Jeff23
Arachnolord
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- Jul 27, 2016
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I finally got to take a picture of my new spider up close today when it went for a walk. It is close to 4.5 inches in length.
It looks like it could be a Smithi to me, but Annitha don't look too undifferent. Many of the pictures I found of Annitha species show a smaller lighter/smaller black section on the carapace. But I don't know if that matters since there is evidently some argument in the science community over whether they are actually the same species.
I was a little worried buying it from Petco, but at the same time felt like I could give it a much better home than their aquarium tank with no substrate and almost no hide for it. The clerk said this spider had been there for a while. So it may be an older spider and I don't care if it is male or female. I am going to enjoy learning about it.
It looks like it could be a Smithi to me, but Annitha don't look too undifferent. Many of the pictures I found of Annitha species show a smaller lighter/smaller black section on the carapace. But I don't know if that matters since there is evidently some argument in the science community over whether they are actually the same species.
I was a little worried buying it from Petco, but at the same time felt like I could give it a much better home than their aquarium tank with no substrate and almost no hide for it. The clerk said this spider had been there for a while. So it may be an older spider and I don't care if it is male or female. I am going to enjoy learning about it.