Xenesthis immanis "Colombian Lesserblack" Rehouse and Care 

Just got a suspected female today. 1st one of this genus for me. Thanks for the info!!!!

I'm glad this sir is not the typical and average ignorant ass gringo that pronounces Colombia as "cOlUmBiA". This is a well-educated man. Congrats!

I love watching any rehousing, no matter what species

this is a species that I was never really interested in..... now though, the more I see them the more intrigued I become! Thanks for the video

Had to have emergency surgery but I will get back to work on the fan club I created for everyone that loves Tom's big spiders

Just picked up a Xenesthis sp. Bright from Tom Patterson a few weeks ago and I’m in so much love with this freaking T. So I adore all the Xenesthis love

Great video!! I’m new to Tarantulas. So far we’ve picked up two GBB’s and one P. Regalis. Thanks for the podcast and the RU-vid videos. 🤘🏻

Beautiful spider Tom ! Maybe some day . I've been doing the plexiglass thing for a few years . Thanks again !

Picked up an X immanis sling Saturday. So enamored my it. About to molt me thinks. Can’t wait to see how much it gains in size. My B smithi molted again (6 weeks since last molt). Looking gorgeous!

I am looking to keep this species in the future. Appreciate the video!

Absolutely gorgeous 😍❤ and still love my Morans' very much. Hugs to all of you. My bucket list is to give you and Billie a hug 🤗. You have taught me so much and I even have one old world which I said I would never do. C. darlingi. You'll always be my mentor and friend.❤

Hi Tom, hope you’re having a great weekend so far. Isn’t this a stunning Tarantula 💜 love it’s colours 🕷️💜🥰

Always a pleasure to watch your rehousing videos, and thanks for the information you share, 👍

That was a smooth one. I bought a Barbarous Growth enclosure recently and I like it a lot. The only downside for me : NO arboreal enclosures!

Love your videos!!! Always look forward to seeing them. Another beauty! 🕷💜💙💚🖤♥️💛🧡🕷

Great video Tom, I have two adult female Xenethis (Bright and Blue); great comparing notes, also your comments about temps are always reassuring. I've set one up as a bio active, half with moisture, the other half dry, to see if they have a preference. Gorgeous spiders, you've made me think about getting an Immanis, keep up the vids, they're really helping others keepers all around the world 👍

Great coverage Tom. And speaking as someone who has no interest in keeping a X. immanis, or any other spider that gets significantly large for that matter, I find the information you provide interesting regardless.

Another great and smooth rehouse, beautiful T!

I just got one from Fear Not. It made a huge tunnel overnight in the middle of a cork tube angled in the substrate. All I need is a sweet toad to hang out with my burrowing friend.

How could anybody not like Xenesthis? I love my X. blue. and can't wait to see it grow up. Sadly they are not available that often.

Hello great video information Tom

Great video as always Tom and what a stunning species. Hope your all keeping well brother. Take care

Because of all your Phormictopus videos, I finally got a Cancerides sling! Like you've said, insane food response! Not even 2 minutes after being unboxed and she ate a worm like she hasn't eaten in months lol 😂

Another brilliant straight talking video Tom and very informative, definitely worth covering the Xenesthis species Tom especially for people who just got or are contemplating getting one, and not forgetting Billie who always has your back Tom.

Great video, smooth rehousing. Only one kick?! I'm keeping my extremely slow growing Phrixotrichus Vulpinus in the very same sling container....baseball display case from the hobby store.

Beautiful ! Hopefully the slight hair flicking during the rehouse wasn't enough to be a bother. Sorry to hear that your Xenesthis sp. Blue destroyed the put in with it. Hopefully, your immanis will settle in its new home relatively quickly. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)

Tom do you put the little pegs into the sides of your enclosure. Also we tend to forage for moss and leaf litter locally do you guys not do that.

A STUNNING species some are way out of my price range lol

Love the purple 💜 ones.

You can make as many Xenesthis or Pamphobeteus as you like, I enjoy these genera so much 😜

Thanks for the vid Tom. I think you suggested as such, but is the spider's forever home? Just wondering, as if they end up with an 8 inch DLS, the width is not much bigger than that and wanted to confirm you deem that sufficient. I've seen some rules of thumb that with terrestrials the length should be around 3x leg span and the width 2x (though this varies a bit). Really value your input, thanks.

Hi Tom! I have an X. intermedia and just found an immanis female locally for an amazing price that I feel like I can’t pass up. Are they different enough to have one of each in my collection?

