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I'm seeing a few threads recently regarding the question as to whether or not this is the "true" Lasiodora cristatus, or the "pet trade" Lasiodora cristatus.
Martin:
Your posts in several threads regarding this question have been very helpful, but the information is somewhat scattered between threads. I was hoping to provide you a single thread to conglomorate your information in one place, while at the same time asking everyone else who has additional taxonomic info to please include it here. With the number of people recently purchasing these, I thought it would be a very helpful thread.
Being only "hobbyist level" as opposed to what I can only call "professional level" enthusiast, and having recently gotten a sling of what was sold as "Lasiodora cristatas", also by common name "White Stripe Bird Eater" from the source where I purchased mine, (though I've seen other common names for it in other places, which I already know are sometimes worse than useless), I'm very interested in learning if this is a case of an unidentified T being erroniously placed under an already used name, or if this is a situation of a T being actually missidentified as something other than what it is? If the latter is the case, I'd like to know we are all actually buying?
Martin:
Your posts in several threads regarding this question have been very helpful, but the information is somewhat scattered between threads. I was hoping to provide you a single thread to conglomorate your information in one place, while at the same time asking everyone else who has additional taxonomic info to please include it here. With the number of people recently purchasing these, I thought it would be a very helpful thread.
Being only "hobbyist level" as opposed to what I can only call "professional level" enthusiast, and having recently gotten a sling of what was sold as "Lasiodora cristatas", also by common name "White Stripe Bird Eater" from the source where I purchased mine, (though I've seen other common names for it in other places, which I already know are sometimes worse than useless), I'm very interested in learning if this is a case of an unidentified T being erroniously placed under an already used name, or if this is a situation of a T being actually missidentified as something other than what it is? If the latter is the case, I'd like to know we are all actually buying?
