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New spood: Shinobi

Okay, okay. I admit it - I have a problem! But to be honest I really don't care...

My partner and I stumbled across a local exotics shop by accident called Jay's Jungle. We initially went in there to see what selection of live foods they might have had, expecting them to be mainly reptiles. When I found that they had tarantulas in there as well (on a shelf high up because they were apparently scaring the customers away!) I had to have a look. They had a lot of the regular species, mainly Brachypelma>/i> and Grammastola species, but they also had several Venezuelan Sun Tigers, (Psalmopoeus irminia. So I went in there for food, and I came out with this:
Venezuelan sun tigers are native to Venezuela and Brazil, which makes thema New World species. However, unlike most New World species they don't have urticating hairs, and so they rely on venom for self defense. This makes them more like an Old World species, so I plan on treating him as such.
Because his dark grey colouring reminded us of a ninja, his/her name is Shinobi. It is an arboreal species, living part way up tree trunks, usually in hollows.
What I love about this spider are the bright orange stripes on his legs:
Now to get him settled in his new home - a Tarantula Cribs coffin, of course.
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