I am new here, and would like some help identifying what was supposed to be a p. pederseni and a p. rufilata. I did look through the search feature, but I am really not sure what to type into the search line. The one old thread I found that I thought would be productive ended up being more of a bickering column about mis-labeling than about actually identifying certain spiders. It was also locked, which after four pages of insults was obviously a dandy idea. I have also exhausted all my grand scemes of using the internet for searching. My computer has the most horrific color, so trying to identify through pics has become useless... hence, I defer to the masses.
Ok.. the actual issue.. poec. rufilata.. I have two that dont match what I was told they would look like. Stunning little things I have. Two of them, both about three and a half inches long, but the color is wrong.. ok.. well I think it is wrong. The top of my little ones is the typical hard to identify poec of this size.. the underside, on the other hand, has molted out to be something I wasnt expecting. The main band ( closest to the body.. sorry.. my body parts are a disaster and I call them what they look like ) on the first set of legs are the most stunning deep cobalt blue. GORGEOUS is the only word I can use to properly describe this color.. its brilliant to say the least. I have never seen an adult rufilata, so I have no idea if this is right or not.
My second question ...how can you tell the difference between the yellow banded species of poec? I have a four inch pederseni ( LOL ) who has the most stunning lemon yellow bands.. so much for pederseni.
Anyways, I would appreciate all the help I can get on this. Thanks in advance to all who can be helpful.
Ok.. the actual issue.. poec. rufilata.. I have two that dont match what I was told they would look like. Stunning little things I have. Two of them, both about three and a half inches long, but the color is wrong.. ok.. well I think it is wrong. The top of my little ones is the typical hard to identify poec of this size.. the underside, on the other hand, has molted out to be something I wasnt expecting. The main band ( closest to the body.. sorry.. my body parts are a disaster and I call them what they look like ) on the first set of legs are the most stunning deep cobalt blue. GORGEOUS is the only word I can use to properly describe this color.. its brilliant to say the least. I have never seen an adult rufilata, so I have no idea if this is right or not.
My second question ...how can you tell the difference between the yellow banded species of poec? I have a four inch pederseni ( LOL ) who has the most stunning lemon yellow bands.. so much for pederseni.
Anyways, I would appreciate all the help I can get on this. Thanks in advance to all who can be helpful.