Ok, I did the dumb thing and bought a "Pinktoed" tarantula from Petco (I know, I know..)
They couldn't tell me anything about it, other than what the sign said ('Avicularia spp.'), and even if they could I wouldn't trust them to have the ID right.
But, basically it looks exactly like this photo (from Mr. Rick West's archives): http://www.birdspiders.com/archive/2/0045.htm
Now, from what I've read, the Avic. braunshauseni is pretty much identical to the Avic avic, and most other photos I've found of the A.braunshauseni concur. The photo on Rick's site is the only one I've seen where the spider has the same nearly-black coloration, with the fringes of red satae, and of course the bright pink toes...
Just curious if anyone might have some insight into what I might have on my hands...obviously, hard to tell sans photos of my specimen, and a positive ID is probably not going to happen without a shed skin and some systematics work...but I'm curious what everyone's opinions are..
Thanks!
They couldn't tell me anything about it, other than what the sign said ('Avicularia spp.'), and even if they could I wouldn't trust them to have the ID right.
But, basically it looks exactly like this photo (from Mr. Rick West's archives): http://www.birdspiders.com/archive/2/0045.htm
Now, from what I've read, the Avic. braunshauseni is pretty much identical to the Avic avic, and most other photos I've found of the A.braunshauseni concur. The photo on Rick's site is the only one I've seen where the spider has the same nearly-black coloration, with the fringes of red satae, and of course the bright pink toes...
Just curious if anyone might have some insight into what I might have on my hands...obviously, hard to tell sans photos of my specimen, and a positive ID is probably not going to happen without a shed skin and some systematics work...but I'm curious what everyone's opinions are..
Thanks!