Greenest T? Reddest T?

[greensleeves]

Asking you more experienced folks...

I'm figuring on certain Avicularia species, like avic. avic., versicolor, and geroldi, to have the most green colouration. I've looked at pics of greenbottle blues and was somewhat disappointed by the amount of green on them, despite their name.

And what about red tarantulas? Which species have the most red? I have a friend who likes red and I wanted to show her some nice red Ts.

Greensleeves

 

[dennis]

A. versicolor have a fair amount of red on them ...

Dennis

 

[Code Monkey]

Depends on your definitions for color. Few Ts have any red red and none have a lot of it. There's lots of red-oranges, orange-reds, magenta-reds (e.g. the mentioned versicolor), red-browns, etc., though. Myself, I would say the T with the most reddish coloration would be a B. boehmi.

As for green, just a plain old A. avicularia is about 80% dark blue-green. E. uataman, the Emerald skeleton, is a nice overall earthy green color.

 

[rosehaired1979]

B.Smithi,and a B.Bohemi has Red on them.

 

[deifiler]

Elaborating on the 'red-knees' for red, if you can get hold of a good Aphonopelma Bicoloratum you're sorted for the reds.

How about the Avicularia Geroldi for both 'green' (OK it's described as blue, but a green it could be) and red?

http://www.r-haemmerle.de/images/A_geroldi.jpg

How about some nice pics of more un-obvious things, like the 'feet' of the Usambaras?

Show them some H.Lividum pics too, just for good measures. www.bighairyspiders.com has some of the best Lividum pics IMO.

Hope that helps a bit.

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by deifiler
Elaborating on the 'red-knees' for red, if you can get hold of a good Aphonopelma Bicoloratum you're sorted for the reds.

Boehmi and bicoloratums have the same overall pattern, but the B. boehmi is MUCH more red than a A. bicoloratum which, other than in flash photos, is a pretty dull earthy orange.

 

[deifiler]

Originally posted by Code Monkey
Boehmi and bicoloratums have the same overall pattern, but the B. boehmi is MUCH more red than a A. bicoloratum which, other than in flash photos, is a pretty dull earthy orange.

Oh right, thanks for clearing that up. I was under the impression the bicoloratum had a greater red to it.

Thanks for correcting me

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by deifiler
Oh right, thanks for clearing that up. I was under the impression the bicoloratum had a greater red to it.

Thanks for correcting me

The boehmi:

The bicoloratum:

 

[MizM]

I also think that the b. vagans has the prettiest of reds on it's butt after a molt!!

 

[MizM]

See?

 

[nemesis6sic6]

what about Thrixopelma pruriens? it says it has green on it. I'm wondering how much green. Can any one show a pic of theirs because I really like green also. It's my favorite color. My Avic. avic has nice green. any ways have a nice day

geo

ps. some Ephebopus Sp have a nice green thing on their back when they're juvies. Its cool!

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by nemesis6sic6
what about Thrixopelma pruriens? it says it has green on it.

It's 'green' the same way the Carlsbad green Aphonopelma sp. is 'green'.

In the right light I suspect it might look a very drab olive.

Here's some pics found on Google:
http://images.google.com/images?q=+Thrixopelma+pruriens&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

EDIT: according to Hoke's site, the mature male has "green highlights", wheee....

 

[nemesis6sic6]

Originally posted by Code Monkey
It's 'green' the same way the Carlsbad green Aphonopelma sp. is 'green'.

In the right light I suspect it might look a very drab olive.

Here's some pics found on Google:
http://images.google.com/images?q=+Thrixopelma+pruriens&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

EDIT: according to Hoke's site, the mature male has "green highlights", wheee....

Yeah Thanks Code Monkey.
I did research and I found a picture of it. The male Looks very nice in green (http://giantspiders.com/T_pruriens_male.html)
the femme in the other hand has stripes on the legs and its not so much green like a Carslbad Aphonopelma ( http://giantspiders.com/T_pruriens.html )

any ways have a nice day

geo

 

[Godzilla2000]

So you're looking for a Christmas Color T? :?

 

[greensleeves]

Originally posted by Godzilla2000
So you're looking for a Christmas Color T? :?

Well, that would be cool, but no, I'm just interested in colours - that's one of the reasons I'm even more attracted to tarantulas than I used to be is because of all the amazingly cool colours they come in. I used to find just black and brown sort of drab, although smithis are neat - they always struck me as eight-legged bumblebees.

Mostly I'm interested in green Ts, because green is my favourite colour. The fact that they are available in green morphs just makes a cool bug so much cooler.

 

[caligulathegod]

(not my art)

 

[WYSIWYG]

Originally posted by greensleeves
Well, that would be cool, but no, I'm just interested in colours - that's one of the reasons I'm even more attracted to tarantulas than I used to be is because of all the amazingly cool colours they come in. I used to find just black and brown sort of drab, although smithis are neat - they always struck me as eight-legged bumblebees.

Mostly I'm interested in green Ts, because green is my favourite colour. The fact that they are available in green morphs just makes a cool bug so much cooler.

If you go look at Kelly Swift's website, he has a pix of
a Tiger Rump that looks pretty red. I have a little sling
that is nowhere near red and I've never seen another
tiger rump anywhere that looks red. I don't know if it's
a color variation, or if it's a lighting factor, but his pic
still looks cool to me.

Wysi

 

[greensleeves]

Originally posted by caligulathegod
(not my art)

Santa Tarantula! LOL

 

[vulpina]

I had posted a pic of my adult female T. pruriens a while ago.

Andy

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by vulpina
I had posted a pic of my adult female T. pruriens a while ago.

Now that's just lazy of you

Here's the picture vulpina posted: