Apopyphis or Blondi ?

[bwhatch2]

due to some poor record keeping and sloppy labeling I am not sure which this is. I'm pretty sure it's an Apopyphis though there is a reasonable chance it could be a blondi, and a rather small chance it's a stirmi.

thanks

 

[Casey K.]

due to some poor record keeping and sloppy labeling I am not sure which this is. I'm pretty sure it's an Apopyphis though there is a reasonable chance it could be a blondi, and a rather small chance it's a stirmi.

thanks

Can you post the photo? I can't see.....but they are very easy to distinguish. The blondi has hair that starts at the femur and goes all the way down the leg. The apophysis doesn't. Hope this helps.

 

[bwhatch2]

Can you post the photo? I can't see.....but they are very easy to distinguish. The blondi has hair that starts at the femur and goes all the way down the leg. The apophysis doesn't. Hope this helps

my bad, I thought I did post the pics. I thought it was the other way around, I.e. no hair on the blondi legs....

 

[bwhatch2]

if it makes any difference this one is a male, molted about 3 weeks ago

 

[Casey K.]

That is an apophysis ..
The hair on the blondi would cover the patella (knee) and go all the way to the femur.

 

[Casey K.]

This is the perfect photo and example of a T. blondi's hair....

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[bwhatch2]

I'm clearly missing or misunderstanding something. looking at the pictures you linked to I don't really see hairs, or very very tiny ones at most, compared to the pics I posted where the hairs are very obvious

 

[bwhatch2]

here's a screen shot of one of the pics you linked to. all I am seeing is a very little bit of hair on the bottom of the femur and nothing on the patella. what am I missing/misunderstanding?

 

[Casey K.]

here's a screen shot of one of the pics you linked to. all I am seeing is a very little bit of hair on the bottom of the femur and nothing on the patella. what am I missing/misunderstanding?

OK I will screenshot the photo for you this is a T. blondi.....you can clearly see the hair starting at the femur and going all the way down the leg.....in your photo, the hair starts under the patella, indicating apophysis.

 

[bwhatch2]

OK I will screenshot the photo for you this is a T. blondi.....you can clearly see the hair starting at the femur and going all the way down the leg.....in your photo, the hair starts under the patella, indicating apophysis.

huh? I can clearly see 7 of 8 femurs in that photo and I see no hair on any of them. maybe it's semantics........when you say "starting at the femur" do you mean it starts after/under/below the femur but having no hair on the femur itself ?

 

[Casey K.]

huh? I can clearly see 7 of 8 femurs in that photo and I see no hair on any of them. maybe it's semantics........when you say "starting at the femur" do you mean it starts after/under/below the femur but having no hair on the femur itself ?

Yes it starts "on the patella" located directly under the femur with a T. blondi. With a T. apophysis, the hair starts "under the patella". When I say the hair starts at the femur, this does not mean it starts at the Carapace. It starts at the base of the femur away from the Carapace on the patella.

 

[bwhatch2]

got it , thanks.

 

[Casey K.]

got it , thanks.

Sure no problem! Glad I could help. Sorry if I was being confusing.

 

[bwhatch2]

Sure no problem! Glad I could help. Sorry if I was being confusing.

it was confusing but cant really say it was your fault. just a difference in the way we use the word "at."

 

[bwhatch2]

here's a pic of the other one I think I have misidentified. I have this one labeled as a blondi but it is actually an apop, right? if it was a blondi it would have hairs on the femur (which I circled in yellow on the pic just to make sure I was calling a femur a femur)

 

[Casey K.]

here's a pic of the other one I think I have misidentified. I have this one labeled as a blondi but it is actually an apop, right? if it was a blondi it would have hairs on the femur (which I circled in yellow on the pic just to make sureView attachment 74950 I was calling a femur a femur)

Yes that's an apophysis. It lacks the hair on the patella located near the femur.

 

[bwhatch2]

and I believe I have this one correctly labeled as a blondi

 

[Casey K.]

and I believe I have this one correctly labeled as a blondi
View attachment 74952

Yes, that one looks like a blondi...when I zoom in, I can see the hairs on the patella.

 

[bwhatch2]

so far so good...I also have 2 labeled as stirmi , what is the difference with those ?

 

[bwhatch2]

damn, I had a few of these mislabeled. here is theraposa #3, pretty sure a blondi correct?