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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Casey K." data-source="post: 85745" data-attributes="member: 1090"><p>What do you mean?  You think it's hybrid?  It's ok, no offense taken.  Lol...you will be surprised when it molts again.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. I just sit back and let it all fall into place.  I know there are hybrid forms but I've seen female Cambridgei that look similar to Irminia prior to their maturing molt.  I sold one to a local guy....he is actually on AB....I can't think of his profile name off hand but he could tell you the same thing I am.  After we met up (I sold cage & all so she was still in her hide) he called me about an hour after I had gotten home telling me that I had sold him an irminia instead of Cambridgei.  I assured him that wasn't the case.  He did know that there are similarities and differences between the two.  He informed me that the leg striping was that of irminia.  He wasn't complaining, though and told me it was ok and that she was beautiful.  Said he had an irminia female now and didn't think much of it.  Lol....let me tell you, this guy calls me MONTHS later apologizing.   I said why are you apologizing to me?  You owe me no apology?  He said "because the cambridgei female you sold me that I thought was irminia molted and it's 100% cambridgei!". Lol....when I purchased this exact cambridgei from a lady I have dealt with for over a year I thought the same thing.  I asked her if she was certain it was cambridgei because it looked like an irminia to me.  She said "yes it's cambridgei".  So, needless to say the story has a happy ending.  I'm not offended by anyone thinking otherwise.  I thought the same thing, myself.  There will come a time when the true cambridgei colors will show.  I assure you, there are plenty of Cambridgei that have that dark color prior to maturing...you just gotta wait it out.  I've noticed this in EVERY female cambridgei I've ever owned.  A lot of people grow their slings and state that their Cambridgei have always had the light color.  You know, I'm wondering if this is a case of something similar to LCF/DCF?  You remember how H. lividum used to have a sky blue (light blue) colored carapace?  Now, all I see are dark gray colored carapace......or with H. schmidti....there is a darker form and there is a lighter form.  I know it sounds crazy but perhaps one or the other comes from breeding so many in captivity.  You've seen the brown hobby form of B. albopilosum, right??  Oh gosh, you should see the beautiful copper colored wild caught!  I'm thinking that it's a possibility after producing and breeding so many times that tarantulas color changes with time.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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