Brachypelma Albopilosum hobby form vs true form

[Abbio]

Can someone please explain this to me?

What are the differences?
How can i tell one from another? and identify which is which.

If anyone could show me pictures of the 2 that would really great

Thanks!
Abby.

 

[Greasylake]

"Hobby" or honduran form is generally less fluffy, has straighter hairs and at least to me looks more raggedy.

Nicaraguan form is more fluffy and has curlier hairs. After looking at enough pictures of the two you get a sense for which is which and can identify them a lot easier.

 

[Liquifin]

Honduran IMO have more of the "curly J shaped hair" than the Nicaraguan. Nicaraguan tends to have curly hairs as well, but it is not a curly as the Honduran. But the reason why people say Nicaraguan Curly Hairs are more curly is because they have way more hair than their Honduran counterpart. Here are some pics for your comparison
Honduran Curly Hair 3'' juvenile female

B. albopilosum Hobby Feeding

• Liquifin
• Oct 22, 2018
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Feeding my girl named, Camilla. She loves the lateralis, but not so much on the dubias.

View media item 52952Nicaraguan Curly Hair Adult female
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[Greasylake]

This thread may help.
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/br...-vs-brachypelma-albopilosum-nicaragua.288738/

 

[antinous]

There are plenty of threads discussing this, many recent. Have a read through these:

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/brachypelma-albipolosum-honduras-vs-nicaragua.307064/
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/brachypelma-albopilosum-nicaraguan-vs-honduran.312669/

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Right, firstly it's Honduran form or Nicaraguan form, not "hobby" or "true", both types exist in the wild (link to pics of a WC MM of each type).

Unfortunately most people seem to think that all the Honduran ones in the hobby are hybridised to buggery, there are hybrids out there but to assume that every single Honduran albopilosum is some hybridised bastard is, quite frankly, nonsense.

Honduran albopilosum are mostly brown-black with a black/burnished copper carapace and copper tinged setae on the legs and abdomen.
Pic of my adult female.

0.1 Brachypelma albopilosum (Honduras)

• The Grym Reaper
• Aug 10, 2018
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Kitana rocking her new suit.

Nicaraguan albopilosum is pretty much black with a black/gun metal carapace and bright white setae on the legs and abdomen. (Use Liquifin's pic to compare, mine's a rather nondescript-looking juvenile atm.)

 

[AngelDeVille]

I wanted a Nicaraguan, but the breeder I got some other spiders from only had a Honduran. She's curly enough for me.

I'm happy. She sleeps on my pillow at night.