*EDIT: This was from a Facebook listing on a local exotic pet group. It Is A Scam! The seller is taking both pics and video found on Google and editing them to make them look like their own! Be Careful*
Can anyone tell me any good ways to verify that this is an Aphonopelma mooreae, and not a GBB?
GBB's have orange setae across the top of the chelicerae and around the carapace, and the coloration of the carapace is a greenish-blue, which is different from the legs which are darker blue. They also have a mirror patch on the abdomen. A. mooreae are a little more metallic blue all over the carapace & legs, with darker base setae under reddish-orange on the abdomen. No mirror patch.
I'm not sure what y'all mean by a mirror patch. I've had tons of gbbs so I feel like I should know, LOL.
Additional context, I took that picture from a listing from someone trying to sell a pair. They claim they can't do a video chat(I wanted to see them live cuz it feels... scammy), and last night after I made this post I found those exact same pictures on Google. So those aren't even her pictures.
I'm not sure what y'all mean by a mirror patch. I've had tons of gbbs so I feel like I should know, LOL.
Additional context, I took that picture from a listing from someone trying to sell a pair. They claim they can't do a video chat(I wanted to see them live cuz it feels... scammy), and last night after I made this post I found those exact same pictures on Google. So those aren't even her pictures.
A mirror patch is the patch of reflective urticating setae on the abdomen. Most NW terrestrials have urticating setae, but not all have a defined patch of them that are shiny/reflective. You can see it pretty well in the photo - the golden, metallic patch on the posterior half of the abdomen:
A mirror patch is the patch of reflective urticating setae on the abdomen. Most NW terrestrials have urticating setae, but not all have a defined patch of them that are shiny/reflective. You can see it pretty well in the photo - the golden, metallic patch on the posterior half of the abdomen:
Oooooh I know exactly what you mean now. I misread and thought yall were saying it was on the carapace.
Didn't think of that for species ID before, that's good to know
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