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Yeah that's what I thought and told my friend who I was there with.
Maybe they didn't know the difference, or maybe relied on someone else's info. I find it hard to believe they were the real McCoy.
I feel ya. I have no idea what the slings look like, other than what they had for the photo. But if you google that species for sale, it should link you to the page where they were selling them.
My understanding is the biggest obvious difference is the fasciatus have a black carapace and the pentaloris red. From this picture, the carapace does look dark, but I'm not versed enough to make a definitive statement. I didn't get a close enough look at the ones I saw for sale in person to make an assessment. I do like my Pentaloris quite a bit though
That was kinda my thing. I know as adults what they look like an how they distinguish. But as slings, I have no clue because I’ve personally never kept d.pentaloris. But thought it was interesting info I’d share to the thread.
The adults are different for sure, slings I've only seen D. pent.
As slings are d.pent all dark essentially. Don’t get the orange carapace until they mature or at like what size?
Super interesting! Thank you!!!
Sure thing. The more that you understand about the taxonomy of tarantulas, the more you will start to realize the scientific names assigned to them by sellers are more like guidelines than exact identifications.
