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Michael Wunderli marked "Red-Kneed Tarantula" as hidden on the "Brachypelma smithii" page.
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Katja Schulz marked "File:Brachypelma Smithii.jpg" as trusted on the "Brachypelma smithi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897" page.
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Roger Pester commented on "Brachypelma smithi":
Beautiful specimen and stunning detail in this photography ,I have one of these amazing looking spiders.
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Tanya Higgins added an association between "File:Big spider.jpg" and "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)".
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Tanya Higgins added an association between "File:Brachypelma.smithi.7055.jpg" and "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)".
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Caroline Kryder set "Image of Brachypelma smithi" as an exemplar on "Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)".
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Stuart Longhorn marked "Biology" as untrusted on the "Brachypelma smithi" page.
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Stuart Longhorn commented on an older version of Biology:
As comments. Major source of error is that the natural mating period is in the winter/spring (approx Nov-March). Also age of maturity speculative and most likely an underestimate
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Stuart Longhorn commented on an older version of Biology:
Again, some information here is not well researched. The mating period is in the winter and spring (approx Nov-March), males will moult to maturity in the previous autumn. The age of maturity is rather speculative, and later maturity of both sexes is common in captive specimens. Also, the urticating hairs will not necessarily cause blindness, this is too sensationalised, but can lead to chronic irritation. Contact with skin normally causes itching for a few hours to a couple of days.
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Stuart Longhorn commented on an older version of Range:
Though the source (5=Rick West 2005) indeed reports the species ranges inland to the states of Mexico and Morelos, the presence in those states should be considered highly doubtful. I have reviewed museum specimens from many other locations, conducted fieldwork, and contacted other sources of collection localities (including West himself), and see no evidence to support the spurious assertion, so consider their speculative presence in Morelos and Mexico states as unfounded.
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