Vietnam Bird Eater tarantula

[word]

got one of these at my local pet shop today. the guy said he thought it was a female but who knows... very fiesty, that's for sure!

 

[word]

she's missing one of her spinnerets. how big of a deal is that? the other one seems to be working fine and she's already eating.

 

[Joe1968]

congrats, looks like a Haplopelma minax, i bought one last month, i luv this specie, very mean and agressive i hate it when pet stores never agreed and a single common name, mine was labeled "Thailand black". other common name is asian bird eating spider.

if you have an H. minax be glad because it is quite rare in this hobby.

 

[Mike H.]

Nice looking T. as far as the spinneret it should regenerate on the next molt...

Regards, Mike

 

[word]

congrats, looks like a Haplopelma minax, i bought one last month, i luv this specie, very mean and agressive i hate it when pet stores never agreed and a single common name, mine was labeled "Thailand black". other common name is asian bird eating spider.

if you have an H. minax be glad because it is quite rare in this hobby.

i think it's more likely an H. longipedum sp. than minax. it's just not very black like a minax should be they didn't know the scientific name at the shop imagine that. been awhile since i've seen a T. threat posture. kinda fun

 

[Joe1968]

i think it's more likely an H. longipedum sp. than minax. it's just not very black like a minax should be they didn't know the scientific name at the shop imagine that. been awhile since i've seen a T. threat posture. kinda fun

you know what you may be right, i'm not 100% sure if i got a H.minax :? mine looks very similar to yours. anyways what ever specie you and i got, they seem very feisty and love to burrow. i'll attach more pics and compare it, to yours.

the abdomen on mine is not completely black, it had some chevron markings, the abdomen has a tint of blueish color. carapace is larger than the abdoemn, comon on asian species.

thanks,
Joe

 

[Lopez]

Neither of those spiders *look* to me like sp."longipedum"

IMO "longipedum" is normally easy to spot from sp."Vietnam", minax, or sp."aureopilosum".
Just check out Leg IV on this "longipedum".....much longer than Leg I and very stocky and bushy with it (cheers Soren for pointing this out in the flesh!)

Volker kindly examined the exuvia of this spider for me and confirmed it is sp."longipedum" - positive identification just from pictures is not really possible, particularly with Asian spiders!

 

[word]

oops, i mis-typed. i was thinking aueropilosum, not longipedum who knows what it really is... maybe i'll see if i can find someone to send the exo to for a positive ID.

 

[Lopez]

oops, i mis-typed. i was thinking aueropilosum, not longipedum who knows what it really is... maybe i'll see if i can find someone to send the exo to for a positive ID.

Speaking of sp."aureopilosum" - how's this for a dark one?
Normally the outer edges of the legs are gold, but this just goes to show how unstable colouration is as an identification tool

Click thumbnails for larger pictures:



Both your spiders "look" like the Haplopelma species commonly imported from Vietnam.

 

[David Burns]

That's just great, if we can't tell what species we have, I say you should just breed whatever Haplo male you have with whatever Haplo female you have. Somebody should release a taxanomic guide to diferentiate the species or there will just be H. lividums and Haplopelma genericus. I've already gone though this with Hystocrates. I give up, breed them all together!

 

[JacenBeers]

Could it be Cyriopagopus paganus?

 

[LPacker79]

Could it be Cyriopagopus paganus?

Some people will tell you that C. paganus and Haplopelma sp. "longipedum" are one and the same. However, the original type specimen for C. paganus is missing and nobody really knows what it is.

 

[Joe1968]

That's just great, if we can't tell what species we have, I say you should just breed whatever Haplo male you have with whatever Haplo female you have. Somebody should release a taxanomic guide to diferentiate the species or there will just be H. lividums and Haplopelma genericus. I've already gone though this with Hystocrates. I give up, breed them all together!

i know whay ya mean, sometimes its get a little frustruating not knowing what specie you have.

 

[Mattyb]

Beautiful Birdeater, looks like she needs to fatten up alittle though.



-Mattyb

 

[Randolph XX()]

can it be H.shcmidti "dark morph?"

 

[Vanan]

Looks just like my H. sp "vietnam". Although this is coming from an untrained eye.

Thanks for pointing out that about the "longepidum" Lopez!! Great info!

 

[Martin H.]

Speaking of sp."aureopilosum" - how's this for a dark one?
Normally the outer edges of the legs are gold, but this just goes to show how unstable colouration is as an identification tool

dito, see this one before and after a molt:

all the best,
Martin

 

[spiderguy25827]

this spider

hello i have the same exact tarantula but i do not know what it is mine is a female so is it a h minmax or longipidum i dont know but it is the same as the first couple of pics i would really like to know i was told that it is a viteman birdeater and i woul;d like to know what it is i do knopw this it is very mean and very fat

 

[common spider]

All I know is from all the cool pics that I have seen I know I want one of each.

 

[Wolfy72]

There is a huge thread about this particular T on the boards here somewhere, it seems to be an ongoing controversy on the correct ID, so far as anyone has venture to guess it's been narrowed down to Haplopelma Sp. nothing further if im not mistaken.
I cant exactly recall where the thread is located but i do believe Soulsick started the thread so ya may wanna search for it.... just thought i'd post and point ya's there maybe it will help