» Site Navigation
3 members and 2,403 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,408
Threads: 248,770
Posts: 2,570,215
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, WheezyS
|
-
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Najakeeper For This Useful Post:
-
I vaguely remember blondi sharing the genus with another, but admit I had to use google to confirm. Seems there are 3 in the genus now, pretty cool! Here's my guess as to who's who.
A) blondi
B) stirmi
C) apophysis
-
-
Re: I have the Big Three!
Originally Posted by John1982
I vaguely remember blondi sharing the genus with another, but admit I had to use google to confirm. Seems there are 3 in the genus now, pretty cool! Here's my guess as to who's who.
A) blondi
B) stirmi
C) apophysis
You are correct in your guesses and yes, blondi and apophysis have been classified long ago but stirmi is somewhat recent. They have been sold as blondi for years as they are more common wild caught even though they are easy to tell apart for someone, who knows what they are looking for. Still, stirmi is hardier than blondi so for the inexperienced people and the spiders, it was probably a good match.
Last edited by Najakeeper; 08-05-2016 at 02:40 AM.
-
-
Re: I have the Big Three!
Originally Posted by Najakeeper
You are correct in your guesses and yes, blondi and apophysis have been classified long ago but stirmi is somewhat recent. They have been sold as blondi for years as they are more common wild caught even though they are easy to tell apart for someone, who knows what they are looking for. Still, stirmi is hardier than blondi so for the inexperienced people and the spiders, it was probably a good match.
It would be great to see more CB options for these in the future. I've become rather sensitive to urticating hairs after years of exposure so if I ever got back into inverts, it'll be old world species for me. Always a fan of the pokies though so I think I'd be content. I would definitely have to add a balfouri and crawshayi or two too!
-
-
Re: I have the Big Three!
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Najakeeper For This Useful Post:
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|