Pamphobeteus antinous vs machala

[GrammastolaGuy]

I am branching out from Phormictopus into Pamphobeteus and need some advice about how to decide between these two species. Between the two which species is larger and what is the adult coloration of an adult female? From what I can tell the genus is very confused but they both grow into huge black tarantulas. Any input from keepers who have kept either species would be very welcome.

 

[NMTs]

I don't have any experience with either species, but you might find information in the Pamphobeteus picture thread:

Genus - Pamphobeteus

I don't know. It would be nice to have a clearinghouse for breeders and importers to publish the sources for their animals. That way it could be tracked in some systematic way. Probably the right thing to do is stop buying and selling undescribed species, but I'm just as guilty as anyone else...

arachnoboards.com

Hope that helps!

 

[A guy]

People are probably going to hate what I'm going to say but aside from appearance and antinous generally growing bigger, they're pretty much the same. If you get one and not the other, you're not really missing anything.

 

[jennywallace]

My sub adult female machala is an impressive T, she is very dark brown to black with the purple markings on the carapace. As others have said, I don't think you could go wrong with either, cool T's.