Birdeater emergency! !! - Page 2

nazanova · 08-06-14, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Teal

Yes, that is a female (:

There are several different species in the Theraposa genus... I am not an expert on that genus, so I don't know the minute differences between species. However, post-molt she looks more like a Lasiodora Parahybana (LP). They are also a very large species, and sometimes called "bird eaters."

Teal I've seen you all over this forum and your knowledge never ceases to amaze me lol! I'm totally fanboying you right now

Will0W783 · 08-06-14, 08:17 PM

Thanks Teal. Whatever species she is, I'm glad that she's alive and perky.
I wonder how long she'll keep the pretty black colors, and how large she'll eventually get. She's pretty small for a bird Eater species right now, so hopefully she's nice and young.

Teal · 08-07-14, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by nazanova

Teal I've seen you all over this forum and your knowledge never ceases to amaze me lol! I'm totally fanboying you right now

Lol aww, thank you!

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

Thanks Teal. Whatever species she is, I'm glad that she's alive and perky.
I wonder how long she'll keep the pretty black colors, and how large she'll eventually get. She's pretty small for a bird Eater species right now, so hopefully she's nice and young.

If she is an LP, that's the colour she will stay (: Depending on how she was fed and housed as a sling, and being that she was neglected recently.. her age is indeterminable. How big is she right now?

Will0W783 · 08-07-14, 11:44 AM

She's about the size of a large rosehair, maybe 6" legspan?

Teal · 08-07-14, 01:32 PM

Oh yes, she still had some growing to do then... I'd call her a sub-adult.

Will0W783 · 08-07-14, 07:53 PM

Is there any way to definitively tell what species she is? I was really thrown by the change after molting. I thought for sure she was a Goliath at first.

Teal · 08-09-14, 02:53 AM

You could post an ID thread somewhere like Arachnoboards with several good pictures and see what sort of opinions you get, as well as look at a looooot of pictures on Google to help your own opinion... But that is about the only way. Post up another photo now that she's hardened up from her shed and I'll see if my opinion has changed lol

Will0W783 · 08-09-14, 11:15 AM

I'll take another picture tonight. She's still not very active, but she moves around and can kick hairs so I guess she is feeling better. I'm getting her a mouse pink today.

Will0W783 · 08-10-14, 05:02 PM

Here she is today, next to my hand for comparison.

Will0W783 · 08-15-14, 09:30 AM

The people at Arachnoboards seemt to think that she is a Pamphobeteus antinous (Bolivian steely blue leg birdeater).

I'm cool with that, as I was looking at a female of that species about a month ago in lieu of a Goliath birdeater.

So far she is doing well, and is staying relatively docile. She's a beautiful girl, and since P. antinous can get up to 9 inches, I'm assuming that she is relatively young and should have a nice long life.