Which curly hair tarantula is she?

[Lisasravenwolf]

is she considered the Honduran form or the Nicaraguan form?

 

[Rs50matt]

Nicaraguan.

Hopefully someone will confirm but I'm 75% sure

 

[ilovebrachys]

initially I thought Nicaraguan but it Looks Honduran to me the B.Albopilosum comes in a 'hobby' form which is known as the Honduran these appear to be less curlythe 'True' curly haired Nicaraguan has more tight curls to the hair than I see here these hairs look more fluffy and straight

 

[Enn49]

@Phil Is the man to ask.

 

[Lisasravenwolf]

initially I thought Nicaraguan but it Looks Honduran to me the B.Albopilosum comes in a 'hobby' form which is known as the Honduran these appear to be less curlythe 'True' curly haired Nicaraguan has more tight curls to the hair than I see here these hairs look more fluffy and straight

Thank you,I love that she is so fluffy,here's another pic of her I just took. The first pic is when she was freshly molted.

 

[ilovebrachys]

Thank you,I love that she is so fluffy,here's another pic of her I just took. The first pic is when she was freshly molted.View attachment 39054

now I can see her butt clearly I think shes a Nicaraguan!thanks for posting this clearer picture

 

[Lisasravenwolf]

now I can see her butt clearly I think shes a Nicaraguan!thanks for posting this clearer picture

Thank you so much for your imput,how can you tell by looking at her butt?

 

[ilovebrachys]

Thank you so much for your imput,how can you tell by looking at her butt?

it looks like the hair is more curly than I originally thought we need @Phil on this to clarify 100% gorgeous T though

 

[Lisasravenwolf]

it looks like the hair is more curly than I originally thought we need @Phil on this to clarify 100% gorgeous T though

Ok,hopefully he sees this post

 

[Phil]

Thank you,I love that she is so fluffy,here's another pic of her I just took. The first pic is when she was freshly molted.View attachment 39054

nicuraguan/true form
edit. abdomen shape suggets a recent moult maybe? or needs fattening/hydrating. Is it sexed?

 

[Phil]

Nicaraguan.

Hopefully someone will confirm but I'm 75% sure

your instincts serve you well young grasshopper. ha ha

 

[ilovebrachys]

nicuraguan/true form
edit. abdomen shape suggets a recent moult maybe? or needs fattening/hydrating. Is it sexed?

I hang my head in shame @Phil I wasn't sure with the first pic lol I was wrong there

 

[Hemolymph]

“Hobby form”....this means it’s a hybrid. Honduran is Honduran nothing else. This hobby form thing is a cancer created by the hobby.

 

[Hemolymph]

I’m joking but are you racist?

Pure blood tarantulas only, lmao

 

[Rs50matt]

your instincts serve you well young grasshopper. ha ha

I hope I made you proud senpai

I would like to add I originally put 99.999% but doubted myself when others said Honduran so edited it to 75

 

[Lisasravenwolf]

nicuraguan/true form
edit. abdomen shape suggets a recent moult maybe? or needs fattening/hydrating. Is it sexed?

Yes she molted 2 weeks ago. I bought her a month ago and she was in premolt. I am feeding her more to fatten her up abit. When I got her she did drink alot of water before she molted. And she was confirmed female

 

[ilovebrachys]

I hope I made you proud senpai

I would like to add I originally put 99.999% but doubted myself when others said Honduran so edited it to 75

Ahem... that was my fault lol-I was wrong hands up!

 

[Phil]

The terms "true" and "hobby" are just part of the common names often attributed to distinguish between the Nicuraguan and Honduran forms respectively.

Honduran were for a long time the more common in the hobby hence "hobby" form.

I have attached a collage of AF for both Nicaraguan and Honduran for comparison.

As you can see, they are very different in appearance the nicuraguan have much more lighter hairs and a black skin underneath. the Honduran have less hairs, snd tend to have a more copper like colour to carapace.

It is inevitable at some stage that the 2 may have been "hybridised" in the hobby. If hybridisation of a species with the same scientific names is actually thing as they are both classified as Brachypelma albopilosum

 

[Lisasravenwolf]

The terms "true" and "hobby" are just part of the common names often attributed to distinguish between the Nicuraguan and Honduran forms respectively.

Honduran were for a long time the more common in the hobby hence "hobby" form.

I have attached a collage of AF for both Nicaraguan and Honduran for comparison.

As you can see, they are very different in appearance the nicuraguan have much more lighter hairs and a black skin underneath. the Honduran have less hairs, snd tend to have a more copper like colour to carapace.

It is inevitable at some stage that the 2 may have been "hybridised" in the hobby. If hybridisation of a species with the same scientific names is actually thing as they are both classified as Brachypelma albopilosum
View attachment 39070

Thank you so much for the information, I can definitely tell them apart from the photos you posted and mine looks just like the one one the left.

 

[ilovebrachys]

The terms "true" and "hobby" are just part of the common names often attributed to distinguish between the Nicuraguan and Honduran forms respectively.

Honduran were for a long time the more common in the hobby hence "hobby" form.

I have attached a collage of AF for both Nicaraguan and Honduran for comparison.

As you can see, they are very different in appearance the nicuraguan have much more lighter hairs and a black skin underneath. the Honduran have less hairs, snd tend to have a more copper like colour to carapace.

It is inevitable at some stage that the 2 may have been "hybridised" in the hobby. If hybridisation of a species with the same scientific names is actually thing as they are both classified as Brachypelma albopilosum
View attachment 39070

Thanks for that @Phil every day is a school day with the Ts