Zman181
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a.metallica slings.
I suspected she had a sac
THISLooks like Avicularia sp. or a hybrid of sorts to me. The pics do not look like A.metallica at all IMHO.A.metallica have NO reddish setae on the abdomen.That spider does.Got apic of the male by chance? Nice looking spider,and congrats on slings,but now it is time to decide what to do with the offspring because again,IMHO,those should not be sold as A.metallica.Not being a jerk,but the there are too many mixed up Avicularia out there.
Remember?Looks like Avicularia sp. or a hybrid of sorts to me. The pics do not look like A.metallica at all IMHO.A.metallica have NO reddish setae on the abdomen.That spider does.Got apic of the male by chance? Nice looking spider,and congrats on slings,but now it is time to decide what to do with the offspring because again,IMHO,those should not be sold as A.metallica.Not being a jerk,but the there are too many mixed up Avicularia out there.
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There are tons of Avicularia with whiteish tipped setae( or however it is spelled)Bicegoi,or pretty much anything in the urticans complex is a good example. I have an AF purpurea that has white tipped setae as well(yes it really is purpurea,not peru purple)Surely some or their ranges overlap,leading to hybridization in the wild,and you get mutty whitish tipped avicularia that just cannot be ID'd.Then people take these and breed them,and it just adds to the mess that is the genus Avicularia.I've heard from more than one source that there is probably not a true A. metallica in the hobby anymore, but that there is a spider that "is called A. metallica". I had one that was ID'd as such. In the right lighting, his rump looked reddish.
Many photos of him on his own page at http://www.shadowscastle.net/topshelfavic.html.
Did both parent spiders look the same? Are the A. metallicas the only ones with white-tipped hairs?
Marga
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