Great video

Nice T Tom, that enclosure looks great ! Just wish you didn’t talk so slow 😂 Just kidding! Love your channel !

Hey didn't you do a Lasiodorides striatus video? The awesome one with the orange stipes on its legs? What happpend to that video? I can't find it. Would love you see it.

Prettiest carapace of all tarantulas IMO. Ceratogyrus Darlingi and Marshalli have the most unique carapace.

Are you planning on doing more genus blowout videos, like your Poecilotheria and Brachypelma videos?? Would love to see more like those for comparison purposes between similar tarantulas in the same genus. Avicularia, Aphonopelma, Grammostola, Xenesthis… whichever you have enough to be comfortable putting together in a video. Those videos are like window shopping for future purchases. 😁

@TomMoran is it possible that juvenile females of X immanis will show femur coloration? I have a 3.5" specimen that has purple femurs (and I assumed it was a male based on this fact,) but I noticed you had posted a pic on Instagram a while back of a female juvie X immanis sporting brilliant purple legs.

My Immanis has just had a weird molt. One of her back legs came out bent at a 90 degree angle. The molt itself was seemingly successful with no retained skin, so not sure what’s gone wrong there. She’s still spunky, eating and not fully grown yet so I’m hoping it’ll right itself over future molts.

Ty for sharing 😊

I have a Dominican purple and either she had a bad molt or a fight with an insect. On her underside there appears to be a bit of blood. I don’t know what to do to help her. I cleaned her housing to ensure there are no loose bugs but is there anything I can do to treat her wound?

I don't know that spider is from the mountains of Columbia. But Columbia is a jungle. Are you sure it doesn't prefer something that hot and humid?

Yep the hazmat suit 😊

I'm from Colombia and somehow, some way I got one. My first tarantula and is very likely to be a female according by breader. Unlucky for me I got scared by her while changing her enclosure, she molted three days prior and in a blink of an eye she run, I tried to put a bin over here to catch her but she was faster and I caught her leg... :c She had a white tear coming out her leg, few minutes after she dropped it and now she is strangely doing fine, even not so shy as before because the day before I got her and she was hiding and using her legs to cover her up, after the accident she went into her hide and cover herself, few hours after she was full extended and out her borrow. I am still afraid of losing her and I am feeling like garbage for that mistake. I learnt she liked higher humidity in her enclosure. Something makes me feel worse is that she was so kind and slow, I really appreciated that as she is my very first tarantula and after what I did, you know, feelings are making me feel way worst.

How do the immanis compare tonthe intermedia? Any color difference?

Hey Tom such a beaitiful spider and a great video . This is my response i have posted on a few forums and facebook .Is the dark den the new exotics lair? toturing tatantas for views . He had already been deleting the negative comments from his" can tarantulas swim" video . But the fan club are all saying how amazing he is for making such a great video . The worst but for me was on about the third dunking he gave one spider when that big air bubble comes out . Or the obviously scared blondie that was not floating like the smaller spiders . He does a good job of making the video look organic and an amazing surprise to him but i make videos and know fully well this was the result of good editing . I wander just how many spiders will be "going for a swim"as a result of this video now . I hope it was worth it for the views . Another possible topic for you . I love your pod cast but never v really know the best way to get coments to you ? I listen on audible but if you pick up comments on another podcadt player i will put then on there . Thanks for all you do Tom i try to spread your message and get you more listeners when i can .

From what I have witnessed, my Lesserblack has not bothered the plants in its enclosure. I’m aware that his species is one that develops symbiotic relationships with small species of frogs; in that the frog will guard the spider’s eggs while the frog is granted protection from predators. The Dotted Humming frog is one such species to establish an alliance with tarantulas. I wonder if this relationship occurs in captivity. Not that I would endorse it. His frog species may be banned from export and not available, if it’s not here already.

Who wouldn't want these beatiful spiders? i just got my first 2 .

It’s a baseball container 😊

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Those gorgeous blue legs are so perfect. How do you protect Billie from hair kicking. She is the camera person. She should not have to itch to make a vid. Tell her to get some arm length gloves like vets use. Then you know you will not get those hairs on you. Wear a mask too. Some folks are reactive to those hairs so bad that they get sick. Allergies are a pain.

I use succulents with my xenesthis species. They haven’t been ripped out (yet at least lol) I’ve kept succulents with them for about a year now.

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niice i just got this one a week ago haha

Is that a female?