Great....my A. seemanni turned pink!?

[Jmugleston]

Orange spinnerets, but more pink than my rose hair? It surprised me a bit when I saw her. It isn't an effect of the lighting either. In fact, the lighting fades the color a bit.

 

[Jmugleston]

I've had no luck finding any more A. seemanni that look even similar to this. If anyone has one similar or has had one similar, I'd appreciate some input. I've had black A. seemanni, brownish A. seemanni and even not-so-A. seemanni that is being sold as such in petstores (Acanthoscurria something or Aphonopelma sp. "Guatemala" or whatever people want to call them now). Never a pink one though? I'm stumped.

 

[billopelma]

Could be one of the 'other' A. seemanni's, some recent work has uncovered similar spiders in Honduras and Guatemala. Seems that what we commonly know as the A. seemanni from Costa Rica may or may not be that. I believe some of where I remember seeing this stuff was related to the Acanthoscurria borealis id threads if you want somewhere to start a search...

Bill

 

[Jmugleston]

Could be one of the 'other' A. seemanni's, some recent work has uncovered similar spiders in Honduras and Guatamala. Seems that what we commonly know as the A. seemanni from Costa Rica may or may not be that. I believe some of where I remember seeing this stuff was related to the Acanthoscurria borealis id threads if you want somewhere to start a search...

Bill

I have some of the supposed Acanthoscurria borealis a.k.a. Aphonopelma sp. "Guatemala". They are more of a silvery grey or bluish color. Not nearly as robust as A. seemanni. This one is built just like A. seemanni, but it is pink. I'm stumped a bit.

 

[billopelma]

I haven't seen pics but I got the impression that there are additional types involved than just what was called A. borealis.
Eddy (metallica) I think was the source, but maybe the info wasn't on this board.

Bill