Pokie ID

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with a Poecilotheria ID, unfortunately my phone won't upload pics onto my computer at the mo so this is description only. Some time ago (nearly a year) one of my spiders went missing from my formosa colony. I found a pokie which looked right (there were three pederseni slings loose at the time too, all recovered and here with me) and I put this spid in with his sisters. now at a sub-adult stage I noticed today that his markings are different from the other formosas. I have only seen one male formosa before (the daddy of this lot) and I am concerned that he may be a pederseni living in the formosa colony, and not a male formosa. The reason for this is the white lines and markings on his patella, which pedersenis have and female formosas don't. However his patellae are dark, whereas pedersenis are light normally. He also has these lines and marks all down the dark parts of his legs as well. If anyone has a close up pic of a sub adult/adult male formosa's legs it would really help me to identify him, if not could anyone please give me a clue?

[Peter Roach]

Have you tried HERE

[Peter Lacey]

Here's a good guide courtesy of Mikhail F. Bagaturov:

http://tarantulas.tropica.ru/en/evolution/Poecilotheriinae/Poecilotheria

or you could search for Soren Rafn's ventral id poster

[Peter Kirk]

Easiest way to tell is the ventral femur of leg 4 of P. pederseni is very distinctive and has a black 'triangular' marking on it. Formosa has nothing similar at all.

[Nicola Dolby]

Thanks everybody, he's definitely n immature male pederseni. Thanks!!

[Peter Roach]

Found it !!!

I knew that i have seen this somewhere

[Nicola Dolby]

Brilliant! Thanks Peter