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Hi just got a Avic Purpurea sling and I’m guessing that it starts off with these yellowish legs correct? Does anyone have photos of their Avicularia purpurea?
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Pictures? A picture says a thousand words...
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Here it is!
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I have a few pics, from sling to juvenile. 
He moulted once more after the last picture, but alas, I can't get a clear picture anymore because he obscured his whole enclosure with webbing.
He moulted once more after the last picture, but alas, I can't get a clear picture anymore because he obscured his whole enclosure with webbing.
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I have a few pics, from sling to juvenile.
He moulted once more after the last picture, but alas, I can't get a clear picture anymore because he obscured his whole enclosure with webbing.
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Okay. Well it looks like I may have a T that’s been sold under the wrong name. Oh well I’ll keep this mystery spider and see what happens lolI have a few pics, from sling to juvenile.
He moulted once more after the last picture, but alas, I can't get a clear picture anymore because he obscured his whole enclosure with webbing.
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I got mine as a 3rd or maybe 4th instar, yours is most probably 2nd instar, but I actually don't know if they would change their appearance that drastically in one or two moults... So, you may have another Avic.
Maybe some Avic experts could chime in... @cold blood @CEC @viper69
Just to make sure... you do know that it needs a different kind of enclosure, right?
So, you may have another Avic.Maybe some Avic experts could chime in...
@cold blood @CEC @viper69Just to make sure... you do know that it needs a different kind of enclosure, right?
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I got mine as a 3rd or maybe 4th instar, yours is most probably 2nd instar, but I actually don't know if they would change their appearance that drastically in one or two moults...
Maybe some Avic experts could chime in...
Just to make sure... you do know that it needs a different kind of enclosure, right?
Yeah. I have everything ready and I also have 3 other Ts. ThanksI got mine as a 3rd or maybe 4th instar, yours is most probably 2nd instar, but I actually don't know if they would change their appearance that drastically in one or two moults...
Maybe some Avic experts could chime in...
Just to make sure... you do know that it needs a different kind of enclosure, right?
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Here's another example https://www.tarantulacanada.ca/gal/1/Avicularia/purpurea/520. I don't REMEMBER my slings of purpurea being the color yours is.
Edit: any chance you ordered an Avicularia sp. "Peru purple"? Not avicularia purpurea ?
Edit: any chance you ordered an Avicularia sp. "Peru purple"? Not avicularia purpurea ?
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Okay. I think I have this one! The sp peru purple
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Is that a species that the seller you revised from has listed for sale?
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The store where I buy my crickets from had some of these labeled as a purple pink toe that’s it. That’s what I get for impulse buying tbh.
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If it was labeled correctly, that name gets used for both Avicularia purpurea and Avicularia sp Peru purple (also why common names are terrible)
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Yeah. This is my 4th ever T. I basically have all Avics and a GBB now. At first I didn’t really see the big deal in the scientific names but now having multiple of the same spider I am eating my words. Thanks a lot for your help!
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You might just find that this one grows up nice and purple
and not like your other Avicularia avicularia
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Yep, you don't have purpurea....they are very distinctive as slings.
IMO a more desireable species for many reasons.
First, purpurea is really dark purple, only purple in the right light actually....juronesis mt#2 on the other hand, is a bright, unmistakable purple
Next, theyre hardier than purpurea, which is IME the least hardy of all Avics and one of the most fragile species there is.
Growth is another great difference, purpurea are among, if not the slowest growing Avic (this extended period as slings probably doesn't help with their delicate nature)...juronesis 2 is one of the faster growers.
Juronesis has a great appetite....purpurea does not have a great appetite, especially in comparison.
Purpurea is one of the smaller Avics, being about a 4" species for an adult female, juronesis mt #2 is one of the larger, reaching close to the 7" range.
Purpurea is also much more reclusive, juronesis are better display species as they confidently sit in the open.
Juronesis 2 is, IMO, the most under-rated of all avics, it gets literally no hype, which is shocking considering how people go gaga for blue and purple ts.
Lets hope this is what you have, because a lot, no, most avic slings look just like what you have, so it could be any number of species....that's what one gets for buying a t based on a common name....I always tell people, if you don't know the scientific name, you don't actually know what you have if buying an unfamiliar species. Regardless though, care is no different and anything Avic or related is always a good t to have....one cant go wrong getting an Avic.
