Hello fellow T lovers

[Papaya]

Hello


I had a few T collection years ago in my late teens early 20's Now my son is interested and Im looking to start him off with a female B Smithi (They used to be called "Mexican Orange Knee" back in the day), It was a great first spider for me (had Ophelia for 19 years!) Having a hard time finding one as it seems many people dont know theres a difference between Smithi and Hamori

I am looking forward to sharing this fun and fascinating hobby with my son

Cheers

 

[Lawrence b]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[Enn49]

Hello and welcome.

 

[m0lsx]

Hello & welcome.

Are you aware of the recent name changes effecting B smithi? What was the B smithi, is probably now B hamorii. And what was B annitha is probably now Brachypelma smithi.

A quick check of this site brought up the following which may help with the name change situation re smithi.

https://tarantulaforum.com/threads/b-smithi-name-change-is-on-the-books-now.19662/

 

[sunset]

Hello


I had a few T collection years ago in my late teens early 20's Now my son is interested and Im looking to start him off with a female B Smithi (They used to be called "Mexican Orange Knee" back in the day), It was a great first spider for me (had Ophelia for 19 years!) Having a hard time finding one as it seems many people dont know theres a difference between Smithi and Hamori

I am looking forward to sharing this fun and fascinating hobby with my son

Cheers

 

[sunset]

Hi and welcome to you both!! I also share my interest and love for arachnids with my kiddo!! Such a unique experience. I find her friends are also super interested in learning about them. We share pictures with her class through a parent school app. They helped her with ice breakers going back into school. We have 2 Gbb's, one is a sling and one juvenile. We have 3 sling T. Albo's . 3 almost juvenile T. Vagans. And an A. Henzi. I really want a G.Pulcra and a few others but G.Pulcra is my prize I'm dieing to get. I know basic but I love them all and adore each of Thier different personalities per say.
Any way again welcome!!

 

[Jeef]

Greetings and welcome aboard!

My first girl was a B. smithi. I had to hunt for ages! Months after being super particular about it being a B. smithi, I decided I want a B. hamorii as well. And about 5 or 6 others, but we won't go there.

On an unrelated note, I found you a theme song if you need one. We are big Babymetal fans in my house.

 

[Papaya]

Thank you all for the kind words and warm welcome. Its refreshing to see online. (Ive been fortunate enough to be able to completely avoid the human ****fight that is social media). Nature is amazing and spiders are such a friggin cool niche

Its interesting to see how much the science / art has evolved from 25 years ago. When I first got my B Smithi they were "Orange Knee" which was disctintive from the smaller "Red Knee" It seems its come full circle.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Hello and welcome

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[octanejunkie]

Hello!

 

[Tn tarantula]

Hello


I had a few T collection years ago in my late teens early 20's Now my son is interested and Im looking to start him off with a female B Smithi (They used to be called "Mexican Orange Knee" back in the day), It was a great first spider for me (had Ophelia for 19 years!) Having a hard time finding one as it seems many people dont know theres a difference between Smithi and Hamori

I am looking forward to sharing this fun and fascinating hobby with my son

Cheers

Welcome I'm sure your son will enjoy it I just got into the hobby last week and it has been fun

 

[Papaya]

Hello & welcome.

Are you aware of the recent name changes effecting B smithi? What was the B smithi, is probably now B hamorii. And what was B annitha is probably now Brachypelma smithi.

A quick check of this site brought up the following which may help with the name change situation re smithi.

https://tarantulaforum.com/threads/b-smithi-name-change-is-on-the-books-now.19662/

Thank you for the link. Im just getting my arms around the topic.

Its interesting that years ago when I first got my initial spider the B Smithi was referred to as the "Mexican Orange Knee" but there was another variant that was called "Mexican Red Knee" (which I assume is/was B Hamori) at shops and shows. Now I cant find ANY reference to "Orange Knee"... whatsoever. Everything directs to "red knee"

I have found at least one online vendor that is making a distinction between "Giant Mexican Red Knee" (which Im guessing is the original B. Smithi / Orange Knee/ ex Annitha ) and "Mexican Red Knee" which I guess is B Hamori...

...Whew!

 

[Arachnoclown]

Thank you for the link. Im just getting my arms around the topic.

Its interesting that years ago when I first got my initial spider the B Smithi was referred to as the "Mexican Orange Knee" but there was another variant that was called "Mexican Red Knee" (which I assume is/was B Hamori) at shops and shows. Now I cant find ANY reference to "Orange Knee"... whatsoever. Everything directs to "red knee"

I have found at least one online vendor that is making a distinction between "Giant Mexican Red Knee" (which Im guessing is the original B. Smithi / Orange Knee/ ex Annitha ) and "Mexican Red Knee" which I guess is B Hamori...

...Whew!

They are both concidered redknees just like there are multiple redrumps.

 

[mrsoul1974]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Oursapoil]

Hello and welcome back to the hobby.
I had a very similar experience as I had to leave the hobby when I left my homeland 20+ years ago and got back to it about 6 years ago because of my son
Looking forward to seeing all your babies!

 

[Papaya]

They are both concidered redknees just like there are multiple redrumps.

I finally found one reference to "Orange Knee"

Mexican Giant Orange Knee Tarantula - Brachypelma smithi | 1 inch (Captive Bred)

www.joshsfrogs.com

At least I know Im not suffering from Mandela Affect

 

[Arachnoclown]

 

[Arachnoclown]

I finally found one reference to "Orange Knee"

Mexican Giant Orange Knee Tarantula - Brachypelma smithi | 1 inch (Captive Bred)

www.joshsfrogs.com

At least I know Im not suffering from Mandela Affect

Lmao....yet the smithi has a actual blood redknee. Common names are trash for this reason. Just made up names by hobbiest.

 

[Papaya]

Lmao....yet the smithi has a actual blood redknee. Common names are trash for this reason. Just made up names by hobbiest.

Ahhh I see

Yeah I can see how "Giant Mexican Orange Knee" plays better for sales / marketing purposes