Not G rosea?

[Mark Lynes]

I acquired this spider a few months ago, one of 3 rescue jobs. The lady who gave me it said it had been bought as G rosea, however it doesn't look like one to me.

I know very little about Grammastola type thingies as I keep predominantly Brachys. I wonder if it maight be a Paraphysa sp. It is small and a fast mover.

Whatever it is I would like to know how to keep it, as so far I have been unable to get it to settle.



Thanks

Mark

[Oli Dodds]

As always Mark its very hard to tell a T from a pic. Looks like a pulchra almost ready to moult to me, but thats just my opinion.
Oli

[James Box]

doesn't look anything like my pulchra or my roseas, but beyond that i couldn't say.

[Ray Gabriel]

Its G. rosea

Ray

[Austin S. Spears]

Doesnt look anything like the ones I have. Tht looks more like Paraphysa scrofa to me..

[Oli Dodds]

Its G. rosea

Ray

Looks nothing like my rosea either, but what Ray says, what Oliver believes
Oli

[Peter Roach]

Doesnt look anything like the ones I have. Tht looks more like Paraphysa scrofa to me..

I have G.rosea and P. scrofa and it looks like a rosea to me. It is just too stocky for a scrofa.

Adult female Paraphysa scrofa

Adult Paraphysa scrofa


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[Pam Turner]

In my amature opinion, it looks like a very roughed up, WC rosea. It also looks possibly gravid with that huge backend!! P scrofa are usually mistaken for a RCF rosea, if anything, and this one is totally the wrong color for that. Scrofa are called Chilean Copper for a reason, ya know.

Peter...how big is your scrofa??? My confirmed female is currently at 1 1/8 inches. (Sorry, I really suck at conversions.) I know they don't get as big as roseas, but seeing your pics, they must get even smaller than I was thinking

[Colin D Wilson]

G rosea, more than likely a colour form varient

[Phil Rea]

Yep got to agree, G. rosea

[Michael Olsinia]

Looks like a Paraphysa sp. to me.

[Stanley A. Schultz]

... The lady who gave me it said it had been bought as G rosea, however it doesn't look like one to me.

Whatever it is I would like to know how to keep it, as so far I have been unable to get it to settle. ...

Wait until it molts, then get back to us with an up-to-date photo or two. Try to get one profile shot in addition to the top-down one as you did here.

For the time being, care for it as a semi-desert to desert species. Use B. smithi or B. emilia as examples.

If it turns out to be a rose, follow the instructions at www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/roses.html.


Enjoy your mystery tarantula!

[Mark Lynes]

Thanks to all for taking the trouble to respond. As I said in my original post, I don't do Grammastola thingies. I only ended up with this one (along with a large female G rosea) as I was rescuing a proper spider, the most bleached B smithi I have ever clapped eyes on.

Mark

[James Box]

why don't you "do" Grammastola? my second batch of tarantulas were two rosea juveniles, and i've never regretted having them for a second friendly (as far as that goes), easy to care for, and beautiful!

[Mark Lynes]

why don't you "do" Grammastola?

James

They just don't 'float my boat'.

Brachys, especially the smithi/annitha/auratum/baumgarteni complex are what does it for me. When I got back into the sport, after a 16 year absence, I decided that I wouldn't go mad like last time, when I ended up with a completely mixed bag of c300 spiders, and that I would concentrate on Brachys and a couple of other groups.. This is precisely what I have done and I now have c60, mainly the above 3 species, but also half a dozen each of klaasi & emilia, a couple of boehmi (which I'm not keen on), a single schroederi (which I keep trying to offload) and a few 'red rumps'.As things stand at present, I intend to whittle down the none stripey jobs still further and develop a 2nd core, comprising Theraphosa/Pamphobeteus/Xenesthis

As for friendly, both of the Grammastolas reared up at me big time when I first got them home. Mind you, that may have had something to do with them smoking 70 a day prior to my rescue job.

Each to their own James.

Mark