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).
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).