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  ArachnaeEsoterica

• Apr 9, 2016

3 year old Grammastola Pulchripes (presumably). much smaller than my other 2.5 year old.

 

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  WebBrowser

• Apr 9, 2016

@ArachnaeEsoterica this is definately not a G. Pulchripes. But its quite a healthy looking G. Rosea you have there! (Also its most definately older than 3 years)

 

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  Vanessa

• Apr 9, 2016

Definitely a glorious G. rosea/porteri. They are very underrated, in my opinion, and I love my girl very much. She has been with me for almost 17 years and she was an adult when I got her.
She has changed so many arachnophobic's minds about spiders!

 

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  Exoskeleton Invertebrates

• Apr 9, 2016

So we have pulchripes, rosea and rosea/porteri which is it? I say porteri.

 

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  ArachnaeEsoterica

• Apr 9, 2016

I got her as a real tiny spiderling though, theres no way shes older than 3.

 

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  WebBrowser

• Apr 9, 2016

@ArachnaeEsoterica sorry about that, most people get these wild caught in a pet store, therefore its almost impossible to tell the precise age but theyre typically much older specimens. Hard to tell the scale too so I was going by coloration, its got quite beautiful adult colors already. And yes, porteri I believe as a quick google search seems to show the true rosea looking like a RCF of the porteri, if I'm not mistaken. Either way it would not be incorrect to refer to this specimen as a "rose hair".

 

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  MrSmith86

• Apr 10, 2016

G. porteri don't have a pink carapace. I believe this is a G. rosea NCF

 

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  Exoskeleton Invertebrates

• Apr 10, 2016

@MrSmith86 that's a G. porteri not rosea.

 

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  ArachnaeEsoterica

• Apr 10, 2016

sounds hard to be a wild spider and live so long.