Omothymus violaceopes & Cyriopagopus sp. hati hati

[vounti]

Hi y'all

could you please tell me how you make the difference between these animals ?
from the images I found on the internet, I think they are very similar.

 

[viper69]

I’ve owned the former, and never thought they looked like the latter. Curious what images you’re looking at.

 

[vounti]

I’ve owned the former, and never thought they looked like the latter. Curious what images you’re looking at.

That is the type of images. I don't really trust color on images because light, photoshop, etc. And with these images, J guess that they look alike on certain light conditions. These pictures might be bad too

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[NMTs]

That is the type of images. I don't really trust color on images because light, photoshop, etc. And with these images, J guess that they look alike on certain light conditions. These pictures might be bad too

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You're right - you can't go by coloration alone. The Cyriopagopus has thicker, stockier legs and lacks the long setae on the legs like the Omothymus has. As for coloration, I always thought the C. sp. Hati Hati looked more gray than blue/purple, with the exception of in bright light shortly after a molt. The C. violaceopes almost always has some shade of blue/purple visible to the naked eye (once they get their adult colors).

 

[cold blood]

from the images I found on the internet,

images are flawed, you can look up a t and end up seeing many different species. Hati hati and violaceopes actually look VERY different....voioaceopes are bright purple.

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• cold blood
• Mar 10, 2017

freshly molted LV female

 

[vounti]

Thank you guys ! I got both species yesterday. They are slings and I haven't had the chance to correctly look at them yet. They are so shy !

 

[viper69]

That is the type of images. I don't really trust color on images because light, photoshop, etc. And with these images, J guess that they look alike on certain light conditions. These pictures might be bad too

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no images

 

[NMTs]

no images

Screenshots of Google images are a no-no, so they got the old yoink. Looked like the T's in question, though!