Its a birdeater but not a goliath. Lasiodora parahybana i believe, but still a good one. I honestly like Lp more then any Theraphosa anyway, it's not gonna get quite as big but big none the less and fatter. Plus i think they're better looking in my opinion and not as much husbandry requirements.
I've only had Lasiodora parahybana...they are extremely hard to identify between all the species @KezyGLA can identify it for sure.
Pretty sure its a Lp. I have L.klugi too and there's a noticeable difference around the 3-4" mark.
Just depends on feeding and temperature, my Lp grew like weed but that's when i power fed, i got her to that size very quick by feeding almost daily, my klugi i took a different approach and had her for a couple years and still only around 4". I got my genics the same time as the klugi and it's bigger then my genics are now so it is faster growing in my experience.
I don't know for sure but every one of those pictures look a lot like my Lp did over the course of her life. I've never seen any pamphobetus species look like that, im no professional but that carapace just screams Lasiodora to me, and technically your right "birdeater" means nothing but i use that term loosely as "BIGASS SPIDER", anything that exceeds 8" in leg span i consider a birdeater. Apparently im not the only one because i didn't make up their common names either.
Yeah like i said im not 100% certain it's a Lp but that carapace and overall build just look like it to me. Lasis are probably my favorite genus so if I'm wrong go ahead and metaforically smack me upside the head lol here is a comparison of mine and the one of above so you can see what im seeing.
I know it's just names that are just made up used to help everyday people identify what they are, but it becomes confusing and muddys things up. That's why most of us hobbiest hate common names but i still use that term because most of my larger NW have that in the name. Goliath birdeater, salmon pink birdeater, bahia scarlet birdeater, Brazilian black and white birdeater ect. Not saying im right but im not the only one either. My friends ask me which ones a birdeater and i say there are many
I know it's just names that are just made up used to help everyday people identify what they are, but it becomes confusing and muddys things up. That's why most of us hobbiest hate common names but i still use that term because most of my larger NW have that in the name. Goliath birdeater, salmon pink birdeater, bahia scarlet birdeater, Brazilian black and white birdeater ect. Not saying im right but im not the only one either. My friends ask me which ones a birdeater and i say there are many
Yeah pet stores are the worst with that i actually seen the biggest Lp ever at a small exotics store and it was listed a goliath. They wanted $300 for it because they were under the impression it was T.blondi. I told them they were out of their minds lol tried to talk em down on it but wouldn't budge. I felt bad for it. It was as big as my size 13 sneaker and was cramped in a 2.5 gal short tank with no substrate and a rotted pinky mouse in the corner. Needless to say i never went back there.
