Regardless of what it is or isn’t, it is undoubtedly a very attractive tarantula!!
Let's see a good pic of this " Hysterocrates sp. “Ghana”.
That's really interesting. It's hard to definitely say H. gigas as it does look a little different in some way and as you say you have noticed different colors pre and post molt, prehaps this could be something. It would be difficult to say where it was collected as the Niger delta and s.w Cameroon are very far apart and the hobby Hysterocrates can be found around the Cameroon/ Nigeria border..
That's amazing, would be good to see the growth stages!
So I dont have a photo of them outside of the sling stage, just now pushing 2+inches about I think. I have to rehouse into bigger delicup soon so I can try and get some high res shots then.Let's see a good pic of this " Hysterocrates sp. “Ghana”.
And yes I agree!! It will likely help as theres a fair deal of comparisons for others that are not described/labeled that could help.
That's awesome. It will be really interesting to see how it looks growing up and how) if it's different to other species. It would be amazing to see the mother of your sling or the spermathicae. Also the spiniation of the palp and leg 1 would be good to see and compare to other Hysterocrates. It would be good to understand if H. laticeps is the same as species Benin and there's a possibility it's range could extend into Ghana too. As 2e have seen with H. celeriae they single species can colonise huge areas. The sp Ghana reminds me mostly of Hysterocrates crassipes at this young stage..So I dont have a photo of them outside of the sling stage, just now pushing 2+inches about I think. I have to rehouse into bigger delicup soon so I can try and get some high res shots then.
This is the look now after a recent molt (5oz delicup)
I think I took some good dslr photos, possibly even a decent macro stack, recently after the molt as well but havent pulled them off of the SD card yet I dont believe. If I have any I will post them!
And yes I agree!! It will likely help as theres a fair deal of comparisons for others that are not described/labeled that could help.
I asked for photos of the mother that laid the sac but havent gotten them yet. But I am not resigned to the fact thats still not possible to attain since I am in contact with the person.
Also I don't believe either of you have seen this but when I got this guy I made a thread so I could keep track of documenting it through all of its life stages, since I was the only person I am aware of with a sling of this "Ghana" locale "species".
Hysterocrates sp. “Ghana” info thread (on going)
I received a single Hysterocrates sp. “Ghana” this fall as a freebie and haven’t seen any other people with them so wanted to make a discussion/information thread to give info on them with what I know thus far and will learn as time goes on raising this up. In case these become more widespread...arachnoboards.com
I also have the most recent molt to sex, still in the backlog, so there that too to hope for to document! Fingers crossed there may be the ability to compare spermathecae!
That's a great photo. The 4th legs do appear slim still, it's good to see how this one will progress! Yea prehaps when it's a bit bigger you could compare to some of Andrew Smith drawings of Hysterocrates. Maybe it will match something, although if it's from Ghana I don't think any have been collected or examined from there thats published. Do you think it looks alike to H. Laticeps or even closer to Ghana.. sp. Benin? Prehaps start with these
