If you have any suspicion that this could be a different species, or a hybrid, I would urge you not to make any additional breeding attempts with her. This is the same way people end up in your situation.
Hi,
I have a collection of brachypelma/tliltocalt species. This particular piece, which I got as verdezi, has cleary different coloration that other verdezi spiders I have seen, incl. males from J. Mendoza
I have some suspicion that it could be something else. My other verdezi female has typical yellowish hairs, this one has rather red ones. Both successfully mated with determined verdezi (from J. Mendoza) last year, both did eggsacs. One contained 500 viable slings, the other (with suspicious coloration) ate it two months after laying.
Would you please give me your thoughts about what this could be?
Thanks.
Vladimir
Have you read this:
Cooper, E.W.T., West, R., and Mendoza, J. 2019. Identification of CITES-listed Tarantulas: Aphonopelma, Brachypelma and Sericopelma species. Montreal, Canada: Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
If not do it. And pay special attention to the hairs on leg IV.
Honestly i dont care much about colours. Maybe because in my experience, colours are often a weak feature and species could have a wider range of color variations than the people belief.
For example: Vilchis-Nestor et al. 2013. Morphological and color differences between island and mainland populations in the Mexican red rump tarantula, Brachypelma vagans. Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 13 | Article 95.
These scattered longer setae can only be a hint
At the end you can just compare the spermathecae with the other species. But be also careful with these feauture. There can be also variations.
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