Yes! My Brachypelma smithi also recently molted and the orange stripes came in with full force! I’ve had it since it was the tiniest sling so I felt like a proud mom XD
If you got that B. smithi before 2017 it is very likely that you have a Brachypelma hamorii now, as the species was split in two. (With the one that is now left as B. smithi being much rarer as a pet).
I think there are some subtle ones, some slight difference in leg banding I think, but I’d have to look it up again.
I’ve stopped keeping Ts more then 15 years ago, so I only had 2nd hand accounts when that happened. I remember a lot of people scrambling to check theirs when the change was made (and most people I talked to ended up with a B. hamorii).
It’s neat to see their colors come in. Mine just got the red rump.
Yes! My Brachypelma smithi also recently molted and the orange stripes came in with full force! I’ve had it since it was the tiniest sling so I felt like a proud mom XD
If you got that B. smithi before 2017 it is very likely that you have a Brachypelma hamorii now, as the species was split in two. (With the one that is now left as B. smithi being much rarer as a pet).
Is there a visual difference?
I think there are some subtle ones, some slight difference in leg banding I think, but I’d have to look it up again.
I’ve stopped keeping Ts more then 15 years ago, so I only had 2nd hand accounts when that happened. I remember a lot of people scrambling to check theirs when the change was made (and most people I talked to ended up with a B. hamorii).