Bought another G rosea (nope, was corrected G porteri)

[Kymura]

Stopped for crickets...little juvie all alone in a HUGE display case. Idiot told me it's 'proper name' was a chilian rose haired tarantula. Extremely dry, no water dish, no hide, no real substrate. Made me quite upset. Thin, extremely gentile, grabbed a kritter keeper and taking it home.
Yeti pictures to follow.

 

[Entity]

Stopped for crickets...little juvie all alone in a HUGE display case. Idiot told me it's 'proper name' was a chilian rose haired tarantula. Thin, frightened, extremely gentile, grabbed a kritter keeper and taking it home.

Did u hit him with the Grammostola Rosea!!! stupid! lol

 

[Kymura]

Didn't want to hurt the spider, he didn't know how to handle and almost dropped it! Finally told him it's mine I'm buying it move! It's safe now heading for home and real substrate.

 

[Entity]

lol. i did mean literally hit him with it @Kymura lol....I mean did u tell him what it real scientific name was?

 

[Kymura]

lol. i did mean literally hit him with it @Kymura lol....I mean did u tell him what it real scientific name was?

I did, asked him if he knew their scientific names to which he replied that people used the names they knew them by.
I told him his housing was entirely wrong, & I was proud of myself for not being meaner then I was. Asked him if he was the manager, then told him if he was going to continue to get arachnids then he needed to educate himself.

 

[Entity]

Everytime i see one in the pet store it has like 5 crickets around it and a sponge in the water dish. I tell them if they approach me while im looking at it.

 

[Chubbs]

You have a G.porteri.

 

[Kymura]

You have a G.porteri.

Absolutely believe you as you know I'm a noob,
please if you have a few, explain how I could tell that ?
Is it just the color as they say or are their other significant differences I could look for?
Either way, I'm glad I have it, just need to change signature now lol

 

[Chubbs]

Absolutely believe you as you know I'm a noob,
please if you have a few, explain how I could tell that ?
Is it just the color as they say or are their other significant differences I could look for?
Either way, I'm glad I have it, just need to change signature now lol

G.rosea on the left and porteri on the right

 

[Fleas]

G.rosea on the left and porteri on the right
View attachment 11776

I thought this is porteri

 

[Fleas]

I thought you have there is a G rosea RCF left and just a G rosea right

 

[Chubbs]

I thought this is porteriView attachment 11779

It looks like it is. So is the one on the right in the image I posted. For whatever reason that one you posted isn't as brightly colored on the carapace.

RCF IS G.rosea. G.porteri is the one with a grayish/Brown body and pink carapace. This is still a highly debated topic but they are often considered different.

 

[Kymura]

Thanks for the information let's hope my sling is the other color and an actual G rosea. I love my babies but this one is big enough to see lol
I'll try to get a better picture of mine minus the flash once it settles a bit. I think it's a nice looking little one ^^

 

[Chubbs]

Yours is a G.porteri. It's pretty evident by the coloration of the legs.

 

[Kymura]

Yours is a G.porteri. It's pretty evident by the coloration of the legs.

No argument,
already changed my sig.
Was meaning I hope that the small sling I have is an actual G.rosea. Its still pretty tiny .

 

[kaz]

nice little fella!! Dont mean to ruin ur thread but could anybody tell me what mine is lol she was labelled as a rosea!!

thanks:

 

[Kymura]

nice little fella!! Dont mean to ruin ur thread but could anybody tell me what mine is lol she was labelled as a rosea!!

thanks

Hijack anytime ^*^ Love seeing and learning about them

 

[RedCapTrio]

From the lesson of @Chubbs , definitely G. porteri.

 

[kaz]

haha thanks kymura. Just always thought she looked different to the rosea pics iv seen. Thanks redcap!

 

[Entity]

Right porteri. Or rosea non-RCF. whichever end u wanna debate it.