Grammostola

Nope, it's not a rosea. Most likely porteri or sp. "Northern Type".

What?! You're kidding me. The pet store had it labeled as a "rose hair". So what's the correct scientific name for it then? Is it still under Grammostola?

@tAngents Yeah, "rose hair" refers to any of the above mentioned species and localities.

Grammostola rosea is red with a pink reflective carapace. Grammostola sp. "Concpecion" is red with some lighter, white hairs, no pink carapace and has a disk shape on their metatarsus. Grammostola sp. "Maule" is similar to "Concpecion" except that Maule has no disk shape on their metatarsus.
These three are the commonest of the "red rose hairs".

Then there is Grammostola porteri, mostly brown with a pink carapace. Then many different variations of Grammostola sp. "Northern Type", though all seem to lack the pink, reflective carapce, and most/all are much lighter in coloration.


All of these could be referred to as "rose hairs" and pet stores usually can't tell the difference.

@tAngents

This is a reason why we tell people to ignore common names and focus on the scientific name. Common names are all over the place and overlap very often, like a stripe knee can be any number of ts from N. chromatus, to A. geniculata to E. murinus and more....you just saw first hand that the term "rose hair" is a broad one that's applied to a wide array of similar looking Chilean species...care is basically the same for all, dry with a water dish.

Their food requirements are extremely low and they're known for long random fasts, sometimes a year or more. Adults take 4-6 years between molts....growth is crazy slow. But they can live in excess of 30 years, many speculate over 40. Mine's at least 30. They also deal with cooler temps quite well, so no need for heat applications.

Yours does indeed appear to be G. porteri

If you ever have any questions down the line, there's been posts on everything, if you can't find an answer, feel free to message me, I'd be happy to help.

@BobBarley Ahhh, you totally got me on that one kiddo.

@tAngents welcome to the hobby, and welcome to the boards

Ohhh, I see now. Thanks so much @BobBarley for clearing that up for me. I'm learning already! I will try to get some pics of it in better lighting later and maybe put them up in the ID section.

Thank you as well, @cold blood ! I'm glad the care is the same. And that's exactly how I have him/her set up--in a tank with dry substrate (I tried to pack it down a little because I read that they don't like it real loose but will sometimes try to burrow in it). I have one of those wood hides in there. I expected it to want to hide more but it's just been mostly sitting on top of the hide. Doesn't seem to be stressed-out, though. Of course I plan on reading up more about signs of a stressed-out tarantula. I know when they put their front legs up, they're probably mad. And if they've got their legs kind of retracted inwards they're probably stressed but mine is just sitting with its legs in a neutral position.

So G. porteri, I'll just go with that then! Sounds good.

I will edit my pics so they don't say "rosea"!

Don't expect it to use a hide, they rarely do in captivity for some reason...but its still good to offer, I have basically the same thing in mine.

Don't worry too much about "stress", its way over-used and generally is of little concern.

My rosea ("true" rosea, or as true as rosea can get) is a literal pet rock and hardly ever hides. No issues there. Just browse these forums and you'll learn a ton.