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[ithuriel]

hi everyone,
just ordered a new T and made enquiries about obtaining others.
the one ive ordered which i shall pick up tuesday is commonly called a painted birdeater , its colouration is similar to a red knee but it has white knees and white spots plus its highly a aggresive terrestial T. its my first spiderling being the size of a penny but eats food its own size and is quite hardy. does anyone have one and what advice can you give me:? the vendor is giving me a caresheet , set up and food too though but any help would be appreciated .its costing me £8.00 but the adult would set me back ten times that much. also enquired about a bottleblue , brazil black , costa rican zebra and a mexican golden red rump:} just have to wait and see now whats available here at present.

 

[Wade]

Do you know the latin name?

Wade

 

[ithuriel]

hmmmm

guess im just getting old , i cant remember the scientific name will have to ask him when i pick it up.actaully ill write it down so i dont forget again though he might have it on the care sheet . he is doing me a caresheet simply because i asked him to , think ill do this when ever i buy from him now, no point in getting info from pet shops here because there is only one ive found that sells TS and i dont exactly trust the owner. thats why i went to the supplier instead

 

[Wade]

The only problem with common names is that they vary wildly from dealer to dealer...I can think of several that might fit the description. For example, Acathoscurria geniculata is a popular tarantula sometimes known as a "giant white knee" or "Brazillian White knee" or even "Santarem Pink haired" and others. Since they're big and colorful, I could easily imagine "Painted birdeater" being applied to it. Gail has a post with a nice pic of one, check it out, maybe that's what you have.

Wade

 

[Phillip]

A geniculata pic...

Maybe this will help you ID the spider in question. Here's an
A geniculata for comparison.
Phil

 

[ithuriel]

yup

yup thats the one , memory can be a strange thing but i remember now , thx cant wait to get it and see how things progress. its not just having Ts but learning about them that i find so interesting and ive learnt a bit in the last two months give or take a few weeks