H. minax or H. sp. "aureopilosum"?

MrDeranged

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Bought this one about a year ago. What is it??? I'm leaning towards the latter from what's been posted on here in the past....





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Henry Kane

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My guess would be aureopilosum. The amber colored highlights sure don't make it look too much like a minax. Of course that's just a guess. You know the whole thing about id'ing a T by color or a pic. Most minaxes I've seen are noticeably darker that that one though.


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conipto

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My "aureopilosum" looks similar to that in pattern, but is quite darker. Almost black but for the halo around the carapace and the lightish brown on the abdomen. However, I spent 2 hours digging through posts last night, and I have to say it resembles the majority of the "aureopilosums" I've seen.

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conipto

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On second thought.. Considering a good light source this time, I think mine looks exactly like yours..

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I showed this picture to West..

And he's thinking this one is H minax. Thought it might help you for comparison Scott. Yours does seem to have a lighter abdomen than mine. My guess would be that you are right.

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in the past threads

definately Haplopelma sp. "aureopilosum" Martin Huber and Volker von Wirth will agree:D
 

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It is definately a Haplopelma aureopilosum. Here is a picture of mine for comparison. Oh, wait! Mine's just a sling. I can't wait untill the black shows up.

;P =D Big Dragonfly=D ;P
 
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MrDeranged

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Hey Martin,

Since Volker hasn't published yet, doesn't that mean that Rick's photo's aren't really misidentified until he does? ;)

Scott
 
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