a. versi or a. purpurea

[joshuai]

a. versi or a. purpurea?

hello i bought a 1/2 in versicolor and it molted into a black abdomen with no markings and a verry purple carapace and legs, do versicolors go all black with purple highlights with no color on the abdomen at about 2- 2 1/2 in ? or colld it be a Avicularia purpurea it wasnt verry blue when little

 

[Harlock]

Sounds like a purpurea, was it a pale blue with stripes on its abdomen when it was little as well?

 

[joshuai]

Sounds like a purpurea, was it a pale blue with stripes on its abdomen when it was little as well?

yes but not as vibrant as some opf the versicolor photos

 

[Yanose]

can you post a picture of the T in Question.

 

[joshuai]

sorry for the poor pic

 

[Pacmaster]

Dont look like any of my versicolors, and I got 10 in all different sizes.

Im not an expert tho . . .

The purple is beautiful on it, dont tell me you dont like it?

 

[pinkfoot]

I've never seen A. versi with those colors...

 

[Harlock]

That is definitely not a versi. Only thing in the avic genus that has purple like that is the purpurea as far as i am aware.

 

[Pacmaster]

Purpureas are worth almost 2x as much as versis, so Id say you got over either way you look at it!

 

[fatich]

thats a purpurea l think
look at the colors,no coloration related with versicolor

 

[gumby]

Well it could be either Avicularia purpurea or a Avicularia sp. peru purple. My vote would lean towards Avicularia purpurea. I think it would be best to have a pic that was a little more clear but in general there seems to be some yellow banding on the joints of Avicularia sp. peru purple that Im not seeing in this pic. Also I think the coloration is a little lighter on the Avicularia sp. peru purple.

 

[m3z]

that is no A. versicolor that is a A. purpurea i have a tiny versicolor and that looks nothing like it

 

[Agent Jones]

That's definitely A. purpurea. 'Peru Purples' have a more violet/blue color, imo.

 

[joshuai]

thanks everyone i will work on better pics, and i do like it it is verry good looking, now to get a versi too lol

 

[Yanose]

ya that T look an awful lot like my A. purpurea so I'll have to guess that your T is an A. purpurea of cours I am no expert so don't take my word for rote look up some pics of purpureas and make the call for your self.

 

[gumby]

That's definitely A. purpurea. 'Peru Purples' have a more violet/blue color, imo.

I agree but im usually hesitent to it is definitly one species or another when:
1. pic is slightly blury
2. Its from the genus Avicularia

I'd rather say I think something is this species and be wrong then tell someone I know it is this species and be wrong.

 

[joshuai]

here she is right before molt

 

[SylverTear]

A. Purpurea. If you paid versi price for it though...you got a good deal