Identification!

[Placeboani2]

This is a picture of the T in the Animal unit at college. They say its a G.rosea, I know they have different colour forms. But it doesnt look like a g.rosea to me.

What do you think?

 

[Vidaro]

cant see the picture...

 

[Placeboani2]

cant see the picture...

Ill fix it for you when i get home, Im at college at the minute.

 

[Placeboani2]

Didnt realise a link from an email wouldnt work.. Here it is!

If this didnt work then this is the direct picture link http://tinypic.com/r/wlf60/5

 

[Zoltan]

That looks something like Lasiodora parahybana, not Grammostola rosea to me.

 

[Roski]

L. parahybana would be my opinion as well.

 

[CAK]

Does the L.difficilis have that zebra striping down the leg? I have one that looks almost identical to this one above but has a real reddish tint to its hairs. It was sold as an L.difficilis, but i'm not so sure.

 

[Zoltan]

Does the L.difficilis have that zebra striping down the leg? I have one that looks almost identical to this one above but has a real reddish tint to its hairs. It was sold as an L.difficilis, but i'm not so sure.

You will need to wait for a work in progress to be published if you want to accurately identify Lasiodora.

 

[JC]

Definitely a Lasiodora sp. and not Grammostola rosea.

 

[BrynWilliams]

+1 for a genus Lasiodora

 

[Placeboani2]

I do agree i knew from first looking at it that it wasnt a G.rosea. The size even for a female is pretty big too. As my MM G.rosea was 5-6 inch. And i know females grow bigger but the T in the animal unit on a guess is 8-9 inches.

And looking at pictures of the Lasiodora parahybana it is very very similar.

 

[billopelma]

Does it have orange-y colored underside/spinnerets? Is that a bowl of water crystals?

Bill

 

[Placeboani2]

Does it have orange-y colored underside/spinnerets? Is that a bowl of water crystals?

Bill

Erm imnot sure about the orangy colour ill have a look.
Yeah stupidly they were water crystals.. The college seems to think it works so all the first years use it when there working in there, Although i have told them millions of times that they need water. (Dont worry i changed them as soon as i took the picture) My A.Avic is in college at the moment as im doing a investigation on the behavioural differences between an arboreal and a terrestrial tarantula, so im checking them both at least 4 times a week, so ive been making sure there being taken care of properly!