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Amazonian Pinktoe- Avicularia juruensis- Peruvian locality
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<blockquote data-quote="Seekeroftruth" data-source="post: 177736" data-attributes="member: 33210"><p>"... These Peruvian juruensis appear to me as the 'tan' or 'brown' color forms. They are dimorphic with mature males being a darker blue/black and females developing the softer earth tones. These are field collected sub-adults...</p><p></p><p>...I'll attach a photo of an adult female owned by a colleague who obtained a large number of the spiders in the import for a pharmaceutical research project into the antifungal peptide properties (juruin) contained in the venom of A. juruensis. Like all field collected Avicularia there is significant variability in individual specimens, but this is pretty typical of the 'tan' color form..."</p><p></p><p>I just received this. If anyone has had one of these or has any information on this, I would love to know it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seekeroftruth, post: 177736, member: 33210"] "... These Peruvian juruensis appear to me as the 'tan' or 'brown' color forms. They are dimorphic with mature males being a darker blue/black and females developing the softer earth tones. These are field collected sub-adults... ...I'll attach a photo of an adult female owned by a colleague who obtained a large number of the spiders in the import for a pharmaceutical research project into the antifungal peptide properties (juruin) contained in the venom of A. juruensis. Like all field collected Avicularia there is significant variability in individual specimens, but this is pretty typical of the 'tan' color form..." I just received this. If anyone has had one of these or has any information on this, I would love to know it. :) [/QUOTE]
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