Sorry to chime in on Bill's question, but it looks like Lasiodorides striatus to me. There is a photo of one in arachnopets tarantula gallery under the name "Acanthoscurria wallacei - Peru Bluish" (you've go it named incorrectly Scott!!). The two Lasiodorides look very similar altough L.polycuspulaus has the "blond" legs past the femora. L.striatus grow to an impressive size with huge chelicerae and carapace. I think L.polycusulatus are as rare as hen's teeth, true Bill??
I really like the blue-purple tints in the second one and also like the silver tones in the first one.
Glad to see these coming back around as I was feeling like if I wanted to get another I was out of luck. Anyway I've had a pair of them for a couple of years now that came from Capiz and have just been waiting for the male to mature. They are a cool species and although not super flashy like some are they have a nice metallic sheen to them. Here's my female.
This thread is 7 years old, lol.
Good point! I hadnt thought of that.had me all excited that I saw mizms name around here again, nothing wrong with our old threads, rather then making new repeats of em
Where did you get yours? I got some AF's of both species in the late 1990's when they were coming in from the wild. Haven't seen them since.
I still have the female pictured in this thread, its was a WC female from the 90's and is the oldest spider in my collection at this point. I also have 5 CB polycuspulatus that I got in the mid 2000's that I'm raising, very slow growing and I don't think I'll have mature males for another year or two still.
I have three captive born. One male and two females. They are not babies anymore, do wish I had an adult female. I know that this species are very slow, long lived and do not require high humidity. Very tough and hardy species, I'm jealous of Tom and wormwood for having an adult.