Identity?

[johnmccorry]

A few days ago i accuired 5 T's, they have came from neglected conditions, 1 lovely Pink Toe, 1 Chile Rose at about 1.5cm, 1 Cobalt Blue at 2cm, these 3 other than being a bit dry and hungry are no worse for wear however the other two, if possible can someone tell me what they are, the pics are a fair size so you can zoom in close if needed.

T1 - click for picture - this one seems to have been the worse for wear, it has spent the last few days shriviled in the corner of its tank..

T2 - click for picture - this one is very active and aggressive.

didn't think i'd get another t, now ive got 6 in total lol

[Rebecca Norris]

The first is a mature male.. possibly Haplopelma species.

The 2nd isn't a good enough angle for the pic.. needs to be a birds eye view!

[johnmccorry]

Thanks for the reply Rebecca, i have changed the pic on link 2 as you suggested. I'm thinking it may be - Theraphosa blondi?

Regards J

[Colin D Wilson]

Hi John,
I think Rebecca's on the right track with the first picture and I'm hazarding an educated guess of a mature male Haplopelma schmidti.

The second picture doesn't look like blondi to me, it has attributes in line with a poorly marked A. seemanii, wouldn't like to commit myself here though.

[Chris Gilbertson]

Pic 2 looks like one of the lasiodora genus to me.
But i'm fairly new to T's so forgive me if im mistaken

[Rebecca Norris]

Ah better picture! I'd say definately not blondi.. I'd go with seemani as Colin said. Does she have tan coloured spinerettes?

[johnmccorry]

Yes Rebecca the spinnerets are a lovely tan in colour,

thanks everyone for helping out with this, i don't consider myself to be an expert far from it lol
I've been browsing through picture after picture of different species and they all start to look very similar to me, any hints on what to make that distinguishing difference?

[johnmccorry]

been looking at Aphonopelma seemani for the last half hour? would that be accurate for pic 2, the underside are also tan/flesh colour..

[Rebecca Norris]

Yep definately Aphonopelma seemani then!

[Colin D Wilson]

Ray Gabriel made an interesting point on another thread in that....if you keep them on the more humid side when they moult they will be darker with a more vivid patterning, the dryer side makes for a browner less patterned individual.

[Rebecca Norris]

Oh i didn't know that Colin. I don't keep seemani personally but it is very interesting!

[Colin D Wilson]

Niether did i untill i read Rays post,

wonderful thing about this hobby, you learn something new every day !!!

[Rebecca Norris]

Definately. I agree!