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  klinthoris

• Apr 24, 2018

Any thoughts if its a L. klugi?

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Apr 24, 2018

@klinthoris where did you get it, and what makes you doubt if it's an L. klugi?

 

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  klinthoris

• Apr 24, 2018

@Arachnophoric I'm from the Philippines bro. I've never had an L. klugi before and I don't know how to differentiate them from L. parahybana.

 

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  Ran

• Apr 24, 2018

I have a 2.5” female sold as klugi, an adult parahybana, two striatipes one an adult one a subadult. Only my subadult striatipes is clearly the easiest to differentiate from all the others! Besides difficilus, this species is the single most difficult for me to differentiate! L. klugi as adults tend to have reddish hair surrounding their carapace with a thicker/stockier build..supposedly! Hopefully the seller is honest as klugi are more costly than LP’s but, doesn’t make them a better T

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Apr 24, 2018

@klinthoris Did you get it from a seller that's trustworthy? Not sure on what the hobby is like there in the Philippines. Do people sell parahybana as klugis there sometimes? I'm no expert on Lasiodora, but it looks like any klugi I've seen if memory serves right.

 

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  klinthoris

• Apr 24, 2018

@Ran I was thinking the same thing as well, the reddish hair something but I see no coloration of red haha.

 

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  Ran

• Apr 25, 2018

klinthoris, it may take awhile before it gets the red hair surrounding the carapace...at least until it becomes a subadult.

 

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  boina

• Apr 25, 2018

It most definitely looks like a klugi and not a parahybana. Why would you think it wasn't a klugi? Here's mine for comparison:

Lasiodora klugi

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• Apr 5, 2018
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Carla - pretty in red and black - the best Lasiodora imo

That's an adult pic, though and the red hairs around the carapace only show up in larger juveniles. Parahybana is much more grey-ish.