i need help with Identification... please

[stewart peverill]

picked this fella up on sunday and i was told it is a chinese giant tarantula ...they didnt have its latin name . ive looked around the net and i cant find any info or pics that look the same as it ... ive put a pic on here ...its not as good as i wanted but the t keeps having a pop when i get close any info would be a help ... cheers

[Phil Rea]

Common names are meaningless unfortunately Stewart, and unless you can get a better picture I would be astonished if anyone will even take a stab at identifying it.

[stewart peverill]

cheers for that ... just taken a better photo .. and hopefully it helps

[andy hood]

Looks like a Chilobrachys species ??

[stewart peverill]

thanks for that ill have a look around and see if i can find a pic now