Skele-Ted, Master of the Universe

Meet Skele-Ted. Skele-Ted is a pale ladybird spider, Stegodyphus dufouri. These spiders are related to the Black velvet spider that I would really like to add to my collection. They are an arboreal species that originates from the continent of Africa, so like warm dry enclosures with plenty of height.

Unfortunately, when Skele-Ted arrived, it was very obvious that he was already a mature male due to the length of his first pair of front legs. Male individuals of this species (and indeed many others) have extra long front legs to help them to hold the females' fangs at bay as they attempt matine. This was a little disappointing as a mature male is likely to have a shorter life span than a female, but he is still an impressive specimen regardless.
I named him Skele-Ted due to his cute little face. It made me think of a sad teddy bear, wearing a skull - A little bit like the Pokemon Cubone. I prefer to think that it's the skull of his enemy rather than his mother though!

Hopefully you guys can see it too and I'm not going crazy! I've got a lovely black coffin enclosure from Tarantula Cribs on the way for him to move into. In the meantime, he's hopefully happy here.