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26-09-2007, 07:29 PM
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anyone keep Eurycantha calcarata?
Been chatting to a keeper and the males are vicious little bleeders, but fascinating, just wondered if anyone on here kept them. IU think they are the Eurycantha calcarata, if these are green also?
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26-09-2007, 09:01 PM
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i keep eurys (among others)
they are very handleable & easy to keep -UNTIL- they reach maturity , whereupon the males turn into fighting machines  they pull their tail up like a scorp & snap their extremely powerful & spiky rear legs. they have spurs like a cockrel which are super sharp. i had mine in with some tracharetoan brueckneri & a male killed em all  they are green while young , but turn deep brown to black as adults. mine have just started hatching 
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26-09-2007, 09:26 PM
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I used to keep these too and can only echoe whats been said above! Those evil back legs are not to be messed with
 I liked them though, along with most of the other large phasmids like heteropteryx dilatata <-- really worth keeping if you havent already
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26-09-2007, 09:37 PM
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 should only be another 10 - 16 months to go now at least ive got plenty of other stuff in the meantime 
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26-09-2007, 10:12 PM
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yeah he said the males have drew blood a few times but he showed me the actions on a female, quite impressive show with the tail curled and the legs right out
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