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My pair of Bonnetina hijmenseni has molted about the same time and because the male is already adult, I have tried to pair them. His box is completely covered by webs so I am not sure if he is loaded, but he seems to be active. However, after 30 mnutes the female has lost an interest...

Have you been successfull with your breeding? Do you have any specific advices? Thank you for sharing.

None of my verdezi spiders has the dark triangle. One has completely dark carapax, the other very light.

Another molt and the spider changed completely coloration to typical dak/black. Now I am pretty sure that this is really vagans.

typical nipple-shaped spermatheca Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 180, Issue 4, August 2017, Pages 819–886, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw013 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxtm2cUxjf2hcmtEM3dyY01LUGhqRmlocmszVzA5UGRUQVU4/view

BL about 1 cm

Female (?) of Bonnetina hijmenseni, about 1 cm body length

Body size: 2,5 cm (cca 1 inch) Do you see a difference from Brachypelma vagans?

Thanks DaveM, I know this paper, but it shows color variations in the different populations. But from the same sac? Well, jezzy607 wrote that even this is possible. I will wait for another molt.

How big is this one and how old? I got few of them as well since 2019, but they are still very small, about 1 cm in total.

OK then, if the variability is so high even between indivuduals from the same sac then I must do molecular analysis (I always wanted to do that and have possibility to perform it in my lab :)

Hi quirius, thanks for your opinion. I wanted to note that this one is typical burrower, hidden all the time. Others (vagans) are always visible and do not digg much. So kahlenbergi?

The slings come from the same breeder and I do not expect that coloration differences could be due to mixed mainland/island forms. But one never knows. Unfortunately, this one is male and spermatheca will not help much.

I bought this one last year as a tiny sling of Tliltocatl/Brachypelma vagans from a reputated source together with couple of other vagans. But the coloration indicates a mistake. Any thoughts?

This is typical Tliltocatl/Brachypelma vagans bought together with the unknown one (a previous post), added just for comparison.

Hi, I have read elsewhere that there is a legal breeding facility in Mexico who offer several Brachypelma species and are able to ship worldwide with all necessary papers including CITES permission. Unfortunately I am not able to find it. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.