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Thanks all, Jan I unfortunately cannot see the pics from that link! I'll wait and see if anyone else has any more ideas.... I agree that the colouration looks like P ultramarinus Colin, but not much els about it looks Pampho though
It was sold as a Metriopelma by some in the past, but I'm not really sure why. For one, Metriopelma males do not posses tibial hooks and this species possesses them.
Thanks guys, it does look like that's what I've got, it even has that slightly blonde urticating patch. Mine however has not even a hint of blue on the legs. It does look like it's close to moulting, so maybe that would explain that. I have another T which was sold to me as P atrichomatus, which looks remarkably similar except for size which is rather larger ???
I'll take some pics of that one this weekend & post them here.
Cheers
Mine however has not even a hint of blue on the legs. It does look like it's close to moulting, so maybe that would explain that.
Yeah, it's due to different lighting in the pictures and points in the molt cycle. I'm quite confident in what you have. In certain light they will appear black. In direct sunlight a lot of color appears. They are not an easy spider to photograph accurately for me. The first picture I showed above is without flash, the second is the same spider with flash.
Phormictopus atrichomatus is a very different (and MUCH larger) spider.
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