Yeah I obviously don’t make a habit of this. This was so I could show someone a particular vendor was selling H.chilensis that wasn’t H.chilensis at all. To make my point I needed them next to each other to show the difference. Was for 2 seconds then back they went.
Yeah I obviously don’t make a habit of this. This was so I could show someone a particular vendor was selling H.chilensis that wasn’t H.chilensis at all. To make my point I needed them next to each other to show the difference. Was for 2 seconds then back they went.
except one is pre molt and one is freshly molted...they could very well be the same species in that regard....not saying they are...but the fact they look different really proves nothing about what species they are or arent
except one is pre molt and one is freshly molted...they could very well be the same species in that regard....not saying they are...but the fact they look different really proves nothing about what species they are or arent
The problem is pretty wide spread though. There’s posts all over Facebook asking why their chilensis from this vendor is molting constantly and green I promise it’s not the same species although of course you’re correct that from my photo alone, proves nothing. I took them before I sent the slings back so wasn’t able to perfectly time it. But I have a few different size chilensis and these were all wrong. Legs too long, different setae,different urticating patch, green color…etc. And I’ve raised 6 species of Thrixopelma so that’s immediately what came to mind but of course I could be wrong. All I know is this vendor did not send out chilensis.
So do you think it was intentional? Did they take back the slings and refund or credit you? Was it a hassle?
I had another vendor ask me recently if I had gotten any and said the ones he had werent Chilensis either but probably some kind of Thrixopelma as well.
So do you think it was intentional? Did they take back the slings and refund or credit you? Was it a hassle?
I had another vendor ask me recently if I had gotten any and said the ones he had werent Chilensis either but probably some kind of Thrixopelma as well.
I’m not sure it was intentional but their timeline was way off. They started mentioning they’d have slings soon in August 2021, then shipped 2i slings in April/May 2022. So I’m pretty doubtful they ever had chilensis. It’s also not the first species that was mislabeled from them. I bought Euathlus truculentus from them and was able to confirm it’s a Thrixopelma (likely puriens) by spermatheca. So it’s odd that rare expensive species from them keep turning up being Thrixopelma. If it was an honest accident I would expect…not that.
I didn’t buy from them directly because of the Euathlus mislabeling. I bought from someone else and didn’t realize who they had bought from. The vendor I bought from apologized profusely and mentioned where he got them. I knew as soon as I opened the vial they weren’t chilensis. I wasn’t sure if the vendor was telling the truth until people started coming out who bought directly from them. So yes I got a refund but it wasn’t from the vendor initially responsible for the mislabeling.
Hopefully that all made sense. A bit of a mess when I can’t use names. You can DM me for clarification if needed.
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