Avicularia Versicolor growth

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

I apologize if this is in another thread.I really did try looking.
Has anyone kept a dated record of the growth of their A. Versicolor?

 

[jakeh]

I didn't keep a record of the size increases that came along with each molt, but I can tell you the dates of the molts, since I have had mine, and that currently around 4" and that it was around .75" when I received it.
6JUL11
17AUG11
25SEP11
13DEC11
11FEB12
12APR12
Hope that helps a bit.

 

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

Thank you that is very helpful.Can You tell me if it is male or female,how often you fed it, and at around what temps you keep it at?

 

[gromgrom]

I have three supposed females, as theyve grown quite slow despite ample feeding.

Got them at 3rd instar last March. It's been a year and three months and they're all at about 3" or so.

 

[JadeWilliamson]

I just sold my last versicolor that I had since 3i-4i and about six months later it was barely 2". Safe to say that was probably a female. I keep my room consistently 75-80F depending on the time of day, and I feed my slings every five days.

 

[jhalla16]

-A. versicolor (Martinique Tree Spider) named GSP
~1½" - 2" unsexed sling
Last Molt: 5/25/2012 *Still blue, looking bigger
4/5/2012 *Bulkier, still blue
2/06/2012 *Incredibly blue and white.
12/30/2011
11/8/2011
^9/17/2011

 

[grayzone]

so at what size do they typically start the color change? or at least make the color change for you (you being anybody who reads this post)

 

[jakeh]

Sorry for the late reply, I fed it anywhere from once to twice a week (crickets at first, dubias later.)I believe it to be a female, but it's hard because she always webs her corner up and makes her reproduction parts less visible. With that being said, I think it's a her. From the cheap gear I have from Pet Co, I would say the average in it's terrarium is 65-67 degrees and the humidity around 60%. The heat source in the terrarium is a large heat rock, buried in the substrate. The terrarium is an exo terra 12"x12"x18".

 

[jakeh]

The most current molt is when it became an electric teal-ish color with a red rump and the same color "teal-ish" spot on it rump. Before this most current molt was when it's black stripe pattern was still clearly visible. When I first received it, it was all blue with the exception of the black pattern on the rump. Unfortunately the two supporting pics I have were too large to upload and I have only posted two pics under the "sex me" area and I didn't have that problem then.

 

[jakeh]

I stand corrected, one of them worked, lol. This is how my versi looked before the most current molt.

 

[CitizensOfTheWomb]

Thank you jakeh.
Can you tell me the age and length?

 

[spiderperson123]

so at what size do they typically start the color change? or at least make the color change for you (you being anybody who reads this post)

my versi changed colors about 2 or 3 molts ago and its about 2 inches so maybe at 1.5 or 1.75

 

[grayzone]

wow really? View attachment 105052 this was about the size of my old versi before i got rid of it.. id say this thing was NEAR 1.5" roughly.. i wonder if it changed colors yet?
I really gotta start actually holding on to some ts.. ive had a bunch and now know what i miss and dont.. the hard part will be regaining all the sp. i miss, that ive bargained off

 

[spiderperson123]

wow really? View attachment 105052 this was about the size of my old versi before i got rid of it.. id say this thing was NEAR 1.5" roughly.. i wonder if it changed colors yet?
I really gotta start actually holding on to some ts.. ive had a bunch and now know what i miss and dont.. the hard part will be regaining all the sp. i miss, that ive bargained off

Looks to me as if it was going to change color the next molt it is very dark

 

[Storm76]

The most current molt is when it became an electric teal-ish color with a red rump and the same color "teal-ish" spot on it rump. Before this most current molt was when it's black stripe pattern was still clearly visible. When I first received it, it was all blue with the exception of the black pattern on the rump. Unfortunately the two supporting pics I have were too large to upload and I have only posted two pics under the "sex me" area and I didn't have that problem then.

That's exactly like mine currently looks. However, it's already at 1.5" DLS, so I figure around 7th-8th instar they change, right? Brett, can you maybe shed some light on this?