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I was replying off of my phone and mistook the picture for a dorsal view. In any case after looking at the picture further it does appear to be an area that has lost hair due to rubbing on the substrate or something. However, if I had a spot on my head that looked like that one coils still say...

Looks like a balding spot from kicking hairs to me.

Here's my big girl. 8.5" P. ornata.

In full pokie stance she is exacty 9". I will try to get a good picture of her with a ruler since she is out most of the time.

I don't know what kind of budget you have, but my M balfori webs like an obt, is less defensive (so far at 3") and is striking now that it has it's adult colors. If you are on a budget, P murinus ( obt) or P lugardi are good choices to me. All of the above are hardy in my own experience. Good luck!

The real question is how much salt would it take... Nevrmind lol, I would be interested in what data you come up with.

My gbb's are generally pretty active. They do tend to like it on the drier side but I have never lost one to too much humidity. That is, as long as it's not sopping wet. Best bet is to wet half of the substrate and let it dry out, they are very hardy. How big is it anyways?

I have had G. rosea fast for nearly a year, with almost the same exact behavior. Finally molted out a MM...

Congrats, I love it when they get big enough to see the spermetheca easily.

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Frank, was that my "one molt away male" that I gave you a crazy deal on?

I remember when my wife walked into my spider room to find me chasing a MM P metallica around the wall near the 9 ft ceiling! She didn't know much other than it was a pokie and I had promised her none of them would ever get out :sarcasm:. I thought we were going to divorce over that one.

I agree with the previous posts, but will add that there is no time like the present to begin breeding if you have studied up on the topic (breeding reports section is great!) and have the desire and resources to do so. There are many things to consider including what to do with hundreds of...

Female........

Mass extinctions were happening long before humans ;)

I guess I am not familiar with your colloquialism in this instance. The talk of selective human breeding made me think of what I posted. A little extreme to go from T vs. Hamster to discussions of selectively breeding the human race, don't ya think? Maybe the "large net" was cast before I posted.

I am not usually drawn into these types of discussions but the direction of this topic is leading me to think of this

The heat packs used for T shipping are not re-usable. They activate when exposed to air, run their course and are finished. Once the chemical reaction stops (when the catalyst is used up) the pack cools and ususally hardens.

100% female.