biggest non T species

[Iowa T Keeper]

What is the biggest non T species commonly kept?

I know I used to keep garden spiders when i was a kid, but they dont live long at all after they drop their egg sack.

Is that as big as it gets?

 

[Crotalus]

The australian sparrasid Holconia immanis gets quite large and Polybetes sp. (african sparrasids) aswell

/Lelle

 

[Steven]

and wich of those specie are available here in europe:?

 

[wayne the pain]

hasnt aftershock got Holconia irmmanis? or it could be mettalica,oh and if i remember right they were from vinman.

 

[Steven]

yeah i know Vinnman HAD some,... his most recent pricelist is only T's and Scorps so it seems,... he told me that feb-march he would get some more of the good stuff

 

[Crotalus]

Originally posted by gongyles
and wich of those specie are available here in europe:?

I think Holconia are the most common kept sparrasid in Europe, check for adds on varius boards.
Polybetes are somewhat harder to find.

/Lelle

 

[aftershock]

Yes, I've got a H immanis! Sadly it's a male though. I didn't get it from Vinmann. Really cool species!

 

[Crotalus]

I missed the part that says "commonly" so Polybetes is out
Another large sparrasid that are fairly common are Heteropoda venatoria

/Lelle

 

[aftershock]

I've got one of those as well, hopefully I will get a few more later on this spring, both H immanis and H venatoria. I will try to breed a few Heteropoda sp if there is any interest in spiderlings here in Europe.

 

[Steven]

you've got 1 intrest, that's sure

 

[MacCleod]

Yep, and I became a "true spider" fan as well

 

[Wh1teshark]

Aftershock:

I would be interested as well.

Do you have any picture of your H immanis?

/David

 

[aftershock]

David, check out this link:

http://www.zoonen.com/minzoon.asp?oid=72010

It's alot of pics of my animals.

 

[Kaos]

The H immanis looks nice, how big are they and how long do they live?