Irminia
Arachnopeon
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- May 26, 2020
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I just acquired my first aboreals, an A. purpurea and one I wanted to take a chance on sp. Boa Vista. The dealer doesn't have any photography of the adults and as far as sling colours go it looks like an Avicularia sling 
I did a fair bit of digging into the Avicularia genus to see if I could turn up any reliable info on the adults before I decided to purchase one. The locality seems to have been around the hobby awhile but sadly rare enough that there are not many photos of them. I only found two photos on the boards here which seem congruent with the few photos Google turns up (a dark blue avic with red setae on the abdomen and characteristic pink toes). There's also a few exaggerated photos of them clearly altered in Photoshop for a royal blue. I'm more expecting a deep dark blue that catches best under bright white light.
Are these guys really hard to find in the hobby? Would it be worth documenting the growth and colour changes here for other hobbiests to use as reference? Seeing as how I couldn't find a lot about them aside from "care for like any other avic" I suspect others have also had difficulty finding info and good photos of them.
I did a fair bit of digging into the Avicularia genus to see if I could turn up any reliable info on the adults before I decided to purchase one. The locality seems to have been around the hobby awhile but sadly rare enough that there are not many photos of them. I only found two photos on the boards here which seem congruent with the few photos Google turns up (a dark blue avic with red setae on the abdomen and characteristic pink toes). There's also a few exaggerated photos of them clearly altered in Photoshop for a royal blue. I'm more expecting a deep dark blue that catches best under bright white light.
Are these guys really hard to find in the hobby? Would it be worth documenting the growth and colour changes here for other hobbiests to use as reference? Seeing as how I couldn't find a lot about them aside from "care for like any other avic" I suspect others have also had difficulty finding info and good photos of them.
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