Bicolouratum/Bohemi

[mary walters]

Can someone please give me the correct scientific name for a 'blood leg',
I bought 2 at an astronomical price (I am not complaining, they are gorgeous creatures and worth the money). I have been told tonight by a spider keeping friend that they may be Bohemi, I thought that they were Bicolouratum as one of my books says blood legs are. They are large spiders, and I think one is male from it's last moult.
Thanks
Mary

[Mark Pennell]

Re: Bicolouratum/Bohemi

Can someone please give me the correct scientific name for a 'blood leg',
I bought 2 at an astronomical price (I am not complaining, they are gorgeous creatures and worth the money). I have been told tonight by a spider keeping friend that they may be Bohemi, I thought that they were Bicolouratum as one of my books says blood legs are. They are large spiders, and I think one is male from it's last moult.
Thanks
Mary

Mary
Blood leg has been used for A, bicoloratum, post a picture of them and and you will know for sure which species you have, also worth noteing is the mature males of bicoloratum are browny-black hence the bicolor bit in the name.

Regards
Mark

[mary walters]

Hi Mark,
I will get a photo posted this evening, this 'male' is bright red not browny black, hope I have got a pair.
Mary

[mary walters]

I got the photo's but how do I put them up.......help!!
Mary

[Mark Pennell]

Mary
You must host them somewhere first and then add a link to then using the Img button, drop in the link to the image then close the tags.


If you do not anywhere to host them email to me and I will host them on the bts server, and supply you the link.

Images should be 72 or 96 dpi and no wider than 500 pixels.

Cheers
Mark

[Layla McInnes]

Hiya Mary

http://photobucket.com

I use them and its free. I have found them to be good

[Phil Messenger]

here's an old comparison pic, took a while to remember where i posted it
they are quite easy to tell appart other than from appearance alone, B.boehmei will
kick hairs at the slightest disturbance as a defence and be in general very skittish, where as
A.bicoloratum will less readilly kick hairs and as a defence posture will stand with the
abdomen raised ready to kick hairs.

[mary walters]

Hi Phil,
Looks like they are Bohemi, I think 1 is male from it's moult, hopfully a pair, but I have a juvenile one too.
The large ones have a 'sooty' appearance to the carapace.
I will get them posted for id asap.
Thanks, Mary