Wats the diffrence between T. apophysis and T. blondi

[CHOPCHOP!!]

I have T.Apothysis and im looking to get T.Blondi but when fully grown whats the diffrence between the two? comparison pictures would be a bonus if posible....please?

[Jmugleston]

There are a bunch of threads covering this already, so I'll be brief and mention some characters as well as some notable color differences:
T. apophysis:
Much more "hair" covering the legs especially the underside
Generally a pinkish/reddish hue.
Mature males with tibial apophyses
Dark spot on the opisthosoma
tibia uniform width
tibia of variable lengths
carapace more elongate
slings with pink tarsi

T. blondi
Less "hair" than T. apophysis
Lacks the Reddish hairs seen on the other two Theraphosa sp.
Distal portion of the tibial wider
males lack tibial apophyses
round carapace
slings with brown tarsi
setae on patella

T. sp. "blondi" (The more common goliath in the pet trade also sold as T. blondi, T. apophysis, and T. sp. "burgundy")
Thickened femurs like T. blondi
black spot like T. apophysis
ultimate males lack tibial spurs
reddish hairs on fresh molts
carapace is round
slings with pink tarsi
no setae on patella

Here's a picture showing all three:


The leftmost spider is T. sp. "blondi", the middle T. blondi (the real T. blondi), and the right is T. aphphysis. All three are adult or subadults.
Sadly, most the T. apophysis I've seen for sale lately have been the Guyana T. sp. "blondi" so unless you're very confident in your source, you may have a species other than T. apophysis.

[xhexdx]

Well, first of all, it's T. apophysis, and the species isn't capitalized (i.e. T. blondi, not T. Blondi).

Other than that, true blondi don't have pink feet, apophysis do. There are others but I'm not a big fan of the Theraphosa genus, so I'll pass.

Edit: Joey beat me to the punch!

[JC]

Here is a thread on the subject.

[Terry D]

ChopChop, Jmugleston's reply pretty much covered everything about the 3 spp well. Mature males of T apophysis have a WICKED purple color as well- see it in in AB thread Theraphosa sp.- which may have already been posted. My bad if so as I didn't check the link

Cheers,

Terry

[pouchedrat]

Yeah seriously, those purple males are amazing looking!

[RichRollin]

Once you've seen a T. apophyisis side by side with a blondi, or "sp. burgundy", it's fairly easy IMO to tell the apophysis apart from the other two. Generally hairier and more reddish in color, with a more elongate carapace and appearance in general.

Overall, they seem "skinnier" than the other two.