Found this T today in desert

Dexter

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Found this T locally in san diego near the desert. Can anyone say for sure what it is?





 

Dexter

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haha i know its Aphonopelma but i was hoping to narrow down which one. Talonawd believes it to be hentzi I think. Are there many different kinds in San Diego hills areas?
 

Anubis77

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haha i know its Aphonopelma but i was hoping to narrow down which one. Talonawd believes it to be hentzi I think. Are there many different kinds in San Diego hills areas?
I don't believe A. hentzi extends out to San Diego. No one can say for sure what it is until the genus is revised (and most people will never be able to even when it is), but it's probably part of the "eutylenum-complex."
 

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Aphonopelma sp. "San Diego Hills Area"


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This! :D

GORGEOUS! I can't wait until I can do another trip to So Cal and go T hunting!

Sorry... no ideas on the ID. I don't recall there being anything other than A. hentzi around here though?
 

killy

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I'm no expert, but this looks like my very first T, which I caught in the San Bernardino foothills when I was just a kid (dad made me release it back into the wild), so I'm going with Aphonopelma eutylenum. And I'm envious of you because my current collection will never be complete until it includes an A. eutylenum (just for old times' sake).
 

Merfolk

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It looks almost large enough to be mature but no boxing glove... might be a girl (or an immature male from a larger species) however, your T is not about to die of old age :)
 

malevolentrobot

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oh native Aphonopelma sp.'s, you will soon be out where i live too... {D

nice find! everything i've read so far about central-socal Ts is that they are Aphonopelma eutylenum/iodus, but i'm nowhere near an expert on any of this stuff.
 
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TalonAWD

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I change my opinion of the tarantula. After seeing in person, its has to be the Aphonopelma chalcodes (Desert blonde). Really light carapace with almost matching legs. The carapace is practically white but a tannish color.
 

Anubis77

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I change my opinion of the tarantula. After seeing in person, its has to be the Aphonopelma chalcodes (Desert blonde). Really light carapace with almost matching legs. The carapace is practically white but a tannish color.
Can't be. Their range doesn't extend that far unless it was a stowaway or released pet. Aside from that, color isn't very useful in determining species in Aphonopelma. It can be some sort of a guide, but range is more definitive (as definitive as you can be when talking about this genus).
 

TalonAWD

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Can't be. Their range doesn't extend that far unless it was a stowaway or released pet. Aside from that, color isn't very useful in determining species in Aphonopelma. It can be some sort of a guide, but range is more definitive (as definitive as you can be when talking about this genus).
Yeah I'm going on by color. Its a really light coloration. What is their range exactly.
 

Anubis77

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Yeah I'm going on by color. Its a really light coloration. What is their range exactly.
The "eutylenum" and "chalcodes" complexes should be separated by the Colorado River. I don't think there's an overlap between them. Not so sure about the populations north or east of the Mogollon Rim though.
 
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