ID please?

[Taki Tsonis]

Anyone know what T this is? It's about 8-9cm ls and very aggressive....

[Kate Arbon]

Can't help with the ID, sorry, but that is a VERY nice T!

[jan soetaert]

cyclosternum?

looks exactly like one of mine.

http://www.the-t-store.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=11920

also a tad aggressive

jan

[Colin D Wilson]

Pamphobeteus ultramarinus is my guess Taki, but there's more experienced on here that may prove me incorrect.

[mary walters]

I agree with Kate

[Taki Tsonis]

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

[Elaine Ross]

It looks kind of like the Lasiodorides polycuspulatus but I'm never very good at id'ing lol.

http://thebts.co.uk/forums/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/572

[Michael Olsinia]

I agree with Jan. I think it's the spider sold under the names Cyclosternum sp. blue femur and I think also Metriopelma sp. Machalla.

[jan soetaert]

Here's a link to the pics:

http://www.upload3r.com/serve/040408/1207307294.jpg

http://www.upload3r.com/serve/040408/1207307421.jpg

http://www.upload3r.com/serve/040408/1207307205.jpg

I bought it as cyclosternum sp. ecuador blue femur. But that's off course no guarantee...

judge for yourself

jan

[Rebecca Norris]

Was gonna say it looks Metriopelma sp.

[Eric Reynolds]

Cyclosternum sp. "Machala".

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.

You can see some photos of the "bits" HERE.








Eric

[jan soetaert]

Hi eric,

i see the same typical webbing on the floor as with mine. any idea at what stage the males show their adult color differentiation?

jan

[Taki Tsonis]

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

[Eric Reynolds]

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.

Eric

[Nicola Dolby]

Whichever it is, its a beautiful spider. Looking forward to the pics. Thanks Taki