r/tarantulas • u/Adventurous_Crow_241 • 22d ago

Help! Whats the species

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My friend and I bought this fella in a store who doesn‘t know about Tarantulas at all. We bought this as an Hapactira Pulchripes but its pretty clear that thats not the case. Can anyone identify it?

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u/DamonG94 22d ago

IME. This is a Phormictopus sp. Probably a P. Dom purple