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Hi,
THANKS FOR THAT PIC, MAJOR-INTERESTING TO ME!
Not only is this the answer to my question if they´ll keep the colour, furthermore it opens up just the next question:
How many Phoneutria fera sub-species, colour-varieties, morphs, whatever you like to call them, are existing there?
End of the 90´s i kept another P. fera from french-guyane, apparently a completely different spider, definitely a Phoneutria.
Thanks for the appreciation of my pics. I did a several year-long pause of keeping these and had to learn exact the same things: info´s are rare, only thing you find very much info´s about is the toxin of P. nigriventer. Second: there are just very few pics available, most of P. nigriventer, most of poor qualitiy.
As i´m in a deep affection to this genus, my main concerns next to getting hold of live specimen again, are: tell the truth about this spiders, they´re far from being "killers", produce pics as good as i can, to show the beauty of this spiders to all people who mind looking.
So, now i´ve got a question: how big was that specimen you´ve seen in french-guyane?
@ Gigus:
Heard some sayings that this might be one of the biggest, if not the biggest Phoneutria species. They´re said to make 5,5cm (2,16") bodylength and nearly 20cm (7,87") legspan.
Wouldn´t mind if that saying would proof to be true.
Greetings,
Stefan
THANKS FOR THAT PIC, MAJOR-INTERESTING TO ME!
Not only is this the answer to my question if they´ll keep the colour, furthermore it opens up just the next question:
How many Phoneutria fera sub-species, colour-varieties, morphs, whatever you like to call them, are existing there?
End of the 90´s i kept another P. fera from french-guyane, apparently a completely different spider, definitely a Phoneutria.
Thanks for the appreciation of my pics. I did a several year-long pause of keeping these and had to learn exact the same things: info´s are rare, only thing you find very much info´s about is the toxin of P. nigriventer. Second: there are just very few pics available, most of P. nigriventer, most of poor qualitiy.
As i´m in a deep affection to this genus, my main concerns next to getting hold of live specimen again, are: tell the truth about this spiders, they´re far from being "killers", produce pics as good as i can, to show the beauty of this spiders to all people who mind looking.
So, now i´ve got a question: how big was that specimen you´ve seen in french-guyane?
@ Gigus:
Heard some sayings that this might be one of the biggest, if not the biggest Phoneutria species. They´re said to make 5,5cm (2,16") bodylength and nearly 20cm (7,87") legspan.
Wouldn´t mind if that saying would proof to be true.
Greetings,
Stefan