Brachypelma smithi

[YellowBrickRoad]

Hi everyone, I know many of you have smithi, so let's post some photos! Anything from 3in to 7in. If you have progressive growth photos then that's extra cool.

My current smithi as well as a young smithi growing up from 1.5in to around 3in.

Please contribute if you can.



My current lady.


If you have comparison photos of smithi and harmorii at these sizes, that would be extra awesome.

My last harmorii 4.5in

 

[Cmac2111]

Large AF b. smithi (1st pic is pre-most recent molt, 2nd shortly after molting, others are post molt):

Brachypelma smithi

• Cmac2111
• Jun 7, 2024
• 5
• adult female brachypelma brachypelma smithi mexican giant orange knee new world tarantula pictures

B. smithi AF, real big girl and now in premolt :)

Brachypelma smithi

• Cmac2111
• Jun 21, 2024
• 1
• adult female brachypelma brachypelma smithi freshly molted mexican giant orange knee new world tarantula pictures

'Agni', b. smithi AF. Freshly molted :)

Brachypelma smithi (ex annitha)

• Cmac2111
• Sep 25, 2024
• 5
• adult female brachypelma brachypelma smithi mexican giant orange knee new world tarantula pictures

'Agni', b. smithi AF out on the prowl. This girl is just pure wrath for her would-be-prey haha...

Brachypelma smithi (ex annitha)

• Cmac2111
• Dec 22, 2024
• 5
• adult female brachypelma brachypelma smithi feeding mexican giant orange knee new world tarantula pictures

'Agni', b. smithi large AF feeding. Huge and hungry, she's a bottomless pit haha.

Brachypelma smithi (ex annitha)

• Cmac2111
• Jan 25, 2025
• 1
• adult female brachypelma brachypelma smithi mexican giant orange knee new world tarantula pictures

'Agni', b. smithi AF. Posed nicely for me haha

Smaller b. hamorii female for comparison:

Brachypelma hamorii

• Cmac2111
• Apr 21, 2023
• 3
• b. hamorii brachypelma female new world

Newly acquired B. Hamorii, 3.5 inches DLS and confirmed female!

 

[LucN]

From what I'm seeing, the colors on the smithi tend to pop way more than hamorii.

But both are great Love my AF hamorii.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

From what I'm seeing, the colors on the smithi tend to pop way more than hamorii.

But both are great Love my AF hamorii.

What I'm seeing is the Smithi has completely coloured knees, so at the various stages it looks to be, reds and oranges, to nearly white. Whereas the Hamorii seems to have vibrant red in the centre of the knee to a white outline and completely loosing colour at the edge's of the knee.

If could also just be the photos.

 

[Charliemum]

Sorry it took me a while @YellowBrickRoad been a super hectic day but as promised my girl.

Teotihuacan aka Teo Brachypelma smithi large juvenile female/ small saf.



And as a little bonus Andrew my brachypelma smithi sam after his last moult

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

What I'm seeing is the Smithi has completely coloured knees, so at the various stages it looks to be, reds and oranges, to nearly white. Whereas the Hamorii seems to have vibrant red in the centre of the knee to a white outline and completely loosing colour at the edge's of the knee.

If could also just be the photos.

What was Smithi called before anthia?

 

[Andrew Clayton]

What was Smithi called before anthia?

Asking me? I have absolutely no idea at all. I honestly didn't even know it was called something before Smithi never mind before that. I am now super interested in what it is though lol. We are the same age too, how do I not know this?

Teotihuacan

You need to send me a voice note of how to pronounce this, I don't think Google has it correct lol

 

[Mustafa67]

Hi everyone, I know many of you have smithi, so let's post some photos! Anything from 3in to 7in. If you have progressive growth photos then that's extra cool.

My current smithi as well as a young smithi growing up from 1.5in to around 3in.

Please contribute if you can.

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My current lady.
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If you have comparison photos of smithi and harmorii at these sizes, that would be extra awesome.

My last harmorii 4.5in

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Not a fan of B smithis nor most Brachypelmas. Don’t eat often enough and not enough attitude for me

Bohemi is my favourite one, I have to admit emilia is pretty too

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Not a fan of B smithis nor most Brachypelmas. Don’t eat often enough and not enough attitude for me

Bohemi is my favourite one, I have to admit emilia is pretty too

I've only ever had a Hamorii, it matured male though, I have a pic of it from when I got it as unsexed juvenile though.

Edit;

Hopefully everyone knows I meant Bohemi here lol just read this again.

 

[YellowBrickRoad]

What was Smithi called before anthia?

Could be a trick question, but since I like you so much, I'll answer. Before it was called annitha, it was called a smithi. Fair enough?

Not a fan of B smithis nor most Brachypelmas. Don’t eat often enough and not enough attitude for me

Bohemi is my favourite one, I have to admit emilia is pretty too

I'm going with @Cmac2111 smithi are bottomless pits, constantly wanting to eat. No food item lives with these. I don't trust the smithi either, kinda like I don't trust the auratum or the vagans.

 

[Mustafa67]

I've only ever had a Hamorii, it matured male though, I have a pic of it from when I got it as unsexed juvenile though.

Bohemi have the most attitude, bohemi, emilia or the buamagarteni are the prettiest ones

I prefer Smithi over Harmorii. Colour is more striking on the smithi (harmori is the perfect calm stunning T). Auratum is pretty and docile too.

