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After reading some of the posts regarding the misidentification of P. miranda, as well as talking with another tarantula enthusiast about Poecilotheria species being misidentified recently, i decided to take a good look at some of my young Poecs.
This spider was sold to me a few months ago as P. subfusca. It recently molted and when I got a good look at it tonight I was surprised to see that it looks identical to my P. ornata. I have a feeling that this is not subfusca at all :-(
another (not very good) picture of the same spider:
I also received a P. formosa in the same shipment, I am pretty sure it is indeed formosa but figured it couldn't hurt to ask for expert opinions. Here it is:
another of the same T:
What do you guys think? I will greatly appreciate any help you can give me.
This spider was sold to me a few months ago as P. subfusca. It recently molted and when I got a good look at it tonight I was surprised to see that it looks identical to my P. ornata. I have a feeling that this is not subfusca at all :-(
another (not very good) picture of the same spider:
I also received a P. formosa in the same shipment, I am pretty sure it is indeed formosa but figured it couldn't hurt to ask for expert opinions. Here it is:
another of the same T:
What do you guys think? I will greatly appreciate any help you can give me.