Weird Observation.....

[Tarantula Lover]

Well today i saw a little Aphonopelma semmanni (3/4") and i saw its skin under its vial, around a week later which is now today i say i should change its cage to a delicup since it has a burrow and covered itself in it, i was really curious to see what it looks like after the molt. So it was a dull gray and i let it in the delicup and it was an AMAZing change of color!! It looks like a sling Phormictopus cancerides! ALL BLUE~!!!! It actually resembles the structure of my adult seemanni, weird huh? Anything wrong with this? anymore info? is their a color morph i dont know about? Thanks!


James

 

[deifiler]

Aphonopelma sp. - 'Guatemalan blue' Should be a good starting place too look for info... Sorry I can't provide you with a scientific name

 

[Tarantula Lover]

Thanks sooo much! I think that will really help! Are they rare or common species?


Thanks,


James

 

[deifiler]

I don't know actually... On the 'british tarantula society' someone posted about them saying the following:

"This species may be a regional colour form of A. seemanni but could also be a new species. They are being sold as Aphonopelma sp. to try and prevent cross breeding with A. seemanni and losing the colour form"

Hope that aids your quest Be sure to keep us updated!

 

[Tarantula Lover]

Its eating like a pig! But it is just soo blue! My cam isnt working i would love to take some pics but cant! he/she is very fast! not a mettalic blue but a light blue color, I think that it is a guatemelen blue (aphonopelma sp.) thanks again!


James

 

[belewfripp]

Aphonopelma seemanni often has a bluish coloration, especially after a molt. Most of my seemanni will turn a sort of grey-blue color with faint red highlights to their striping and abdominal hair for a month or two after molting, with the red highlights fading first, and the blue-grey color gradually fading to grey. If it looks otherwise just like an A. seemanni, I would regard it as such, the 'blue' form is pretty common, in addition to which some are black and others have a chestnut brown color. Like G. rosea they seem to have a wide variation in color.

Adrian