help in identifying t's

[Rebecca Burrett]

Hello im new to the forum and this is the time ive posted pics so hope it works. ive got two t's that im not to sure what they are.
Both t's came without a scientific name and both have some thicker, darker hairs on the hind legs was there any purpose for them.

The 1st i purchased as a cinnamon tarantula
The 2nd was purchased as a stripe knee

[Guy Tansley]

Hi Rebecca and welcome to the forum.

My first thoughts on your spiders are

Citharacanthus spinicrus
http://giantspiders.com/C_spinicrus.html and

Thrixopelma pruriens

http://giantspiders.com/T_pruriens.html

but I cannot be 100% sure (it's difficult to give an accurate ID from a photograph).

Hope this helps.

[Rebecca Burrett]

thankyou for given me a rough idea on what ive got.
Can anybody tell me how im ment to be keeping these at the moment they are both set up for terrestrial species, with hide supplied is this right or do need to change it.
Are they aggressive and are they hard come to by {as ive never heard of them}.

[Rebecca Burrett]

I recieved a t in spring this yr fully grown adult Lamproplelma Nigerrium, unfortunatly it died 6months later, but after seeing quite a few pics of them i have now got my doubts about it as it hasn't got the orange frindge around it's carapaces.
Any body got any ideas?

[Guy Tansley]

thankyou for given me a rough idea on what ive got.
Can anybody tell me how im ment to be keeping these at the moment they are both set up for terrestrial species, with hide supplied is this right or do need to change it.
Are they aggressive and are they hard come to by {as ive never heard of them}.

Your standard terrestrial set-up will be fine.
IMO neither species are defensive (aggressive), assuming they are the species you think they are. Neither are particularly rare either.

I recieved a t in spring this yr fully grown adult Lamproplelma Nigerrium, unfortunatly it died 6months later, but after seeing quite a few pics of them i have now got my doubts about it as it hasn't got the orange frindge around it's carapaces.
Any body got any ideas?

(it's difficult to give an accurate ID from a photograph).

[Neil Richardson]

I recieved a t in spring this yr fully grown adult Lamproplelma Nigerrium, unfortunatly it died 6months later, but after seeing quite a few pics of them i have now got my doubts about it as it hasn't got the orange frindge around it's carapaces.
Any body got any ideas?

I've got the same species at home, bought from the BTS and mine looks exactly the same as yours in that photo.

It really needed a deep burrow to thrive, and quite high humidity.

[Mark Pennell]

I recieved a t in spring this yr fully grown adult Lamproplelma Nigerrium, unfortunatly it died 6months later, but after seeing quite a few pics of them i have now got my doubts about it as it hasn't got the orange frindge around it's carapaces.
Any body got any ideas?

Rebecca
They can often loose this rusty orange fringe, as large adults, they are ofen uniform black when fresh molted.

Cheers
Mark

[Mark Pennell]

I've got the same species at home, bought from the BTS and mine looks exactly the same as yours in that photo.

It really needed a deep burrow to thrive, and quite high humidity.

Neil
Having seen this species in the wild, I can confirm they are extremly deep burrowers. One burrow we put a 1.5 metre stick down one hole, it never touch the bottom!

Cheers
Mark

[Neil Richardson]

Yikes!!!

Mines in a tall sweetie jar atm, the kind that you see in newsagents, filled right to the brim.

I never see it, so i guess it's happy down there :P

[Rebecca Burrett]

thanks guys, mine escaped the first week i got it the again a couple months had no idea how {caught both times}, and after a few weeks, it started to act very slow and front legs curled under but still trying to walk, {i had to move its hide so it could gain entrance to burrow} next day dead.
Hoping to get another at yrs bts as she was a great t

[Ray Gabriel]

Norning all,

pics 2 and 4 look like Hommeoma sp Blue Peru large to me but as Guy correctly says you cannot get a 100% id from a photograph.

Pic 1 looks very familiar but cannot get the spider of the tip of my tounge so to speak.

It would be much easier to identify them in the "cuticle"

Ray

[Rebecca Burrett]

Ray,
Where abouts is the "cuticle" as then i can try and get some pics of it

[Ray Gabriel]

Hi Rebecca,

I was having a play on words,

There is a saying "see it in the flesh" spiders have cuticle, what i meant was i might have a better idea if i saw them live.

Ray

[Rebecca Burrett]

well got down to feeding my t's and what a surprise i had the "Cinnamon" or " pics 1+2" has shed.
Its now a dark blue colour with soft pinkish hairs, the underneath is the same colouration of a A.Seemanni, so i'm assuming it could be a Aphonopelma sp. of some sort. There is no significant markings either.
Thought id still pics up to show what it looks like.
Sorry bout the photo quality.

RAY:
Is it possible to send the shed to some one to get it identified or bring to this yrs BTS show.

[Ray Gabriel]

Hi Rebecca,

Richard Gallon and i are actually looking for moults ad deads of the blue Hommeoema and the T. pruiens, so I/we would be very interested in examining the skin for you.

If you send me a pm i will reply with my email address.

Ray