HimmelBOMB
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when does the p. murinus sling change color to orange. mine is approx. 3/4" and is mostly black from what i can usually see of it.
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p. murinus sling color
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Most seem to attain adult coloration at around an inch or more. Don't worry, yours will be orange shortly
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I also have a P. murinus RCF sling , it is 1" now and has an orange abdomen but still darker legs.
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my 2 little monsters molted to the ~1" mark and have a nice (though kinda dark) orange abdomen, but the rest of it looks a bit darker. if you look close and there is enough light, you can see orange on the carapace, and orange hairs on the legs...especially with a flashlight. but i figure one more molt and it should be nice and orange.
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If it looks like that, its a Pterinochilus murinus
HimmelBOMB
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yes sir
looks just like that, will it turn all orange or just get bigger.
looks just like that, will it turn all orange or just get bigger.
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This is the second time I've seen this. Is there really a difference between the two? How would you know which is which? My adult P. murinus (which is orange) was bought from the pet shop as starburst baboon. How would I know if it is RCF or if it is Usambara? My sling I got from Swift invert was labled as Usambar Baboon. He even says its from the usambara mountains of Kenya and Tanzania in the spider description. Thanks in advance.stooka said:
Spiderlings will always change colour as they get bigger. Brachypelma slings are mostly sort of pink, with a large black spot on the abdomen, but grow into the beautiful creatures that most of us know, or have seen. My P. murinus sling looks much like Kirdec's (at about 0.75"), so I'm looking forward to it's maturation (seems to be in premoult -- isn't taking food), and seeing the colour change.HimmelBOMB said:
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RCF and usambara are pretty much synonymous. Shops/dealers will list them as one or the other usually. At one time time the Usambara color variant (aka Red color Form RCF) was thought possibly to be a different species hence sometimes listed as Pterinochlus sp. usambara.
On Rick Wests site there are four color forms of P.murinus
Normal
Dark
Kalahari
Usambara(Orange/RCF)
The RCF form is the most common in the US, there are also normal ones out there. I don't think there are any dark or Kalahari forms available in the US (could be wrong though)
Yours will lighten in color with each molt until you se the orange color unless you have a normal color form where they tend to be brownish.
On Rick Wests site there are four color forms of P.murinus
Normal
Dark
Kalahari
Usambara(Orange/RCF)
The RCF form is the most common in the US, there are also normal ones out there. I don't think there are any dark or Kalahari forms available in the US (could be wrong though)
Yours will lighten in color with each molt until you se the orange color unless you have a normal color form where they tend to be brownish.
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Now I want to collect them all!!!
Have any cross-breeding studies been done among the color forms? I know that cross-bred brown and rcf chilean roses can produce mixed sacs. I would really be interested to see a mixed-bag egg sac.
Have any cross-breeding studies been done among the color forms? I know that cross-bred brown and rcf chilean roses can produce mixed sacs. I would really be interested to see a mixed-bag egg sac.