The picture doesn't really do it much good, but I don't have the best of lighting to provide a natural photo so you're not going to see the dark emerald greens especially since this is a female (the males are more vibrant in color).
Yup, this is a sexually dimorphic species which I feel even if you end up with a male you're still doing pretty good as even though they're shorter lived they will still be great show species. And yes the striping is VERY pronounced. Even a friend of mine who isn't into tarantulas pointed that out.
Most of the sexual dimorphism in Ts has the females looking prettier, so it's nice know there's another T where a male looks good, or even better.
https://sites.google.com/site/chiletarantulas/theraphosinae-sp-tigre--1 here's a good info source on them with a picture of both the male and female.
Thanks. You know I have had that site bookmarked for a long time, and but I always forget I have it for some reason. I need to re-arrange my T bookmarks. Thanks!