Grammostola actaeon

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dont ya just love it when they stop for the pic, nice T.
 

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F.J.A. - Is that specimen still growing?

All the adult female G. actaeon I have seen lose the red hairs on the abdomen.
 
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I have a G.actaeon sub-adult female and its red hairs are almost gone.
 

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I have a G.actaeon sub-adult female and its red hairs are almost gone.
Right, I was wondering about his picture labeled as an adult female. Maybe "adult" in the sense she may be sexually mature, but if it is G. actaeon I think it has some more growing to do. The red hairs are already not that prominent, but they should fade completely in the next molt or 2.
 

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GoTerps said:
F.J.A. - Is that specimen still growing?

I was under the impression that adult female G. actaeon lose the red hairs on the abdomen.
Yes, it's not really large, but I thought it should be adult (in the sense of sexual mature)...
I know that what is commonly sold as G. actaeon loses its red hairs, but I've seen a very large specimen which had beautiful red hairs on its abdomen, and the owner told me that it should be a G. actaeon, so maybe there are different forms (or species?) around?
I don't know, time will tell if it this specimens will lose its color or not (BTW, it's not my specimen but a friends one, so thanks to Mario Staib)...
 
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ut I've seen a very large specimen which had beautiful red hairs on its abdomen, and the owner told me that it should be a G. actaeon, so maybe there are different forms (or species?) around?
I've seen spiders labeled G. actaeon that are more likely to be G. iheringi (which does have the "red-rump" when mature).
 

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I've seen spiders labeled G. actaeon that are more likely to be G. iheringi (which does have the "red-rump" when mature).
Could be a possibility, I'm not that much interested in NW-species, I don't even have a G. rosea or any other Grammostola...
I remember that I've talked about this issue with a friend who has many (~10 species) Grammostola, but I can't really remember what he told me... :?
 
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