Rescued from a horrible petshop for me by a close friend. They sold it to her as a "Stripeknee Baboon". As far as I know, there is no such thing. Plenty of defensive attitude. Small, black spines or spurs on rear four legs. Any guesses?
The orangish/chestnut spinnerettes are a dead give-away-a young Aphonopelma seemani. Don't be fooled by the coloration OR the attitude-young specimens are this brownish color with rather indistinct leg striping, and every single specimen of this species that I've ever owned or encountered were VERY defensive, in spite of what some of the literature about these claims. There is NO way my blue-phase A. seemani would ever sit on someone's hand like that!
I thought for sure thats what it was when I first saw it. What threw me off was the thin black striping in the length of the legs and the disposition. The other two A. seemani I kept and cared for never once acted like this one.
It also looks like an Acanthoscurria insubtilis, I had one of them and they ARE VERY VERY DOCILE!!! Easy to keep and known as Chaco Mousy Brown Tarantula or Bolivan White Knee. Its not a seemani at all. Check Google for more photos.
it's an A seemani. i've owned a COUPLE acanthoscurria insubtilis females and juvies. none have looked like that, and furthermore, A insubtilis definitely do not have orange spinnerets.
Mine was defensive. But when presented with peace and quiet and an aquedate home, has resorted to scrunching up or using his incredible speed (for a terrestrial).
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