Yep. Gorgeous species.If you like your cancerides and want more Phormictopus, auratus is a good choice in my opinion
Cuban Phormictopus tend to be smaller and slower growing as wellI have noticed tha P auratus sling seems to grow more sliwly than say a P cancerides sling. I have a P auratus that i bougt as a sling. Now its juvenile but it grows way slower than any P cancerides or P atrichomatus i have had in the past, as i can recall? Maybe i just have a weirdo!? Can anyone here that gas greater experience with Phormictopus auratus tell me their experience with growthrate!
Shh, we have to keep pretending they’re ugly so more people don’t get them...I just picked up an auratus a few,months ago. My first of the genus so I cant comment on the differences. I do want morw phormictopus though. I cant believe how relatively cheap they are considering how good looking they are.
Was your auratus blue as a sling? I purchased mine from a well known site and mine is blue bit folks are on here saying that auratus are not blue as slings so maybe i got something elseI have noticed tha P auratus sling seems to grow more sliwly than say a P cancerides sling. I have a P auratus that i bougt as a sling. Now its juvenile but it grows way slower than any P cancerides or P atrichomatus i have had in the past, as i can recall? Maybe i just have a weirdo!? Can anyone here that gas greater experience with Phormictopus auratus tell me their experience with growthrate!
If it was blue like other Phormictopus slings, it's def not an auratus.Was your auratus blue as a sling? I purchased mine from a well known site and mine is blue bit folks are on here saying that auratus are not blue as slings so maybe i got something else
When in doubt post a photo! LolYeah I just checked on it after I posted. It doesn't look as blue as I once thought. More like gray brown. Interesting read though. It seems like the taxonomy on the genus is pretty muddy. I will check on mine after it molts. I am not sure if the non cuban varieties stay blue for a while. I remember it kind of looking blue when I first got it. It might just be in premolt now. It hasnt molted in my care yet. I hope it is what I ordered. I got it from jamies so i figured it would be what i ordered. Its about one inch dls
I will when i get a chance. It is so shy it runs into its burrow at the slightest.When in doubt post a photo! Lol
Thanks for the link. Very interesting stuff!Here's a good paper to read on Phormictopus:
http://www.macilacispiders.hu/wp-co...TS_journal_31_2-only-phormictopus-article.pdf