Tarantula id help plz ??? - Page 2

Rob · 10th February 2010, 10:50 PM

Danni, gary is in every day except thurs and fri.

Wilks, where in Essex are you from?

gary · 11th February 2010, 12:19 AM

come buy the shop as rob says anyday apart from thurday or friday i'll get it identified for you

oxxxdanniexxxo · 18th February 2010, 09:49 PM

ok cheers will do means gotta catch the fiesty little fella 1st thou lol

oxxxdanniexxxo · 18th February 2010, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wilkinss77

dannie, i can can ID your tarantula to 4 genera, given the size: lasiodora, pamphobeteus, nhandu, or acanthoscurria- i'd say it's probably a lasiodora sp., but not a salmon pink, as it's colours are wrong. how aggressive? nhandu sp. are downright nasty, the others only bite if the threat posture is unheeded. but your estimate of a 9'' span, suggests a lasiodora.

not sure how aggressive never given it a chance to get close enough to tag me dude who sold it to mum told her never to handle it as it had him couple of times n when ya put ya hand in it runs at ya not actually bitten since mum had it thou

wilkinss77 · 25th February 2010, 03:55 PM

Dannie, does your tarantula hiss when annoyed? lasiodora do this, so do acanthoscurria- nhandu do not, don't think pamphobeteus do either (doubt it's a pamph anyway- none of them have a light-edged carapace). nudge her front legs with a pencil or something- if she hisses as she rears up, we've narrowed her ID down to the 2 above genera, ok?