Chilean Rose Tarantula [ventral sexing]

Species? It matters.

Chilean Rose Vanessa

Female.

@Skorpy she means what is the scientific name for the spider in question.

I think she will know herself as I have said Chilean rose. Unless I look it up, I don't know Scientific name.

@Skorpy You should learn it, it matters.

Swagg not everyone knows the scientific names. This is why you have names like Red Knee, Gold Knee, Rosehair, stripeKnee etc.

Yes, it is handy, but not a must.

This is why they are important when you are asking advice on the boards.
Recently, Petco has been selling “rosies” that are actually not G. rosea or porteri, but Phormictopus cancerides. This would be a bit like buying a house cat and getting a tiger.
. I remember searching up information for a B. smithi by its common name, Mexican redknee. Unfortunately, I kept getting it confused with Mexican flame knee (B. auratum) and spent hours reading up on a similar, but ultimately the wrong, species.

If you tell us you need help with your bird eater and don’t give the scientific name nobody knows what you are talking about.
Is it Lasiodora parahybana or Theraphosa blondi? They are both bird eaters, and totally different. Same goes with rose hairs or any other common name.
find the scientific name for the species you have and put it on the enclosure so you see it all the time. It will help you a lot on the boards.

This is why they are important when you are asking advice on the boards.
Recently, Petco has been selling “rosies” that are actually not G. rosea or porteri, but Phormictopus cancerides. This would be a bit like buying a house cat and getting a tiger.
. I remember searching up information for a B. smithi by its common name, Mexican redknee. Unfortunately, I kept getting it confused with Mexican flame knee (B. auratum) and spent hours reading up on a similar, but ultimately the wrong, species.

If you tell us you need help with your bird eater and don’t give the scientific name nobody knows what you are talking about.
Is it Lasiodora parahybana or Theraphosa blondi? They are both bird eaters, and totally different. Same goes with rose hairs or any other common name.
find the scientific name for the species you have and put it on the enclosure so you see it all the time. It will help you a lot on the boards.

This is why they are important when you are asking advice on the boards.
Recently, Petco has been selling “rosies” that are actually not G. rosea or porteri, but Phormictopus cancerides. This would be a bit like buying a house cat and getting a tiger.
. I remember searching up information for a B. smithi by its common name, Mexican redknee. Unfortunately, I kept getting it confused with Mexican flame knee (B. auratum) and spent hours reading up on a similar, but ultimately the wrong, species.

If you tell us you need help with your bird eater and don’t give the scientific name nobody knows what you are talking about.
Is it Lasiodora parahybana or Theraphosa blondi? They are both bird eaters, and totally different. Same goes with rose hairs or any other common name.
find the scientific name for the species you have and