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T.blondi or T.stirmi
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 147619" data-attributes="member: 4151"><p>T blondi or T stirmi in terms of care, size and temperament (defensive) are basically the same. They both like more humidity but need lots of cross ventilation to avoid mould. I have all of the "Big 3" (T. blondi, T. stirmi, T apothysis). All very impressive. apothysis usually the most rare and expensive, followed by blondi then stirmi. </p><p>The thing to watch out for are sellers trying to list stirmi as blondi (to get more money). If buying a sling it is easy to spot the difference, blondi have brown feet, stirmi have pink feet. when older and the pink foot colouring goes it becomes a bit harder. The only real way to tell the difference is that the T. blondi have hairs on the knee segments, stirmi do not. I have a few pics in the gallery that have a collage for the 3 type of slings as well as pics of sub adult blondi that clearly show the knee hairs that you can use for reference. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Always ask for a picture if the spider is being posted and then hopefully this post will help with identification.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil, post: 147619, member: 4151"] T blondi or T stirmi in terms of care, size and temperament (defensive) are basically the same. They both like more humidity but need lots of cross ventilation to avoid mould. I have all of the "Big 3" (T. blondi, T. stirmi, T apothysis). All very impressive. apothysis usually the most rare and expensive, followed by blondi then stirmi. The thing to watch out for are sellers trying to list stirmi as blondi (to get more money). If buying a sling it is easy to spot the difference, blondi have brown feet, stirmi have pink feet. when older and the pink foot colouring goes it becomes a bit harder. The only real way to tell the difference is that the T. blondi have hairs on the knee segments, stirmi do not. I have a few pics in the gallery that have a collage for the 3 type of slings as well as pics of sub adult blondi that clearly show the knee hairs that you can use for reference. :) Always ask for a picture if the spider is being posted and then hopefully this post will help with identification. [/QUOTE]
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