Please help identify new sling ...

[Ruby1987]

Hi guys,

I bought a sling a few days ago sold under the name "gold carapace birdeater" - Phormictopus sp.
However when i search gold carapace birdeater i cant find a caresheet and when i search Phormictopus sp it brings up a different spider ?
Am looking for a care sheet ....
Any advice appericiated.

Ruby

 

[Arachnoclown]

Probably Phormictopus sp. Green (gold carapace)
https://tomsbigspiders.com/2015/11/22/phormictopus-species-husbandry/

 

[MassExodus]

Quite possibly. Looks like one too..very like one..

 

[KezyGLA]

It should be Phormictopus sp. green (gold carapace).

But you wont be able to tell until the spider is 5” dls.


I really wish sellers would label what they are selling properly. Laziness is the main reason the genus Phormictopus is so messy.

 

[Ruby1987]

Got a better pic ...

 

[MassExodus]

Its too young to say. At least for the average hobbyist..