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[Nicolas C]

Nothing has been proven yet.

The theory is WC B. albo's from Nicaragua have more hair than the Honduran species. They think the B. albo most people have, and if you listen to the self proclaimed experts on AB, is a hybrid of B. vagans and B. albo.

Me, I don't really care one way or the other, let the wannabe self proclaimed experts fight it out, but until it's proven by one of the true experts there isn't a true or fake. They're all B. albos.

Then again i could use this as an example and claim my brother, who's one of those guys that has to shave maybe once a week compared to my shaving daily, is a different species and i'm the True son, right?

I think it all came from a very interesting article in the BTS journal issued this year, written by a well known tarantula specialist. I've been dreaming to get a true albo since then (unfortunately I lost the tiny sling I ordered).


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[kormath]

I think it all came from a very interesting article in the BTS journal issued this year, written by a well known tarantula specialist. I've been dreaming to get a true albo since then (unfortunately I lost the tiny sling I ordered).


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awesome! Do you have the link?

 

[Nicolas C]

Well, I'm not sure if you can find it on free access on the web, but I'm sure it's available on the BTS site.

Here's the reference:

RAY GABRIEL, STUART J. LONGHORN & JASON S. DAVIS, "NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE BREEDING OF WHATEVER IT IS IN THE PET TRADE CALLED BRACHYPELMA ALBOPILOSUM VALERIO, 1980, (ARANEAE: THERAPHOSIDAE), WITH FURTHER NOTES ON ITS IDENTIFICATION", Journal of the BTS vol 31-1, march 2016, pp. 4-11.

 

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Well, I'm not sure if you can find it on free access on the web, but I'm sure it's available on the BTS site.

Here's the reference:

RAY GABRIEL, STUART J. LONGHORN & JASON S. DAVIS, "NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE BREEDING OF WHATEVER IT IS IN THE PET TRADE CALLED BRACHYPELMA ALBOPILOSUM VALERIO, 1980, (ARANEAE: THERAPHOSIDAE), WITH FURTHER NOTES ON ITS IDENTIFICATION", Journal of the BTS vol 31-1, march 2016, pp. 4-11.

it's a good article and suggest that hybridization is the reason for oft-reported difficulties in pairings.