplet (4/6)
the water droplet (5/6)
the water droplet (6/6)
fat
it looks like chester is taking a selfie lol!
slightly different image
slightly different image again
these 2 images just happened to be at very similar angles, so i made a little wigglegram (look that term up, it's cool!)
slightly different image again again
okay we get the point
OKAY WE GET IT STOP TAKING PICTURES OF THIS
chester's first steps in their new enclosure...
blue little foot pads =)
cheeto