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Can someone identify this species?

Millz4444

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So I bought a grammostola porteri at a reptile expo,(which was only my 4th tarantula ever) and surprised got two free tarantula slings. 1 was a grammostola pulchripes, and 1 of them doesn't have a species name on it so I need some help. I know the photo is bad, but that was the best one I could get, and I don't want to bother the spiderling, but I hope someone can figure it out. I will try my very best to keep it alive, but I am a little worried. I have been feeding it fruit flies and giving it a few drops of water daily. My guess was that it was a new world terrestrial species but if someone can tell me the exact species that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 

Millz4444

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So I bought a grammostola porteri at a reptile expo,(which was only my 4th tarantula ever) and surprised got two free tarantula slings. 1 was a grammostola pulchripes, and 1 of them doesn't have a species name on it so I need some help. I know the photo is bad, but that was the best one I could get, and I don't want to bother the spiderling, but I hope someone can figure it out. I will try my very best to keep it alive, but I am a little worried. I have been feeding it fruit flies and giving it a few drops of water daily. My guess was that it was a new world terrestrial species but if someone can tell me the exact species that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 

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Enn49

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You may need to wait until it grows a bit bigger, so many slings look the same to begin with.
It might be an idea to ask the seller, they may be able to give you an idea of what it could be.
 

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My wife & I had a sling given to us 2 or 3 years ago by a friend. We were told it's either this or that. It had been brought at a show & the label had fallen off. But they were 100% sure it was one of two species. As it grew we realised it was certainly not B & looked more like A. So we changed the name label from A or B, to A.

This T was always reclusive & we rarely, if ever, saw it. Then about 2 months ago it popped out to say hello as we fed it. It is now a decent size, certainly too big for the enclosure it was hidden in. And we now know that it has certainly never been either A or B. So it has now been relabelled as Thrixopelma Lagunas.

Sometimes it takes time to get the ID right, so enjoy the ride.
 

Millz4444

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This may help somehow, but here is a better image of the sling. If someone can figure out the genus that would be amazing, but I'm not expecting anyhing.
 

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