new pet--Avicularia Hiirshi

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KoffinKat138

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i just back from the reptile expo and i picked up somthing i never heard before its a pinktoe but the thing is HUGE its almost bigger than the size of my hand the weird thing is it was labled Avicularia Hiirshi. iv never heard of that species but i paid 25.00 for it and the guy sexed it Female,im not sure what it really is it looks alot like a.Avic Metallica,because it has the silver hairs on its leg,but its also got a purple carapace,its really pretty but im not sure what it could be i would post a picture but i cant because my camera got stolen-but any ideas would be great.

-thanks guys :)
 
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like i said i Wish i could but i have no acess to a camera

the guy labled the container Avicularia "Hiirshi" which he probably ment to spell "Avicularia hirschii" but the more i look at it it looks almost exactly like a Avic.Metallica, with the silver legs ,but on the carapace its got a really purple tent to it,and a little purple tent to its legs,and its hard for me to find good pics of Avicularia hirschii, so that leaves me wondering..?? why would the guy sell me a Avic Metallica-with the misspelled word of Hirschii,but it looking like metallica,but to some extent,he must have gotten the idea "Hiirshi" from some where,
but i wish just some how i could take a pic.:?
 
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I've seen them before and seen them on price lists.But never bought any of
them.Thay never thrilled me.
 
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Compare your T to the T's in Spiderfield's post #2, he posts several pics of Avicularia hirschii, that T looks nothing like an A metallica.

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i think your right,i didnt even notice the pics by Spiderfield, now im pretty sure it is a Avic Metallica, i dont know where that guy got the name Hirschii from,,come to think of it the guy had a Bunch chlilan Tarantulas with random common names that he didnt know that latan name for,i just wish the guy could have just labled Metallica on it,,but hey i guess 25.00 isnt too bad for a 4-1/2 inch Female Avicularia Metallica.,

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Jwwjr

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Sweet find! from what ive been reading the whole Avic family is messed up and theres no real difference officially known between the species, but we still try
 
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i dont have a camera to take a picture but the guy i bought it from has a picture of it on his site,im just posting this to show the the pink toe he sold me,its the first one on the price list,its called the "Giant Pinktoe" i was going to see does it look more like a- A.hirschii or a A.Metallica,its hard for me to tell
http://msreptilianhobbyists.weebly.com/inverts.html

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25$ is a great price for any t the size of your hand. Ive never heard of that species so i cant help you, but id be interested in pics if you could borrow a cam or something.
 
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im pretty sure you have A.hirschii, if its the pik at the top on your last post.
i saw that same vender and got some kewl stuff as well, the best show iv been to!
 
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The spider labeled "A. hirschii" on the site you linked to, is most assuredly not.
Personally, I would guess the spider in that picture is what has been sold as sp. "Peru purple", but regardless, A. hirschii it is not.

Eric
 
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