Corn is a young Chaco Golden Knee tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes). He is most likely a male. I picked him up on January 13, 2024.

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In the car after picking him up

In the car after picking him up [2]

In the car after picking him up [3]

In the car after picking him up [4]

lookit him...

RED and EVIL

embracing an arboreal lifestyle

Dancing to celebrate a nice meal

The Spider Shelf

just chillin, y'know?

wow lookit his belly

oh we're zooming in now

we feed the opps to corn, watch out

Drinking from his new water bowl

on his moss, look at that goofy face

BUTT

corn being scary and ominous

Chilling under his leaf

he looks like a puppy

Timelapse of Corn's molting process

Corn's exuvia

Epigastric furrow area under a microscope. I'm not sure if Corn's sex is able to be determined from this image.

scrungly guy

scrungly guy (continued)

corn's goofy walk

sitting on his leaf

surveying his kingdom from the top of his bark

Showing us those brand new fangs

Sitting on his leaf (part 2)

face

zoomed in face

lookit him....

he loves looking out the window!

Enjoying a meal

Sitting on his leaf (part 3)

Corn remembering he's not arboreal

nom nom nom

Side Profile

waow

lookit his webs!

so pretty!!!

he face

After the molt. I was not at home during the molt

Exuvia

Microscope view of epigastric furrow. No spermatheca are visible, so this means Corn is most likely a male.

Stretching his new (and still soft) exoskeleton out (angle 1)

Stretching his new (and still soft) exoskeleton out (angle 2)

Another stretch

On his log, Still a little discolored from the molt

Corn enjoying his first meal after his molt (part 1)

Corn enjoying his first meal after his molt (part 2)

goofy abdomen position

lookin at you

showing those fangs

what is he lookin at...

lookit those colors!!!

bum

sitting on his leaf (no flash 1)

sitting on his leaf (no flash 2)

Corn showing off his dance moves!

sitting on his leaf (flash 1)

sitting on his leaf (flash 2)

just chilling, i think

I don't know what that gold patch on his abdomen is

touching the glass

an interesting view. i think

hanging off his Leaf

Sitting in his water dish (that he filled up with dirt)

Side profile from in his water dish

Showin us his teeth (not a threat pose, he's just climbing on the side of his enclosure)

corn =)

Hiding under his leaf (part 1)

Hiding under his leaf (part 2)

Just chillin'.

Looking at you!

Our first look at Corn!

Corn's exuvia

Corn very much seems male

A Brand New Corn! part 1

A Brand New Corn! part 2

A Brand New Corn! part 3

just chillin' :) (part 1)

just chillin' :) (part 2)

weird lighting

all natural colors!

enjoying a meal, part 1

enjoying a meal, part 2

4x4 mode activated... (enjoying a meal part 3)

sport mode activated... (part 1)

sport mode activated... (part 2)

he sees you...

trying to get to you...

the dark side of corn

The last image of corn in his old enclosure

He loves his new enclosure!

such long legs!

woah...

i love it when they do that thing with their pedipalps =)

^_^

He's so good at this!

hey look at this jpeg

why does he look like that

i dont know why i kept this image in. it is 2 am and im just tryna get these descriptions done

what a stunner!

booty

why do i make these captions at 2am

this is basically the same image as the last one...

Enjoying a nice dinner Meal!

Still enjoying a nice dinner Meal!

this one's out of focus sorry about that. yes that is a cockroach leg between his fangs, what a brutal predator!

Look at that silk!