Quote Originally Posted by Najakeeper View Post
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!