Thrixopelma cyaneum

[Andrew Ferguson]

That is some beautiful colouration. Blue is my favourite colour, so this could maybe a future tarantula for me.

As James has said, cyan is a blue hue. Modern four colour printing techniques use four colours, red, blue, yellow and black. Or more accurately, magenta, cyan, yellow and black. I had to chip in with that. I studied printing at college.

[James Box]

yeah, that's fair enough...as common names go
but surely the blue is more obvious then the red! bah, who cares! Thrixopelma cyaneum it is, unless re-classified

[Peter Lacey]

From what I can gather there's some confusion to this species concerning reclassification and the exact name but its not hard to see where the red rump comes from:

http://thebts.co.uk/forums/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/264

[James Box]

Heard of it - nice looking T. too! But I swear Thrixopelma Cyaneum is the scientific term for a Cobalt RED Rump???? How come this is blue? It looks like Cobalt Blue to me!
Rich

well this is a prime example of common names being a load of old dung!
cyan means blue, last i checked! hence the "cyaneum"
red rump indeed!<-(actual eye-rolling far less tolerant than shown)

[James Box]

i've just bought 3 Thrixopelma pruriens slings, not sure how they compare for shiny-ness to your specimen, but pretty excited nonetheless!
your spider is gorgeous! how is its temperament?

[Jeremy D. Hoge]

Jeremy, hope you don't mind but i've moved this thread into this Pix section

Superb colouration mate !!!
Nice shots

Colin

Don't mind at all Collin

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I've not heard of a common name for this yet. It looks pretty cobalt colored to me too.

[Tom Forman]

wow, I reckon you got really lucky with the colours on this one.

[Colin D Wilson]

Jeremy, hope you don't mind but i've moved this thread into this Pix section

Superb colouration mate !!!
Nice shots

Colin

[Richard Shah]

Heard of it - nice looking T. too! But I swear Thrixopelma Cyaneum is the scientific term for a Cobalt RED Rump???? How come this is blue? It looks like Cobalt Blue to me!
Rich

[Peter Lacey]

Another beautiful T ive never heard of but which looks stunning. Congrats on such a wonderful find.

[Jeremy D. Hoge]

It's been some time since I purchased a new T but I had this offer put in front of me and I couldn't pass it up. I've always liked Thrixopelma but with this purchase, it has been set in stone as my favorite species. What do you all think of her?

T. cyaneum