could you please identify my Brachypelma species? is it hamorii (ex. smithi) or smithi (ex. annitha)? I bought her years ago as sling but they were revised and I was not much into tarantulas for a while.. thanks!
I still reckon B hamorii the setae on the legs is too light (smithi also have more orange longer hairs, those look beige like hamorii). The leg segments still look pale to me, the orange is a little deeper in smithi. Although no guarantee, there doesn't seem to be any "maple leaf" type pattern to carapace either.
In the smithi the chelicerae are all black with just long tan accent hairs (can't tell from the pic so maybe check that too?
On balance I reckon Hamorii but happy to be proved wrong.
I still reckon B hamorii the setae on the legs is too light (smithi also have more orange longer hairs, those look beige like hamorii). The leg segments still look pale to me, the orange is a little deeper in smithi. Although no guarantee, there doesn't seem to be any "maple leaf" type pattern to carapace either.
In the smithi the chelicerae are all black with just long tan accent hairs (can't tell from the pic so maybe check that too?
On balance I reckon Hamorii but happy to be proved wrong.
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