Easiest slings.

[johnny quango]

Thanks for the reply, 10 months that's great for an adult Grammostola, as for your pulchra did you expect it to be yellow - just jesting mate - I'm not sure of your meaning "and it's still black" pulchra are black?

No probs mate. Pulchra's go sort of coffee brown when they're in pre-moult or at least mine does

 

[mconnachan]

No probs mate. Pulchra's go sort of coffee brown when they're in pre-moult or at least mine does

Ok got you now, that makes sense as all T's loose a lot of their colour when approaching a molt, or if they haven't molted for a while, thanks again @johnny quango

 

[boina]

IMO, you don't want ANY Lasiodora.

Ha! Tell me this is not a pretty spider:


jet black with a red abdomen? And then the pretty fluff? You have a strange taste not to like this one.

And she does get seriously big. This is her last molt:



She's a bit bigger now, so she's pushing 8".

and this is her response to @cold blood 's post:



Unfortunately that's her response to quite a few things... she's easily annoyed.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Since sexed juvis are rare here, I might have to buy a couple pulchra and irhingi slings unfortunately..

G. iheringi grow pretty fast, miles faster than most of the genus anyway, my female went from 3cm to 3 inches in about 9 months, they put on a decent bit of size with each moult, apparently actaeon are the only other species in the genus that are close to having the same growth rate.

L. parahybana are a fantastic spider to own, they grow quickly, great eating response, easy to care for, and they have great characters.

I guess it's down to personal preference but it's genuinely the least favourite species I own (and I have freebies of species I had no interest in owning and an E. cyanognathus that I've NEVER seen apart from when rehousing), it looks boring and the hairs are by far the worst I've encountered so far, it's only redeeming feature is that it's a walking garbage disposal.

So do possibly hundreds of other large south Americans....and every single one of those other species, looks, what...100, 200 times better....Lasiodora=boring looking....if they didn't have size, they'd have nothing.....IMO of ALL the large South Americans, the LP is BY FAR the least desirable...both to own and to look at.

Don't get an LP, get something cooler, and eventually someone will give you a free LP...they're possibly the most given away species on the planet.

Get a Nhandu, a Pamphobetus, a geniculata, or that aforementioned iheringi or acteaon or even a pulchripes....every one has the same feeding response and looks better by a mile and a half...the first three mentioned all grow as fast or faster than an LP....heck, I feed my pamph LPs.

This, if you want a massive spider that grows fast and eats like a tank then get an A. geniculata or a Pampho, they do the same things an LP does but look better doing it and the hairs are nowhere near as bad.

 

[mconnachan]

G. iheringi grow pretty fast, miles faster than most of the genus anyway, my female went from 3cm to 3 inches in about 9 months, they put on a decent bit of size with each moult, apparently actaeon are the only other species in the genus that are close to having the same growth rate.



I guess it's down to personal preference but it's genuinely the least favourite species I own (and I have freebies of species I had no interest in owning and an E. cyanognathus that I've NEVER seen apart from when rehousing), it looks boring and the hairs are by far the worst I've encountered so far, it's only redeeming feature is that it's a walking garbage disposal.



This, if you want a massive spider that grows fast and eats like a tank then get an A. geniculata or a Pampho, they do the same things an LP does but look better doing it and the hairs are nowhere near as bad.

In retrospect, I'm going to withdraw the LP from the equation, IMHO - G. iheringi is the spider the OP is looking for.

 

[mconnachan]

G. iheringi grow pretty fast, miles faster than most of the genus anyway, my female went from 3cm to 3 inches in about 9 months, they put on a decent bit of size with each moult, apparently actaeon are the only other species in the genus that are close to having the same growth rate.

Great looking species, fantastic eating response, growth rate is second to very few, all in all the best choice, excellent species. Nice addition to the list @The Grym Reaper - I'm still on the hunt for those slings!

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Great looking species, fantastic eating response, growth rate is second to very few, all in all the best choice, excellent species. Nice addition to the list @The Grym Reaper - I'm still on the hunt for those slings!

If you don't mind ordering from Poland (I've ordered from here twice and had no issues, I'd go as far as saying that their packaging defecates on that from any seller I've bought from in England).

 

[Trenor]

MO, you don't want ANY Lasiodora.

I'm with you here. I can think of a lot of tarantulas I'd rather buy (like most of them). I'm not that fond of the one I got as a freebie. I'd pick something else when ordering and you're likely to get an LP eventually regardless of if you want one or not.

 

[mconnachan]

If you don't mind ordering from Poland (I've ordered from here twice and had no issues, I'd go as far as saying that their packaging defecates on that from any seller I've bought from in England).

I've had a look, no matter where I've looked their on the expensive side, I think I recall the price for a 2-3cm sling as £33 - plus shipping which equates to £44.00 for a sling, a really pricey option. I should have grabbed the iheringi I saw on TSS website, a juvie for £49.99 - so not bad considering, but that's not including shipping. Oh well there's still plenty of other options, for the G. iheringi of course, also looking for an A. metallica and a P. regius. If I was able to get all three from the same seller that would be more economical. But what are the chances - up till now very slim.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I've had a look, no matter where I've looked their on the expensive side, I think I recall the price for a 2-3cm sling as £33 - plus shipping which equates to £44.00 for a sling, a really pricey option. I should have grabbed the iheringi I saw on TSS website, a juvie for £49.99 - so not bad considering, but that's not including shipping.

Yeah, they ain't cheap (supposedly because getting them to drop a sac isn't that easy but I don't really know anything about breeding them), I paid £38 (inc. shipping) for mine and it turned out to be female so I won that gamble, a 2" confirmed female is like 70 quid + shipping, I don't even want to know what an AF costs lol.

 

[mconnachan]

Yeah, they ain't cheap (supposedly because getting them to drop a sac isn't that easy but I don't really know anything about breeding them), I paid £38 (inc. shipping) for mine and it turned out to be female so I won that gamble, a 2" confirmed female is like 70 quid + shipping, I don't even want to know what an AF costs lol.

I had a conversation with a member recently, £100 AF shipped, what do you think, worth it? I'm thinking it is, but I really would prefer a sling, I like to watch them grow from little itty bitty nadas into glorious specimens, the transformation is astounding.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I had a conversation with a member recently, £100 AF shipped, what do you think, worth it? I'm thinking it is, but I really would prefer a sling, I like to watch them grow from little itty bitty nadas into glorious specimens, the transformation is astounding.

I think I know who's selling it so it'll definitely be what he says it is if that's the case... That's a good price for one, I thought they'd be more expensive (around the £150 mark).