Aphonopelma species "Michoacán"
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Aphonopelma species "Michoacán"

My girl 'gonzales' (an undescribed Mexican aphonopelma SAF), molted about a month ago. Last night she emerged to eat for the 1st time, to my surprise she has undergone a complete colour change from pale brown to jet black, real cool (see linked pic below to see what she looked like before).
Thats amazing. Only ever seen Aphonopelma turn black like that when mature males
Aye whilst I didn't know she'd turned fully black, I could tell by the glimpses of her that I saw in her burrow that she was darker and thought I maybe had a MM on my hands. Managed to pull the molt tho and it's 100% a she, will be interesting to see if she stays the same or turns lighter again over time 🤷‍♂️
 
Aye whilst I didn't know she'd turned fully black, I could tell by the glimpses of her that I saw in her burrow that she was darker and thought I maybe had a MM on my hands. Managed to pull the molt tho and it's 100% a she, will be interesting to see if she stays the same or turns lighter again over time 🤷‍♂️
Yeah, keep us updated. I think I know where you got her from and I have 2 from the same supplier if that's the case but none have moulted and look 'chalcodes like'
 
Aye whilst I didn't know she'd turned fully black, I could tell by the glimpses of her that I saw in her burrow that she was darker and thought I maybe had a MM on my hands. Managed to pull the molt tho and it's 100% a she, will be interesting to see if she stays the same or turns lighter again over time 🤷‍♂️
Yeah, keep us updated. I think I know where you got her from and I have 2 from the same supplier if that's the case but none have moulted and look 'chalcodes like'
 
Looks almost blue to me, very nice ! This genus has some suprising great looking species.😍😁
 
STUNNING!!!!!!!!
Steindacneri Molt out all black as well. (see my avatar) they fade to Mink / Coffee Brown. Keep us posted
 

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