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Old 28-May-05, 02:17 PM
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Looks like a Phlogiellus sp., either a juvi or a smaller species of that genus. It's very hard to just tell from a photo. Pet shops never know what species they are selling, one of the many reasons I hate the whole wild collecting trade with tarantulas The scorp is a Liocheles waigiensis as nuthn2do said.

Just because she's (looks like a she) is not aggressive now doesn't mean anything. She should be put in a quiet tank for a week and be left alone. Most spiders that come from the pet shops are docile at first due to shock, as they were usually in the wild 2 weeks or so before. If your friend wants her to survive, she needs to be kept in a dark place and left alone for some time, with a burrow and peat moss in her tank. Don't feed for a week or until she has webbed up her enclosure. Just sitting there like that is not normal for them. They are defensive spiders.

It makes me sick the wild collecting from pet shops, but you can counteract buying one of these by letting her be a spider....left alone and not touched...they are a look and no touch animal. Keep her in a dark place, and make no attempt to handle ever, it is not good for them.

Let her be a spider....aggression is a healthy sign.

Here's a pic of one of my Phlogiellus girls:

 

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