I’m glad your 99.9% sure. But I’m 100% saying the first one is definitely a Psalmopoeus. Your shipping list may say auratum but that’s most likely the second picture not the first. I’ve seen enough Psalmopoeus slings to know what they look like.
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@Arachnoclown @octanejunkie . Can you give your opinions on this please. I’m trying to help but it’s starting to sound like I could just be an arsehole lol
Picture below is a brachypelma albiceps (pretty much all brachypelma look like this at this size, including you Auratum)
below is a picture of a molt I’ve just pulled out of our Psalmopoeus Irminias enclosure (I didn’t post a picture of the actual spider as it’s now got adult colours so looks different to the one you have)
and below is our brachypelma auratum, it’s around about the size of your Psalmopoeus sling (first picture)
Im genuinely not being an arsehole and just trying to help. Psalmopoeus are arboreal and brachypelma are terrestrial so require different enclosure set ups.
I read on another thread that you didn’t know what slings you had so when I came to this one I didn’t read the opening post (my mistake) and went straight to the pictures.
and below is our brachypelma auratum, it’s around about the size of your Psalmopoeus sling (first picture)
Im genuinely not being an arsehole and just trying to help. Psalmopoeus are arboreal and brachypelma are terrestrial so require different enclosure set ups.
I read on another thread that you didn’t know what slings you had so when I came to this one I didn’t read the opening post (my mistake) and went straight to the pictures.
No it's cool man just wanna make sure I'm properly I.D. these little things
I greatly appreciate the information! Helps me a lot
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Awww....new keeper with slings. I haven't had my coffee yet. 
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Hang on, let me PM and ask @Arachnoclown so I can reply and not sound like an idiot
in your general, your assessments @Rs50matt, seem pretty accurate (you probably know better than I) but to the OP, I would ask the seller to be sure. Were the vials/containers not labelled?
Everyone was new at some point lolAwww....new keeper with slings. I haven't had my coffee yet.
Only one was labeled that's why I know for sure I have a Brachypelma auratum bought her from KF invertebrates 0Hang on, let me PM and ask @Arachnoclown so I can reply and not sound like an idiot
in your general, your assessments @Rs50matt, seem pretty accurate (you probably know better than I) but to the OP, I would ask the seller to be sure. Were the vials/containers not labelled?
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This is true...but the confusion/info the seller gives the new keepers and their slings gets really old. That's what I was hitting at...nothing to do with you.
It's all good my man, they didn't give much information about these, which is why I joined this forum, figured someone out there would know.
So after I called and sent pics you are absolutely right, some asshat labeled the wrong vile so that's where the confusion comes from
No worries it happens. Sorry for maybe being abrupt. We’ve seen it a few times on here where people ask questions about weird behaviour. A brachy making web curtains would definitely fit that category
. Iriminias a very nice Ts to keep thou so your in luck with that 1
