Nice spider from Asia

[Lopez]

 

[Scolopendra55]

What species is that? It looks very thin.

 

[Lopez]

It only moulted last week, it hasn't eaten yet. Note the tumour on the abdomen. It almost looks like the arachnid equivalent of a hernia. It was there before the moult and hasn't healed at all.

 

[Twysted]

Looks sort of like Haplopelma hainanum

 

[ChrisNCT]

Very nice! I love the Asians.

 

[mantid]

Nice, now you have to fatten him up.

 

[Ralph]

absolute nice!!~!!
i love it!
whats this??? difference with the H.hainana....
looks spicial

 

[Lopez]

absolute nice!!~!!
i love it!
whats this??? difference with the H.hainana....
looks spicial

I know what the previous owner thinks it is, and part of me thinks he's right. But another part of me thinks he's wrong.

 

[finman31]

what species would it possibly be? He is AWESOME!

 

[beetleman]

looks a wee little like haplopelma schmidi(dark form) could be wrong though

 

[Bearo]

Nice
"Lampropelma nigerrimum"?

 

[Steve]

Hi,

i saw this animal last week . I think at the moment it's not sure what it is. Let's wait for the next papers about asian spiders. I think than we know more!

Cheers,
Steffen

 

[RVS]

Aren't Haplopelma hainanum and Haplopelma schmiditi (dark form) nearly identical? I think you'll need to view the spermethecae for a positive I.D.

 

[Lopez]

Hi,

i saw this animal last week . I think at the moment it's not sure what it is. Let's wait for the next papers about asian spiders. I think than we know more!

Cheers,
Steffen

So you did!
I'm still not convinced either way - the more I look at it, the more it doesn't look like what I thought it was.

Hopefully Lee can send me the skin next week