Is this a Lampropelma or a Cyriopagopus...

[boina]

... and should I buy it?

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s...lspinne-weibchen-mit-terra/794126626-244-2912

The description says the seller has no clue what it is and he's had her since 2013. He also describes her as black with a green-ish blue hue.

Does anyone have a good idea what exactly this could be? From the poop stains on the terrarium I'd say arboreal and probably Lampropelma.

 

[Venom1080]

C lividus imo

Very short setae. Thick stout legs. Etc. Nothing beyond poop stains say arboreal.

 

[dangerforceidle]

IMO, it looks like C. lividus. An L. violaceopes should have a more blue-ish hint to the abdomen/opisthosoma rather than a dark grey/black.

And yes, you should buy it! Who doesn't like an angry blue Asian tarantula, regardless if it's a climber or a digger?

 

[McSP1D8R]

Defo C.lividus for me..

 

[boina]

C lividus imo

Very short setae. Thick stout legs. Etc. Nothing beyond poop stains say arboreal.

So it's a climbing, pooping fossorial...probably because it doesn't have any substrate to be a burrowing fossorial tarantula in...

IMO, it looks like C. lividus. An L. violaceopes should have a more blue-ish hint to the abdomen/opisthosoma rather than a dark grey/black.

I was thinking more along the lines of L. sp. Borneo black... they do have a purple/blue hue when the light is right, but you are all right, the coloring and stature is looking more like C. lividus.

I'm not sure I want a fossorial. I mean I'd set it up properly and likely never see it again...

 

[McSP1D8R]

Should you buy it? Hmm subjective answer for me would be no, I've owned one and had her bolt out of the enclosure and on to my chest! ( not the reason I dont like them) For me I'm just not a fan of pet holes, give me a big itchy NW terrestrial eating machine any day

 

[Venom1080]

So it's a climbing, pooping fossorial...probably because it doesn't have any substrate to be a burrowing fossorial tarantula in...



I was thinking more along the lines of L. sp. Borneo black... they do have a purple/blue hue when the light is right, but you are all right, the coloring and stature is looking more like C. lividus.

I'm not sure I want a fossorial. I mean I'd set it up properly and likely never see it again...

I'd brown box you a Lampropelma if that's not a C lividus

Compare setae length.

 

[boina]

I'd brown box you a Lampropelma if that's not a C lividus

Compare setae length.

I believe you, I believe you!

But then I don't think I want it. Like @McSP1D8R I'm not the biggest fan of pet holes. And I think it may already be elderly.

 

[KezyGLA]

Spicy Thai species. Get it

 

[The Grym Reaper]

So it's a climbing, pooping fossorial

I swear Asian OB species just stick their bum out of the hole and "spray & pray"