Opinions sought Is this Smithi or Hamorii

[Papaya]

So I found a local shop that is selling a T it says is a female B Smithi. It looks like a Smithi to me but Id like the forum's more experienced opinion. What do you think?

 

[Arachnoclown]

 

[Papaya]

 

[Oursapoil]

By the picture provided it looks to me like a G. pulchra in a dark room

Please try to attach the pictures again, thank you.

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[Arachnoclown]

Brachypelma hamorii

 

[Oursapoil]

Sharing this as well as I found it quite useful to learn how to make the difference between the two.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Here's a smithi. See the orange on the legs carry the same brightness to the next segment. And its actually orange and not a creame color. Also no washing or blending from the black.

 

[Papaya]

Yes Ive watched that vid 3 times. Still find it tricky as the orange extending to the segment below the knee is subtle difference to me unless side by side

 

[Papaya]

Yes thats helpful

Thank you

 

[Arachnoclown]

Here's a side by side of my hamorii and smithi. Not a good photo but you can clearly see the difference.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I'll attempt a better side by side for you tonight when I get home.

 

[Papaya]

I think Im getting a clear sense now. The orange is definitely distinctive

 

[DustyD]

Another, more obvious difference is one is spelled with an "H" and the other with an "S".

 

[CAcowgirl]

Sharing this as well as I found it quite useful to learn how to make the difference between the two.

I enjoy this video and sometimes go back and refresh my memory. I'm stocked that last summer I finally found a true B. smithi sling. And that I scooped up a B. hamorii slng a month or so ago. I've always wanted to keep a female of each.

As for OP's animal, I guess it appears leggy (something I attribute to smithi) because it may have recently molted and perhaps it may also be male. But if I recall correctly, the knee caps don't have the marks I'd look for in a smithi, so I'd lean towards hamorii.

 

[CAcowgirl]

Stocked = stoked. Is it possible to edit a post? On my android it doesn't seem possible.

 

[arachbiodude]

Black triangle on the first red knee in hamorii.

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

Stocked = stoked. Is it possible to edit a post? On my android it doesn't seem possible.

I'm a droid gal as well. Can't seem to edit or use emojis, but moderators do have editing powers.

 

[CAcowgirl]

Yeah, I read that administrators and moderators were bothered by the use of post edits by those who were new and didn't pay for a premium account. So they removed the ability for non-paying members to edit their post. :shrug

I'm glad there's at least one other Android user in this terrarium.

 

[Papaya]

Another candidate billed as Smithi

Hamorii or Smithi

 

[Arachnoclown]

Smithi