 

[YellowBrickRoad]

Sorry it took me a while @YellowBrickRoad been a super hectic day but as promised my girl.

Teotihuacan aka Teo Brachypelma smithi large juvenile female/ small saf.
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And as a little bonus Andrew my brachypelma smithi sam after his last moult
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I think what you have is indeed a smithi. So there is that. I know It could be a year before it molts again, just keep us all posted. That last photo of the male is definitely a smithi! Lol, your female just needs that one extra molt and I think the colors will start popping more...that orange everywhere, and more definitive features.

Sometimes its hard to tell when they are younger, especially looking at photos, things get confusing real fast.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to respond.

YellowBrickRoad

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Bohemi have the most attitude, bohemi, emilia or the buamagarteni are the prettiest ones

I prefer Smithi over Harmorii. Colour is more striking on the smithi (harmori is the perfect calm stunning T). Auratum is pretty and docile too.

Sorry bud I meant Bohemi in response to Bohemi being you're favourite of the Brachys, since I'm not a Brachypelma/Tliltocatl guy it gets confusing lol. Pic I posted is of said Bohemi.

Could be a trick question, but since I like you so much, I'll answer. Before it was called annitha, it was called a smithi. Fair enough?

Haha I honestly don't know if I'm having a blonde moment here but this is really confusing me now.

Sorry it took me a while @YellowBrickRoad been a super hectic day but as promised my girl.

Teotihuacan aka Teo Brachypelma smithi large juvenile female/ small saf.
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And as a little bonus Andrew my brachypelma smithi sam after his last moult
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This is so ironic.

The misses is a female Sam haha

 

[cold blood]

You need to send me a voice note of how to pronounce this, I don't think Google has it correct lol

Tae-oh-tee-woo-con

It's a famous Mayan city

 

[Moakmeister]

I can't believe I've never gotten one of these

 

[Charliemum]

This is so ironic.

The misses is a female Sam haha

He is named after Andrew Smith King of all things Brachypelma .
Although now everytime I look at him he will remind me of you n your Misses .

I think what you have is indeed a smithi. So there is that. I know It could be a year before it molts again, just keep us all posted. That last photo of the male is definitely a smithi! Lol, your female just needs that one extra molt and I think the colors will start popping more...that orange everywhere, and more definitive features.

Sometimes its hard to tell when they are younger, especially looking at photos, things get confusing real fast.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to respond.

YellowBrickRoad

Np , thank you for taking your time to check her out .

 

[YellowBrickRoad]

Sorry bud I meant Bohemi in response to Bohemi being you're favourite of the Brachys, since I'm not a Brachypelma/Tliltocatl guy it gets confusing lol. Pic I posted is of said Bohemi.



Haha I honestly don't know if I'm having a blonde moment here but this is really confusing me now.

Just basic stuff that's already out there.

One day, like a hundred years ago, a guy named Smith was walking in Mexico and came across a tarantula, he named it smithi. His specimen sat in a jar until not long ago, when scientists determined what was in the jar, was actually the same T described in a 1996-97 T finding. They called that T an annitha. When scientists realize this, annitha was no longer a name, it went back to the name it was in the first place.

Now, I dont know this harmorii dude, but apparently it took this long to figure out all the (at the time smithi) was not the same species as described a hundred years ago... see how easy it is to get them confused/sight alone. We are still going over this. So now that staple tarantula is called harmorii. Because it never was a real smithi in the first place.

 

[Charliemum]

Tae-oh-tee-woo-con

It's a famous Mayan city

Thank you cold .
She was actually named after the godess not the city but impressed you knew most don't

You need to send me a voice note of how to pronounce this, I don't think Google has it correct lol

I have problems pronouncing it myself that's why she gets Teo

Great Goddess of Teotihuacan - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Little bit of info on where her name came from the spider godess

 

[YellowBrickRoad]

Check out this thread! I mean, just look at that beauty! I guess @Charliemum you can see the 'A' I always talk about and why I concern myself with critical details such as carapace, knees/bands around legs, and color, and attitude and size. Not to mention the difference in behavior between harmorii and smithi.

Happy Spider Day!!!

Happy Spider Day!!! This holiday comes around everytime a package of Tarantulas is delivered. More importantly, it contains that Tarantula you lose sleep over wanting. Look here look here! Miss Annitha is here! (Named annitha out of spite) Brachypelma smithi ex annitha female

arachnoboards.com

Take two:

I got it, found the photos, well, at least some of them.

This is the muffin in the stuffing! Folks.

 

[Charliemum]

Check out this thread! I mean, just look at that beauty! I guess @Charliemum you can see the 'A' I always talk about and why I concern myself with critical details such as carapace, knees/bands around legs, and color, and attitude and size. Not to mention the difference in behavior between harmorii and smithi.

Happy Spider Day!!!

Happy Spider Day!!! This holiday comes around everytime a package of Tarantulas is delivered. More importantly, it contains that Tarantula you lose sleep over wanting. Look here look here! Miss Annitha is here! (Named annitha out of spite) Brachypelma smithi ex annitha female

arachnoboards.com

Take two:

I got it, found the photos, well, at least some of them.

This is the muffin in the stuffing! Folks.

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Don't worry, you were only looking out for me , I would rather know for sure so thank you .

Great pics btw just can't beat Brachypelma!