identify please

[TheWidowsPeak]

ok this is a desert tarantula, any idea what it is, it is probably an old worlder, or at least it doesn't flick hars? any clue

 

[Phillip]

Where it's from would help.

If by desert species you mean something found out west here in the states then it is capable of flicking but has just not chosen to do so. Also in the pic I'm thinking I see hooks and swelled palps so my 1st thought is a mature male Aphono somethinorother. Again it would help to know where it came from to narrow down the choices.

Phil

 

[bodc21]

i was assuming male also he kinda looks like Selenocosmia sp. but i doubt it.

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hey

It looks like a male aphonopelma sp. if it is infact a desert species. I don't see males fliking hairs too much unless you realy really bother them. any ways have a nice day
geo

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

oh I forgot it is deffinatly a male
around six inches, and a little aggressive,
it has no markings that I can see just solid black,
and all it said was desert tarantula
I may just order another and hope for a female,
and getsome breeding experience in.
oh and it cost me 8 dollars which is arond 30 dollars pet store prices

 

[Mendi]

I agree with Phillip in thinking it looks a lot like and Aphonopelma sp? male. The Aphono's I have are none too much into hair kicking either... I think the worst ones I have for that are the Yucatan Rust Rumps, at least so far... You could always send a couple pictures of him to Rick West or Dr. Breene and see if they could give you an answer to his ID?

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

her is anouther pic just in case it might help

 

[Phillip]

by where it's from...

I wasn't meaning where it was bought but rather the location it is found in the wild. The reason I ask is if the seller knows it's a desert species then I would assume they know what desert it came from.

Phil

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

how do I get ahold of them and who is this dr breene, and I tried rick west's site and it didn't have a place to send pics to him

 

[Phillip]

Breene is with the ATS.

Phil

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

somehow I doubt they would know they are idiots, they told me togos were terestrial and not dangerouse

 

[Vayu Son]

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i think you have your parties confused. The ATS is the american tarantula society.. search for the website.

-V

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

no I was refering to the other post about where I got the t from not about the ATS sorry for the mix up but im don't know how to do the quote thing

 

[vulpina]

Just send an email to Rick West and attatch the pic to the email. He will reply to you.

Andy

 

[Damnathius]

It looks VERY much like most I have seen out here in the Mojave Desert, which are, as already suggested, Aphonopelma chalcodes. I have never seen one at 6" though.

Was it inexpensive?

A few friends of mine that ride dirt bikes and mountain bikes have told me that there are some areas around California City, that are absolutely swarming with these things in October and November, ranging in size from very small to huge with lots of color variations. Neither knows the other, and neither would have a reason to make up a story like that. They both said the tarantulas are so dense on the ground that it is impossible not to run over a lot of them.

Guess where I'm going this October.

Dave

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

its a little more than a rosie in cost so they are pretty common I guess

 

[Damnathius]

If it is a "local to me" T, I would imagine the cost for me to buy one here in Ca would be less, but there's shipping and all that to get it to where you are.

I asked my LPS owner if she ever got any local Ts in, and she said she wouldn't deal with them simply because of the "protected" species issues, even though it is not on the list of protected species. I guess she doesn't want the headaches.