Kat Maehl
Arachnopeon
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- Apr 18, 2017
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Okay, so first off. I realize this isn't as cut and dry as I wish. I like knowing what my spiders are, just so I can explain to people why they shouldn't be afraid. That being said, at the end of the day I don't give a damn what they're called, all I care about is watching them, feeding them, or in the case of this little one, holding her occasionally to over come my fear of them touching me.
She is in the Dwarf Beauty species, I think we can all agree on that, however they are a species exclusively to South America. I am not in South America. I am directly between north and South America. Some consider Costa Rica to be the last country of Central America.
Now, on to IDing this little bugger.
While she has all the signs of being a C. perezmilesi.
The heart shapes marking on her abdomen, the lines encasing her heart, the difference is she has two extra sets of lines. One nearing her cethalothorax is almost too faint to see, but she does have 6 total markings.
Her legs where they meet her cethalothorax are red like most dwarfs, so that's another part playing well to the Id. However. There is NO species that looks just like her, or rather, there aren't any photos, there aren't any records of this species being up here in Costa Rica.
My buddy has gotten in touch with the university of Arizona to find out more. Assuming he hears back, I'll head to my university here too.
What do you guys think?
She is in the Dwarf Beauty species, I think we can all agree on that, however they are a species exclusively to South America. I am not in South America. I am directly between north and South America. Some consider Costa Rica to be the last country of Central America.
Now, on to IDing this little bugger.
While she has all the signs of being a C. perezmilesi.
The heart shapes marking on her abdomen, the lines encasing her heart, the difference is she has two extra sets of lines. One nearing her cethalothorax is almost too faint to see, but she does have 6 total markings.
Her legs where they meet her cethalothorax are red like most dwarfs, so that's another part playing well to the Id. However. There is NO species that looks just like her, or rather, there aren't any photos, there aren't any records of this species being up here in Costa Rica.
My buddy has gotten in touch with the university of Arizona to find out more. Assuming he hears back, I'll head to my university here too.
What do you guys think?
