I.D please! :O)

[Richard_uk]

I bought two spiders today. This first one was only labelled as "Pink Zebra". They were not able to give me the species name.

Does this look like Eupalaestrus tenuitarsus?
It is a subadult female. Extremeley docile. The flash has made the spider look more or less grey, but all the hairs are a rich salmon pink colour.

The second spider I bought was Braxhypelma albopilosum.

I got a large discount as it has got a leg missing. My question is this spider seems to have extremely long spindly legs. Is this a characteristic of a male? It doesn't have spurs and I have no other way of sexing it. Either way, it cost me next to nothing so i'm not upset. They were happy to get rid of it!

 

[becca81]

Can you get a picture of the underside of the 1st?

If the second one is male, it's not a mature male. I see no modified palps.

 

[Richard_uk]

Can you get a picture of the underside of the 1st?

If the second one is male, it's not a mature male. I see no modified palps.

I can try. What feature are you looking for exactly?

As for the Brachypelma, I'm aware that it has no typical features of a mature male yet. I was just wondering if leggyness was a clue!

 

[becca81]

Is that a mirror patch on the abdomen?

 

[Richard_uk]

Sorry, excuse my ignorance. Mirror patch?

 

[Tangled WWWeb]

AFAIK and according to the World Spider Catalog E. tenuitarsus = E. campestratus. Judging by the back legs and what I can see in the pic your first spider could definitely be E. campestratus. I also don't see anything in your second pic to rule out B. albopilosum .

 

[C-R-A-Z-E-D]

Maybe the top one is lasiodorides polycaspulatus
this is mine and its been 100 percent i'd'd as one

 

[bugsnstuff]

the top one is definitely Eupalaestrus campestratus, or as definite as anyone can be without having the spider in hand

 

[Crunchie]

the top one is definitely Eupalaestrus campestratus, or as definite as anyone can be without having the spider in hand

as is the second spider being a curly haired.

 

[ink_scorpion]

the top one is definitely Eupalaestrus campestratus, or as definite as anyone can be without having the spider in hand

I agree with bugsnstuff...First pic is definitely a Pink Zebra Beauty (Eupalaestrus campestratus). Second also looks like B. albopilosum.

Heck, why not buy them. They're both very nice! :clap: