estimating the birth month of a G. pulchra

[more legs 2 hold u]

this is purely for fun:

i met my G. pulchra on october 6 of last year. she was 3/4 inch when i got her. could anyone guess how long it likely took for her to reach 3/4 inch in size/how many weeks or months before we met she was born?



(this is a recent picture. her name is sunshine)

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

open up my crystal ball and say I think Prob 1-2.5 years .
I got my l klugi at 2” and wondered the same thing.

 

[more legs 2 hold u]

open up my crystal ball and say I think Prob 1-2.5 years .
I got my l klugi at 2” and wondered the same thing.

wait... 1-3 years to reach 3/4 of an inch!?

that's wild. i don't know why i assumed it would be so much shorter. there goes my plan of guessing her astrological sign

 

[viper69]

this is purely for fun:

i met my G. pulchra on october 6 of last year. she was 3/4 inch when i got her. could anyone guess how long it likely took for her to reach 3/4 inch in size/how many weeks or months before we met she was born?

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(this is a recent picture. her name is sunshine)

No one can tell you at all, don’t waste your time

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

wait... 1-3 years to reach 3/4 of an inch!?

that's wild. i don't know why i assumed it would be so much shorter. there goes my plan of guessing her astrological sign

Read this I made a thread to track growth rates but it seemed to die off. I’ll probably add it to my lasiodora size thread . For me they have grown slowly glacialy. Link show’s growth variables

LASIODORA growth rates ?

Mine are growing rather slow room temperature, but people who keep them 80+ record quicker growth. I expected them to grow really fast but they don’t Grow any quicker then brachys did in my care . This is just a survey to see people’s growth speed and results it seems regardless if you power or...

arachnoboards.com

 

[more legs 2 hold u]

No one can tell you at all, don’t waste your time

i don't find it a waste of time. it's for fun, as i said

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

i don't find it a waste of time. it's for fun, as i said

Give it whatever astrological sign you like

 

[more legs 2 hold u]

Give it whatever astrological sign you like

she must be a libra for her ambition and eye for aesthetic!

 

[cold blood]

anywhere from 5 months to 2 years.

 

[Wolfram1]

it was never "born", it hatched from an egg!

 

[Smotzer]

No one can tell you at all, so don’t waste my time

To the OP: yea the there’s no way really anyone besides the breeder who can tell you what month it hatched because growth rate is not linear, there are many interacting variables that are highly dependent on many factors. It is literally impossible to guess with any even remote certainty!

 

[viper69]

it was never "born", it hatched from an egg!

Semantics

 

[Wolfram1]

Semantics

i was dissapointed YOU forgot to mention it, that would have been right up you alley

 

[catboyeuthanasia]

If we're guessing the astrological sign, why not scorpio? Arachnid solidarity!

 

[TechnoGeek]

There's no way to tell.

If you look at my thread About Tarantula Growth Rates you'll see that feeding frequency, temperature, and genetics (among other things) greatly affect growth speed. If you feed a spider as often as it'll eat, keep it at 80 to 82F, and make sure the insects you feed it are gut loaded with healthy, high protein food, it'll dramatically increase growth speed.. and this is even before talking about genetics, which also okay a huge role.

It could be 1 year and it could be 3 or 4 months.. there's no way to tell accurately.

 

[viper69]

i was dissapointed YOU forgot to mention it, that would have been right up you alley

I didn’t forget, I saw it as semantics. Regardless of live or hatched they both end up on planet Earth

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

There's no way to tell.

If you look at my thread About Tarantula Growth Rates you'll see that feeding frequency, temperature, and genetics (among other things) greatly affect growth speed. If you feed a spider as often as it'll eat, keep it at 80 to 82F, and make sure the insects you feed it are gut loaded with healthy, high protein food, it'll dramatically increase growth speed.. and this is even before talking about genetics, which also okay a huge role.

It could be 1 year and it could be 3 or 4 months.. there's no way to tell accurately.

My estimate might had been longer because I typically have lower temps. That’s why it’s impossible to have an accurate guess. @cold blood was probably the closest guess mine also close.

I didn’t forget, I saw it as semantics. Regardless of live or hatched they both end up on planet Earth

It’s funny tarantulas hatch out of eggs like birds and many other stuff.

 

[Mardorang]

Of my Grammostolas I only know when my male G. rosea was born. From August of 2022 until now (about 13-14 months) he's reached just over an inch DLS.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Of my Grammostolas I only know when my male G. rosea was born. From August of 2022 until now (about 13-14 months) he's reached just over an inch DLS.

I don’t have a clue on the details of any of of my slings, or when they were born sadly it’s not included in most t sales. Best I have is an estimate of when I bought them which for most is also lost. Most mine are 6-7 years old though from date of when I think they possibly were bought could be older.