I had the sling (sold as a p.ornata) when it was tiny almost no pattern and it's not really crossed my mind until it molted around a week ago and all these stunning colours came through which I was not expecting and have had two people say it is a p.rufilata and I now believe that. Anyone else?
Yeah thanks people I've had it like 10 months aswell but it wasn't till it molted that all them colours came through. I think the guy I got them off got the labels for p ornata and p rufilata slings the wrong way round oh well stoked aha
You do know that Poecilotheria ornata are sexually dimorphic, right? Males lose the black stripe on the carapace around 2-3" and gain a drab green color that resembles rufilata. I betting the previous owners label is right and your comparing the appearance of a male to a females.
@CEC yeah of course mate I suspect it to be a male ornata to be honest and it's got blue underneath pretty much all of its legs when I get a good pic of its underside I will post it and it's my first pokie and the guy I got it off is clued up and knows his stuff
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