blue lasiodora

[Storm76]

Waah...another "blue" spider! Must have...!

 

[Zoltan]

I never said it was a Fake.. I mean I have good photostop skills & could make any lasiodora look blue

It clearly is a real spider & hope it gets into the american T hobby someday:biggrin::biggrin:
there are many Blue Tarantulas.. sadly my A versicolor.. died from a wet molt & will be missed :cry:

Please read again the part of sjl197's post that addresses you:

@ Ultum4Spiderz

Indeed an awesome looking spider. What i didn't like was discussion after publication on the forums of 'I want one'. Thats the trouble with the pettrade. Thats why researchers are often guarded with their new finds, and i commend the authors for putting field location data in the description paper, when they could have chosen to guard that info. It might look like a Lasiodora as its supposedly very closely related to Lasiodora, in the authors analyses Pterinopelma comes out as sister-group to Lasiodora + (Nhandu+ Vitalius). Closely related species or genus often look alike, and estimates of relatedness as in the paper are often based on such similarities. So, Ultum4Spiderz , why doesnt it look like a Pterinopelma sp to you. How many of that genus have you seen of those exactly?

Are you saying you still dont believe it now the species if formally described in a respected peer reviewed journal? The photo in the guardian newspaper link i gave is also published in the actual scientific article. Why is it hard to believe the existence of yet another blue taranutla species when there are several blue ones known.. and such a P.metallica you can find easily to see yourself?

No one said you said it was fake. What you said is that it should be a Lasiodora and not a Pterinopelma. Since it has been formally described in a peer-review journal as a Pterinopelma, you should probably reconsider your opinion.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

yeah sorry I just was too lazy to clearly read it all..

I never seen much of the Pomerianian genus... to judge them
Everyone wants blue spiders but brazil dosnt wana give em up