Spider, bought as G. rosea.

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  supsativa

• Jun 30, 2007

there r dif color phases to g.rosea.

 

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  pitbulllady

• Jul 2, 2007

You are correct; this is Paraphysa scrofa. The coloration isn't the giveaway here, but the shape of the mirror patch IS. In Paraphysa species, the mirror patch has a distinctive hourglass shape, where in G. rosea, it has no real defined shape at all. Your spider has that hourglass-shaped mirror patch.

pitbulllady

 

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  Myeong Jeong

• Jul 11, 2007

It is very beautiful.
Paraphysa scrofa is smaller than G. Rosea
But this tarantula is not small

 

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  Orchidspider

• Jul 14, 2007

I dont think its a scrofa at all. It is a red phase G. rosea. I have one and she is great, just moulted, and she was only 15$. They are not easy to find, hence why alot of people make the mistake of calling them scrofa. Marshal in his book, points out that there are variations in color of rosehairs, as do the Smiths' in their Guide. I thought mine was a scrofa for a little bit, but with more careful research and not jumping to conclusions I found its a rose hair. Check out Rick Wests site for a better pic. Nice spider!!!

 

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  Orchidspider

• Jul 15, 2007

I just put a pic of my red phase rosea in the Tarantula gallery for you to check out.

 

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  bliss

• Sep 4, 2007

this is Definitely G rosea RCF. G rosea always have the rosie color to their carapace, and P scrofa have darker, almost black carapace.

the one in this picture definately has a pinkish tint to the carapace.

G rosea RCF have an overall red/pink color, and P scrofa have black along with reddish tints.

the way i remember it -- P scrofa look like A seemani with Red highlights on the legs and on the beginning of the abdomen, near the pedicel.

 

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  Hasek

• Sep 14, 2007

This spider is defenitly too small to be RCF G. rosea.

 

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  pinkzebra

• Sep 30, 2007

I'd say this is a P. scrofa. As pitbulllady said the mirror patch looks more like a scrofa than a rosea.

 

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  bliss

• Dec 22, 2007

yes looking back over it, i now see the difference.


it's p scrofa for sure. then again if you bought it as WC, it could be paraphysa sp pygmy or any other various form of paraphysa... theres lot's of paraphysa we have yet to discover, let alone classify taxonomically.

-dan-