Tarantupedia got their pictures wrong?

arthurliuyz

Arachnoknight
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Hey, guys. I was looking in Tarantupedia and came across this:
To my knowledge the carapace of D. fasciatus is black and the pictures shown are D. pentaloris.

Did they actually get this picture wrong?
 

Arachnolove420

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Hey, guys. I was looking in Tarantupedia and came across this:
To my knowledge the carapace of D. fasciatus is black and the pictures shown are D. pentaloris.

Did they actually get this picture wrong?
Yeah, they did. Here's a link to a thread that confirms you are correct and provides a reason for the common mislabeling of the species...

 

NMTs

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Yes, almost every D. fasciatus in the hobby is actually D. pentaloris - save for maybe the ones in Arachnid Addicted's collection (but do his really even count?).
 
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