T Blondi or T Apophysis ?

MACZ

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Hi sorry to post this in here put I posted the picture in the ID section of the forum and had no reply:( What spider would you say this one was as I cant find out how to tell them apart thanks.



 

JC

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I say T.apophysis, but if that one is over 6-inches it may be a T.blondi.
 

MACZ

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Why would you say Apophysis how can you tell? thanks
 

sharpfang

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I concur Doctor

Although I am no "brain surgeon"..........Looks like Apophosis.........
Color wise....:) ......Big spider, either way......When it Molts.....Show inside of EXUVIUM.....I would imagine that there is a Difference in the inside shapes of Sexies.......LOL{D
 

Satellite Rob

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It's a 100% T.Blondi.I feed almost 500 on saturday and theres no question
about it.I'm still itching from it.
 

Fran

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It's a 100% T.Blondi.I feed almost 500 on saturday and theres no question
about it.I'm still itching from it.


Lets be serious here, The fact that you fed 500 T.Blondi on saturday has nothing to do with if this spider is a T.Blondi or not. :)

But I would say thats a Theraphosa Blondi.

Here you can see more clear the differences, more pinkish all over coloration...

 

joshuai

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look at the sex organ spermathecea or something apophysis sont have the flap in front of them i think
 

sharpfang

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That's the Only way I can tell for sure!

Looks different then my goliath's Legs..........I m NO expert , that's Obvious....

I am Itching TOO!.....................
 
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spiderfield

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Definitely looks like a T. blondi. Its possible it could also be one of the disputed "Burgundy sp.", but not T. apophysis. What makes you think its the latter?
 

Satellite Rob

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Beleave what you want and I fed 500 T.Blondi's in about 4 hours and
every one got a hand full of crickets.When you deal with as many T's
as I do and you learn to move fast.
 

sharpfang

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Are Apophosis more distinguishable as Adults?

Curious......Different lookin' when young.....and pics of adults I see, look richer in color than milk-chocolately Goliaths......:?

Not my specialty....and the hairs are No joke...........!

I will Deal with a c.h. sack soon....then I am done......c.b. babies grow - Quick!:eek:
 
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Jmugleston

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Beleave what you want and I fed 500 T.Blondi's in about 4 hours and
every one got a hand full of crickets.When you deal with as many T's
as I do and you learn to move fast.
Hmmm. That's a lot of T. blondi. A photograph would be cool if you get a second.

As for the OP, distinguishing between the two Theraphosa species is a bit difficult once they get over about 5 inches. T. blondi look brownish black when they first molt. The bristles are either red or brown after the molt. T. apophysis is a bit leggier and has a more purplish hue just after a molt. If it is a male, once it matures it will be easy to tell. Females are a bit more difficult. It looks much more like my T. blondi than my T. apophysis. Pictures are not the best for identification though.
 

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While feeding the the TB I saw at least 50 0f them that had pink feet.Just
because you see pink feet that don't make it a TA.TA's and TB's both have
pink feet when thay are young.Most loose there pink feet by the time thay
reach 5" and some times that wiil hold on to there pink feet a little longer.
We import 90% of all TB's in the United States and it's a lot more than
anybody woul ever beleave.I bet you that T is under 5".Just because that
T is blown up in picture doesn't mean it's big and I guarantee you if he puts
something in the picture you can compare the size with you will see it's much
smaller than your lead to beleave.If it was a TA it would be much darker in
color.15 or 20 there was no quata's or limits on numbers imported and we use
to bring in more than 20 thousand a year.So I probably seen at least 300,000
to 400,000 TA's and TB's In the last 20 years.You thinking i'm full of crap.But
i'm telling you the truth and i'm being conservative.Now that thay have limits.
You still wouldn"t beleave the amountsthat are still imported.Over the last 20
years I couldn't begin to guess how many millions of T's i've seen.I only wish
I was lying when I give that number of T's that have been imported to the
United States by this one importer.My importer is the largest aminal in the
US and maybe even the world.So lets get back to T's.The only way TA's can
be possitively identified is by an expert or if a adult male.When males become
mature thay become one of the most beautiful T's in the world.Thay become
a extreme purple and red with a beautiful stripping in there legs and the picture
that you can find are truely gorgeous.If you ever saw a freshly molted mature
male you would never forget it.The extreme purples and reds have such a
sheen that the male TA looks like it's glowing + thay have the largest legspan
ever recorded on any tarantula ever found and that was 13.2".
 
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