My first thought as well....although this is a now defunct name, they are now juronesis mt #2
IMO a more desireable species for many reasons.
First, purpurea is really dark purple, only purple in the right light actually....juronesis mt#2 on the other hand, is a bright, unmistakable purple
Next, theyre hardier than purpurea, which is IME the least hardy of all Avics and one of the most fragile species there is.
Growth is another great difference, purpurea are among, if not the slowest growing Avic (this extended period as slings probably doesn't help with their delicate nature)...juronesis 2 is one of the faster growers.
Juronesis has a great appetite....purpurea does not have a great appetite, especially in comparison.
Purpurea is one of the smaller Avics, being about a 4" species for an adult female, juronesis mt #2 is one of the larger, reaching close to the 7" range.
Purpurea is also much more reclusive, juronesis are better display species as they confidently sit in the open.
Juronesis 2 is, IMO, the most under-rated of all avics, it gets literally no hype, which is shocking considering how people go gaga for blue and purple ts.
Lets hope this is what you have, because a lot, no, most avic slings look just like what you have, so it could be any number of species....that's what one gets for buying a t based on a common name....I always tell people, if you don't know the scientific name, you don't actually know what you have if buying an unfamiliar species. Regardless though, care is no different and anything Avic or related is always a good t to have....one cant go wrong getting an Avic.
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Damn the webbing on your Avic is awesome! Heavy Webber’s get me every timeHe moulted once more after the last picture, but alas, I can't get a clear picture anymore because he obscured his whole enclosure with webbing.
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Yeah. I’m dumb for buying it lol. I went to get crickets. It was a total impulse buy and I’m ashamed. THAT BEING SAID....I’m kinda excited now lol. I was gonna keep it regardless because like you said can’t go wrong with an Avic plus that means I know have 3 avics and it’s always good to have more than one type right?Yep, you don't have purpurea....they are very distinctive as slings.
My first thought as well....although this is a now defunct name, they are now juronesis mt #2
IMO a more desireable species for many reasons.
First, purpurea is really dark purple, only purple in the right light actually....juronesis mt#2 on the other hand, is a bright, unmistakable purple
Next, theyre hardier than purpurea, which is IME the least hardy of all Avics and one of the most fragile species there is.
Growth is another great difference, purpurea are among, if not the slowest growing Avic (this extended period as slings probably doesn't help with their delicate nature)...juronesis 2 is one of the faster growers.
Juronesis has a great appetite....purpurea does not have a great appetite, especially in comparison.
Purpurea is one of the smaller Avics, being about a 4" species for an adult female, juronesis mt #2 is one of the larger, reaching close to the 7" range.
Purpurea is also much more reclusive, juronesis are better display species as they confidently sit in the open.
Juronesis 2 is, IMO, the most under-rated of all avics, it gets literally no hype, which is shocking considering how people go gaga for blue and purple ts.
Lets hope this is what you have, because a lot, no, most avic slings look just like what you have, so it could be any number of species....that's what one gets for buying a t based on a common name....I always tell people, if you don't know the scientific name, you don't actually know what you have if buying an unfamiliar species. Regardless though, care is no different and anything Avic or related is always a good t to have....one cant go wrong getting an Avic.
So one can learn? If it is Juruenis then it’ll be the biggest T I have in my collection.
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Not at all, its an avic, always desireable
that's the spirit!
Only 3? Oh boy, that's not nearly enough....hehe
The ones I posted earlier are 6.5"
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A purpurea do not have yellowish legs as slings- no Avic does. I've raised these before.
A purp and a few other Avic slings start off with grey/black for colors.
CEC might have some in his thread. I'm pretty sure years ago he posted a listing of the 3 different Avic sling groupings, ie each group looks the same as a sling. The blues primarily come out of Brazil. The purples primarily Ecuador and Peru.
This is really true. It's a lot like geroldi in that manner.
not at all.
There's about 3 or 4 species your T could be. We won't know till it's an adult most likely, and even then we may not know. Avics are notoriously difficult to ID with pictures, we don't recommend it at all. There are some as adults that one can do ID by a pictures, but not many. As slings, IMO there's only one you can ID as a sling with a picture or two. And it's not versi.
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Either way, it'll be a gorgeous tarantula
Edit: it's also not Caribena laeta, they also are blue as spiderlings like versicolor