Genus Theraphosa

[Bearo]

Bearo,

No it is the other way around, T. blondi with pink feet

Take care

Martin

aahh.. ok.. then never mind hehe

 

[eman]

More sling pics

kennfreeloader:

It would be nice to see some pics of that sling on a darker background, such as a peice of cork bark or on dark soil... I can see much lighter tarsal and metatarsal segments from the picture you posted but the background really doesn't help to make that stand out.

Also, pics of that same sling after it's next molt would also be good.

 

[M.F.Bagaturov]

Hello!

This is the pic of one of the supplier's females that iv posted up in the discussions thread earlier. I was told that it is supposed to be an apophysis but due to the fact that the sling's do not have pink feet, they have labled it sp "Venezuela".
here's a sling

Sling is definately in premolt so anybody also can tell it is lasiodora spp as well...
So, this pic mean nothing to me and the adult is definately looks nothing like T. apophysis...

 

[kennfreeloader]

possibly, unfortunately it wasn't in permoult when the pic was snapped, infact it hasn't moulted till this day and it just took a few crickets last week. will update this thread if i get new findings, thanx for the feedback=)

 

[Gigas]

Bearo,

No it is the other way around, T. blondi with pink feet

Take care

Martin

What>? i thought that was why Apophysis were called pink foot* Birdeaters????????

 

[MRL]

What>? i thought that was why Apophysis were called pink foot* Birdeaters????????

Some T. blondi babies have been said to have pink feet.

 

[eman]

possibly, unfortunately it wasn't in permoult when the pic was snapped, infact it hasn't moulted till this day and it just took a few crickets last week. will update this thread if i get new findings, thanx for the feedback=)

Again: :wall:

It would be nice to see some pics of that sling on a darker background, such as a peice of cork bark or on dark soil... I can see much lighter tarsal and metatarsal segments from the picture you posted but the background really doesn't help to make that stand out.

 

[Gigas]

Some T. blondi babies have been said to have pink feet.

but he says

No it is the other way around, T. blondi with pink feet

The main feature for apophysis slings is pink feet hes saying its a main feature of Blondi slings? have i been lied to for a very long time?

 

[eman]

but he says
The main feature for apophysis slings is pink feet hes saying its a main feature of Blondi slings? have i been lied to for a very long time?

I don't think anyone is saying that pink feet are the "main feature" for either of the two species...

T. apophysis slings typically do have prominent pink "gloves" on the tarsus and on the metatarsus. Additionally, there seems to have been cases where blondi slings have also shown pink feet as mentioned above.

Some are hinting at the possibility of a third species in the Theraphosa genus. Others suggest hybridization... it makes for some interesting speculation.

Also the picture of the Theraphosa sp. Venezuela sling on this thread does not properly display the specimen at all... the background is pink!

 

[Gigas]

Yes eman i realise that, i was in the other thread

 

[kennfreeloader]

lol, im gona post as soon as i get a better cam, the current cam im having now isnt good enough, hopefully i can borrow my friends cam tonight

 

[RVS]

I'm really hoping this is something new. I have my fingers crossed.
Theraphosa is easily one of my favorite genera.

 

[Tarantula]

Are you sure both are the same species? The large specimen looks like T. apophysis and the slings like T. blondi. Remember that both species occur in Venezuela. How ever blondi only occur in the southern part of the contry. Could you find out more where they are caught?

 

[Jmadson13]

If sold as a sling and not a juvinile, why then is this so called Lasiodora not alot smaller? looks very much like Theraphosa to me.

Hello!



Sling is definately in premolt so anybody also can tell it is lasiodora spp as well...
So, this pic mean nothing to me and the adult is definately looks nothing like T. apophysis...

 

[Tarantula]

I can sell a sling and write adult in the ad.. dont make it adult just because I write it...

 

[kitty_b]

since my pics are all broken now...

7" female, before molt:

same female, 8" post-molt:

my girl, trying to show the virgin boyfriend how to show her a good time:

my little boy, about 3.5-4" (freshly molted):

 

[BigToach]

heres my 5" female. creepin on the camo

 

[diKe]

 

[† [sandi] †]

T. blondi

 

[Steve Nunn]

Hi,
Very nice,
I notice the distal femura I on T.blondi are quite incrassate from a dorsal view and in T.apophysis the thickness is lacking distally on the front femura (same dorsal view only). From a lateral, or side view the femura look very similar in shape.

How old is the T.apophysis??? Mature female???

Thanks
Steve