Any Ornithoctoninae/Selenocosmiinae sp., most of which are humidity dependent and either fossorial or arboreal. This screams Selenocosmiinae to me, though I couldn’t tell you the species. It also looks rough. Either this is a WC spider or it’s an older spider on its way out. I’d set it up as I mentioned earlier and leave it alone for a while. Sometimes it can take some time for tarantulas to settle in after a rehouse.
Thank you so much!!! I do have its old coconut shell in there, with a lot of substrate and corkbark which I burrowed out underneath. It stays in the coconut but I have seen it come out to drink. I was keeping everything drier because I thought it was the holothele longipes species. But I will add some frogmoss in a corner to help.
Does this mean I have an old world tarantula? Well look at me?! Who would have thought?!
I am just glad I have help. Thank you!
when i consider also former pictures of these specimen, i would rule out any Selenocosmiinae because the Fovea is not very broad and recurved.
For a Ornithoctoninae, i miss the typical pattern at the abdomen.
I tend more to a NW Ischnocolinae. Likely Holothele longipes.
It looks like it´s not in good condition, because there are pieces from the last moult at the abdomen.
Yes I agree about the rough moult. The guy in the petstore told me it moulted when they got it. And it lost its leg, so they named it Seven. That piece on its abdomen was larger when I got it. Some has come off and I wasn't sure what to do about it. He basically stays in his house and comes out occasionally for a drink. When I got him there were dead crickets in the enclosure. And I offered him a superworm which he didn't take from my tongs so I crunched its head and left it wiggling in front of him. He never ate it so I've just been leaving him alone.
Yep, I have seen this picture.
Thats the reason why i tend to Ischnocolinae as Subfamily and Holothele as the genus.
Here are some picture for comparing:
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